Market Insight: September 11, 2014


Africa

•  Ghana consumer prices rose 15.9% in August from 1 year earlier

Nigeria

•  ASI +4bps, $23.7m
•  Activity continues to tick up in Lagos

Kenya

•  NSE20 +14bps, $14.2m
•  Active day with some chunky crosses going through as foreigners remain net sellers
•  Kenyan new vehicle sales rises by 29% in first 8 months of 2014

Botswana

•  DCI -25bps, $50k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -13bps, $139m

Mauritius

•  Semdex +2bps, $2.88m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -3bps, $3.51m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.94

-4.08

Nigeria

NGN

162.84

-1.56

Kenya

KES

88.65

-2.65

Mauritius

MUR

31.23

-3.78

Botswana

BWP

9.08

-3.63

Tanzania

TZS

1664.00

-4.45

Uganda

UGX

2600.00

-2.81

Rwanda

RWF

690.00

-2.03

Ghana

GHS

3.62

-34.48

BRVM

XOF

510.79

-6.00

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.94

Morocco

MAD

8.60

-4.92

Tunisia

TND

1.76

-6.75

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