• Ghana President Mahama seeks immediate talks with IMF on economy
•  ASI -39bps, $36.7m 
•  Chunky crosses in names like GTB, Nestle, NB and Zenith the bulk of the action with banks (-1.36%) still under pressure
•  NSE20 +74bps, $9.3m 
•  Active trading in KNCB while some crosses in normally illiquid names like CFC and Centum also notable
• DCI -5bps, $20k
• Closed
• Semdex -23bps, $2.44m
• Ind +65bps, $1.2m
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 10.66 | -1.58 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 161.40 | -0.68 | 
| Kenya | KES | 87.85 | -1.76 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 30.55 | -1.64 | 
| Botswana | BWP | 8.88 | -1.36 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1661.00 | -4.27 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2610.00 | -3.18 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 688.78 | -1.79 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 3.75 | -36.67 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 491.54 | -2.32 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 7.15 | -2.84 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 8.34 | -1.96 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.71 | -3.91 |