Market Insight: September 06, 2013


Africa

•  Gold producers revise offer to striking South African Union
•  Egypt’s interior minister escapes assassination attempt

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.72%, $25.12mill
•  Much better day in Lagos with a number of the heavyweights very active
•  Consumers (+0.43%) and DangCem (+2.1%) lead the market higher

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.38%, $5.6mill
•  Decent day yesterday with KNCB and EQBNK leading in terms of turnover

Botswana

•  DCI +5bps, $2.08mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 -38bps, $38mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +3bps, $1.97mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +61bps, $1.10bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -34bps, mining unch, $800k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.20

-16.97

Nigeria

NGN

163.50

-4.50

Kenya

KES

87.45

-1.54

Mauritius

MUR

30.90

-1.13

Botswana

BWP

8.70

+11.84

Tanzania

TZS

1615.50

-1.89

Uganda

UGX

2579.50

+3.81

Rwanda

RWF

657.32

-3.93

Ghana

GHS

2.17

-12.24

BRVM

XOF

502.15

-0.57

Egypt

EGP

6.90

-7.79

Morocco

MAD

8.48

-0.33

Tunisia

TND

1.66

-6.58

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