Market Insight: October 25, 2013


Nigeria

•  ASI +0.54%, $18.32m
•  Chunky crosses again dominating the landscape, NB traded $3m while DangCem +1.88% at N190 on chunky crosses
•  Guaranty Trust Bank released Q3 results after the market close. Initial thoughts are positive with PBT and PAT up 7% and 9% respectively

Kenya

•  NSE20 -8bps, $29.7m
•  Monster cross of $17.3m in I&M (both sides local) the main driver while Safcom and EABL remais active on the back of foreign activity

Botswana

•  DCI +31bps, $303k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +9bps, $74m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +67bps, $3.57m

South Africa

•  Top40 +3bps, $1.28bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -2bps, Mining unch, $1.83m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.77

-13.31

Nigeria

NGN

159.01

-1.80

Kenya

KES

84.70

+1.65

Mauritius

MUR

30.10

+1.49

Botswana

BWP

8.39

+7.90

Tanzania

TZS

1608.00

-1.43

Uganda

UGX

2530.50

+5.82

Rwanda

RWF

674.00

-6.31

Ghana

GHS

2.20

-13.43

BRVM

XOF

478.39

+4.36

Egypt

EGP

6.89

-7.64

Morocco

MAD

8.15

+3.83

Tunisia

TND

1.62

-4.52

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