Market Insight Archive
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Market Insight: August 08, 2013
Please note that there are a spate of holidays across Africa in the next couple of days. Nigeria is closed Thursday and Friday while Kenya is closed on Friday.
Nigeria
• ASI -0.50%, $15.1m
• Very quiet day ahead of the long weekend
• IHS Nigeria set to double assets after raising $1bn for investment
• Nigerian SEC seeking to approve IFC Debt program by end of 2013
Kenya
• NSE20 +0.37%, $14.4m
• Nairobi on fire (not the airport) as a large local cross in CFCB set the tone early on. Chunky crossing in EABL, mostly foreign buying also added to the large volumes
• Kenya’s airport resumes domestic and cargo flights after yesterday’s fire
Botswana
• DCI -0.43%, $105k
Egypt
• EGX30 -0.18%, $52m
Mauritius
• Semdex -0.40%, $693k
South Africa
• Top40 +0.13%, $1.37bn
Zambia
• LuSE +1.40%, $27k
Zimbabwe
• Ind -1.00%, Mining -2.61%, $4.2m
African Currencies
|
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
|
South Africa |
ZAR |
9.90 |
-14.42 |
|
Nigeria |
NGN |
160.08 |
-2.46 |
|
Kenya |
KES |
87.45 |
-1.54 |
|
Mauritius |
MUR |
30.85 |
-0.97 |
|
Botswana |
BWP |
8.53 |
+9.60 |
|
Tanzania |
TZS |
1623.00 |
-2.34 |
|
Uganda |
UGX |
2573.00 |
+4.07 |
|
Rwanda |
RWF |
645.00 |
-2.10 |
|
Ghana |
GHS |
2.07 |
-7.77 |
|
BRVM |
XOF |
494.64 |
+0.95 |
|
Egypt |
EGP |
6.99 |
-8.96 |
|
Morocco |
MAD |
8.39 |
+0.83 |
|
Tunisia |
TND |
1.65 |
-6.05 |
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