Market Insight: September 09, 2013


Africa

•  Ethiopian August inflation 7% on annual basis
•  Striking South African gold miners returning to work on 8% offer

Nigeria

•  ASI -0.20%, $17.67mill
•  Very slow day to end the week last Friday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.67%, $9.7mill
•  Large crosses in Safcom helped drive activity on Friday

Botswana

•  DCI +1bps, $1.77mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 +31bps, $27mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex -10bps, $3.47mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +6bps, $1.11bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +270bps, mining unch, $960k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.01

-15.34

Nigeria

NGN

163.70

-4.61

Kenya

KES

87.40

-1.49

Mauritius

MUR

30.90

-1.13

Botswana

BWP

8.60

+10.50

Tanzania

TZS

1618.00

-2.04

Uganda

UGX

2551.50

+3.73

Rwanda

RWF

653.50

-3.37

Ghana

GHS

2.17

-12.24

BRVM

XOF

500.25

-0.21

Egypt

EGP

6.90

-7.85

Morocco

MAD

8.46

-0.05

Tunisia

TND

1.66

-6.75

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