Market Insight: September 12, 2013


Africa

•  Ghana inflation slows in August (11.5%) to ease pressure on Central Bank
•  Zimbabwe is facing “enormous” challenges , finance minister says

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.41%, $15.89mill
•  A few crosses in Nestle and Zenith Bank tried to get things going yesterday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.10%, $8.4mill
•  Foreign demand in Safcom boosted activity yesterday

Botswana

•  DCI +11bps, $235k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +72bps, $76mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +59bps, $1.8mill

South Africa

•  Top40 -39bps, $1.33bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +282bps, mining +331bps, $1.06mill

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

9.90

-14.48

Nigeria

NGN

162.60

-3.97

Kenya

KES

87.60

-1.71

Mauritius

MUR

31.00

-1.45

Botswana

BWP

8.55

+9.88

Tanzania

TZS

1617.00

-1.98

Uganda

UGX

2577.50

+3.89

Rwanda

RWF

659.39

-4.24

Ghana

GHS

2.18

-12.64

BRVM

XOF

495.35

+0.78

Egypt

EGP

6.89

-7.71

Morocco

MAD

8.39

+0.77

Tunisia

TND

1.65

-5.47

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