Market Insight: August 06, 2014


Africa

•  Zambia holds policy rate unchanged at 12% as inflation pressures remain

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.18%, $22.72m
•  Strength across the board although on lighter volumes, banks up 51bps and consumers up 1.66%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +99bps, $10.4m
•  Strength across the board with Safcom (+80bps), KNCB (+4.5%) and EABL (+2.3%) all strong

Botswana

•  DCI +91bps, $5.59m

Egypt

•  EGX30 +1.04%, $150m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -2bps, $1.6m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +50bps, $797k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.74

-2.31

Nigeria

NGN

160.90

-0.37

Kenya

KES

87.90

-1.82

Mauritius

MUR

30.54

-1.60

Botswana

BWP

8.87

-1.49

Tanzania

TZS

1660.50

-4.25

Uganda

UGX

2620.00

-3.55

Rwanda

RWF

688.78

-1.86

Ghana

GHS

3.71

-35.98

BRVM

XOF

493.78

-2.76

Egypt

EGP

7.15

-2.86

Morocco

MAD

8.36

-2.25

Tunisia

TND

1.71

-4.08

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