Market Insight: October 22, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

 

South Africa

ZAR

8.64

-6.43

 

Nigeria

NGN

157.35

+3.15

 

Kenya

KES

85.10

-0.04

 

Mauritius

MUR

31.05

-5.48

 

Botswana

BWP

7.84

+4.90

 

Tanzania

TZS

1581.00

+0.06

 

Uganda

UGX

2577.50

-3.78

 

Rwanda

RWF

625.80

-3.46

 

Ghana

GHS

1.88

-13.05

 

BRVM

XOF

505.83

+0.56

 

Egypt

EGP

6.10

-1.22

 

Morocco

MAD

8.55

+0.53

 

Tunisia

TND

1.56

-4.14

 

 

 

 

 

 

               
                   

Africa

•  Tanzania police broke up protests by Muslims over the weekend
•  Night flights to Zimbabwe Capital cancelled
•  Pathfinder Minerals wins lawsuit over Mozambique subsidiary

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.09%, $20.57mill
•  Access released Q3 numbers which saw PAT increase 156.88%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.26%, $6.73mill
•  Kenya President says inflation pressures rising with oil prices

Botswana

•  DCI -5bps, $664k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -149bps, $51mill (Sunday)

Mauritius

•  Semdex -6bps, $343k

South Africa

•  Top40 -64bps, $1.05bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +27bps, $15k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +124bps, Mining unch, $2.17mill
 

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