Market Insight: October 29, 2013


Africa

•  Zimbabwe considers options on how to structure International Mining Bond

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.49%, $16.45m
•  Quiet start to the week as ATS systems issues plagued the NSE. Profit taking in banks (-96bps) and Consumers (-95bps)
•  Q3 Results out in Dangote Sugar (weak) and Wapco (positive)
•  Sanusi says Central Bank has no plans to cut rates

Kenya

•  NSE20 +9bps, $3.5m
•  Very slow day as NSE closed broadly unchanged
•  Tullow Oil halts Kenya drilling after protests

Botswana

•  DCI unch, $95k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -2.01%, $69m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +33bps, $593k

South Africa

•  Top40 +60bps, $1.15bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -29bps, Mining unch, $2.03m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.85

-13.94

Nigeria

NGN

158.74

-1.63

Kenya

KES

85.35

+0.88

Mauritius

MUR

30.00

+1.83

Botswana

BWP

8.44

+8.44

Tanzania

TZS

1605.00

-1.25

Uganda

UGX

2530.00

+5.84

Rwanda

RWF

674.22

-6.34

Ghana

GHS

2.19

-13.20

BRVM

XOF

478.99

+4.24

Egypt

EGP

6.88

-7.63

Morocco

MAD

8.15

+3.76

Tunisia

TND

1.62

-4.67

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