Market Insight: October 23, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

 

South Africa

ZAR

8.62

-6.21

 

Nigeria

NGN

157.20

+3.24

 

Kenya

KES

85.23

-0.18

 

Mauritius

MUR

31.17

-5.85

 

Botswana

BWP

7.83

+4.82

 

Tanzania

TZS

1580.00

+0.13

 

Uganda

UGX

2583.00

-3.99

 

Rwanda

RWF

625.90

-3.48

 

Ghana

GHS

1.88

-12.79

 

BRVM

XOF

504.51

+0.84

 

Egypt

EGP

6.10

-1.16

 

Morocco

MAD

8.53

+0.68

 

Tunisia

TND

1.55

-3.93

 

 

 

 

 

 

Africa

•  Sub-Saharan African Sovereign bond issue may increase in 2013
•  Libyan Government forces besiege Bani Walid for a sixth day

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.09%, $16.89mill
•  Zenith Bank released Q3 numbers which saw PAT increase 51.92%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.49%, $6.51mill
•  ARM Cement gained 0.9% to close at 220 Shillings yesterday after saying that profit for the 9-month period rose fourfold

Botswana

•  DCI +5bps, $139k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +8bps, $53mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -1bps, $1.17mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +54bps, $1.04bn

Zambia

•  LuSE -47bps, $4k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +11bps, mining unch, $210k
 

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