Market Insight: September 03, 2013


Africa

•  Senegal names new female prime minister; to form government today
•  Morsi and Muslim Brotherhood leaders charged with inciting murder

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.26%, $14.96mill
•  Another quiet start to the week in Lagos
•  A cross in ARBICO (105m shares) the only talking point

Kenya

•  NSE20 -0.59%, $2.8mill
•  Very quiet start to the week in Nairobi
•  Kenya may hold key rate after inflation rose to a 1-year high

Botswana

•  DCI +23bps, $235k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -107bps, $31mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +4bps, $1.49mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +127bps, $1.11bn

Zambia

•  N/A

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -75bps, mining unch, $930k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.24

-17.30

Nigeria

NGN

163.00

-4.20

Kenya

KES

87.55

-1.66

Mauritius

MUR

30.88

-1.07

Botswana

BWP

8.68

+11.55

Tanzania

TZS

1617.00

-1.98

Uganda

UGX

2592.75

+3.28

Rwanda

RWF

651.00

-3.00

Ghana

GHS

2.15

-11.62

BRVM

XOF

499.57

-0.06

Egypt

EGP

6.98

-8.91

Morocco

MAD

8.46

+.04

Tunisia

TND

1.65

-6.28

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