Market Insight: October 24, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

       Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.78

-7.90

Nigeria

NGN

157.25

+3.21

Kenya

KES

85.10

+0.04

Mauritius

MUR

31.05

-5.48

Botswana

BWP

7.92

+6.02

Tanzania

TZS

1584.00

-0.13

Uganda

UGX

2588.50

-4.19

Rwanda

RWF

625.90

-3.48

Ghana

GHS

1.87

-12.65

BRVM

XOF

508.41

+0.08

Egypt

EGP

6.10

-1.16

Morocco

MAD

8.58

+0.03

Tunisia

TND

1.56

-4.50

 

 

 

 

 

Africa

•  Air Zimbabwe plans to resume flights by November after acquiring 2 Airbus aircraft
•  Zimbabwe gold production through Sept surges 61% from previous year
•  Botswana Central Bank holds benchmark rate unchanged at 9.5% as inflation remains above bank’s target

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.21%, $16.9mill. Please remember that Nigeria is closed on Thursday and Friday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.46%, $7.6mill. Active day again in Nairobi with foreign investors active across most counters

Botswana

•  DCI +8bps, $285k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -0.37%, $62m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +19bps, $500k

South Africa

•  Top40 +0.88%, $1.15bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +18bps, $113k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -1.08%, Mining +1.02%, $1.06m
 

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