Market Insight: October 27, 2014


Africa

•  Tunisia plans $500m Sukuk sale by end of November
•  Botswana President Ian Khama wins second term after securing majority

Nigeria

•  ASI -3bps, $23.3m
•  Banks (-44bps) gave back some of the weeks gains on a quiet day

Kenya

•  NSE20 -1.17%, $5.5m
•  Uneventful day with crosses in illiquid names TCL and ARML

Botswana

•  Closed on Friday

Mauritius

•  Semdex -16bps, $2.5m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -1.54%, $260k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.95

-4.20

Nigeria

NGN

164.60

-2.61

Kenya

KES

89.35

-3.41

Mauritius

MUR

31.30

-3.99

Botswana

BWP

9.06

-4.16

Tanzania

TZS

1707.50

-6.88

Uganda

UGX

2707.50

-6.67

Rwanda

RWF

692.51

-2.30

Ghana

GHS

3.22

-26.36

BRVM

XOF

521.66

-7.94

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.83

Morocco

MAD

8.75

-6.44

Tunisia

TND

1.80

-8.91

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