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Market Insight: September 20, 2012
African Currencies
|
Country
|
Notation
|
Currency
|
YTD %
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
South Africa
|
ZAR
|
8.2384
|
-1.83
|
|
|
Nigeria
|
NGN
|
157.60
|
+2.98
|
|
|
Kenya
|
KES
|
84.75
|
+0.38
|
|
|
Mauritius
|
MUR
|
30.30
|
-3.14
|
|
|
Botswana
|
BWP
|
7.6365
|
+2.18
|
|
|
Tanzania
|
TZS
|
1575.00
|
+0.44
|
|
|
Uganda
|
UGX
|
2512.50
|
-1.29
|
|
|
Rwanda
|
RWF
|
618.9094
|
-2.39
|
|
|
Ghana
|
GHS
|
1.9105
|
-14.18
|
|
|
BRVM
|
XOF
|
502.3604
|
+1.28
|
|
|
Egypt
|
EGP
|
6.0927
|
-1.00
|
|
|
Morocco
|
MAD
|
8.5282
|
+0.72
|
|
|
Tunisia
|
TND
|
1.5582
|
-3.86
|
Africa
• - South Africa’s inflation rose to 5% in August from 4.9% in July
• - South Africa’s retail sales growth slowed to 4.2% in July
• - Mauritius to expand at slowest pace in four years, MCB says
Nigeria
• - ASI +74bps, $34mill
• - Very active day thanks to a large cross in Zenith at the close of the session
• - Nigerian shortlists 27 bidders to purchase 15 power utilites
• - Nigerian military raid Boko Haram command center in Kano state
Kenya
• - NSE20 +6bp, $3.71mill
• - Kenya sells 15-year treasury bond at a yield of 12.089%
Botswana
• DCI -8bps, $465k
Egypt
• EGX 30 +35bps, $153m
Mauritius
• Semdex +56bps, $1.1m
South Africa
• Top40 +8bps, $2.15bn
Zambia
• LuSE unch, $24k
Zimbabwe
• Ind -35bps, Mining +172bps, $1.36m
- Bermuda +1 441 278 7620
- South Africa +27 11 268 5833
