Market Insight: September 19, 2012


African Currencies

 
Country
Notation
Currency
YTD %
 
South Africa
ZAR
8.2329
-1.73
 
Nigeria
NGN
157.70
+2.92
 
Kenya
KES
84.90
+0.20
 
Mauritius
MUR
30.05
-2.33
 
Botswana
BWP
7.6249
+2.02
 
Tanzania
TZS
1574.50
+0.48
 
Uganda
UGX
2502.00
-1.00
 
Rwanda
RWF
618.9094
-2.39
 
Ghana
GHS
1.9025
-13.82
 
BRVM
XOF
502.4373
+1.26
 
Egypt
EGP
6.0873
-0.91
 
Morocco
MAD
8.5311
+0.66
 
Tunisia
TND
1.5535
-3.57

Nigeria

•  ASI +31bps, $19.06mill. Tier 2 banks driving performance, Diamond +7.58%, Skye +4.13% and Sterling +1.53% on first day of new rules
•  Central Bank keeps benchmark rate unchanged at 12% to support naira and control inflation

Kenya

•  NSE20 +16bps, $2.7mill

Botswana

•  DCI +13bps, $517k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -8bps, $193mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +15bps, $1mill

South Africa

•  Top40 +14bps, $1.84bn

Zambia

•  LuSE +43bps, $18k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +21bps, Mining -75bps, $6mill
 

contacts
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