Market Insight: October 30, 2012


African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

8.69

-6.99

Nigeria

NGN

157.00

+3.38

Kenya

KES

85.20

-0.15

Mauritius

MUR

31.20

-5.93

Botswana

BWP

7.88

+5.44

Tanzania

TZS

1586.50

-0.28

Uganda

UGX

2581.80

-3.94

Rwanda

RWF

626.59

-3.55

Ghana

GHS

1.87

-12.68

BRVM

XOF

510.35

-0.31

Egypt

EGP

6.10

-1.21

Morocco

MAD

8.60

-0.06

Tunisia

TND

1.57

-4.67

Africa

•  S&P lowers Rwanda’s outlook to stable on Donors Congoconcerns
•  BAT Zimbabwe shareholders approve plan to sell empowerment stake
•  Asia to boost West African crude imports to three-month high

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.40%, $18.83mill
•  Trading resumed after a long weekend with activity rather slow
•  Guaranty Trust Bank released Q3 numbers which saw PAT increase 74.97%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.20%, $7.48mill
•  Kenya police kill two terror suspects in Mombasa

Botswana

•  DCI +12bps, $24k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +173bps, $95mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -45bps, $1.5mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +48bps, $938mill

Zambia

•  LuSE +189bps, $12k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +46bps, Mining +40bps, $3.12mill
 

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