Market Insight: August 08, 2014


Africa

•  African Bank survival in doubt as billions erased in slump
•  Ebola threatens West African nations with economic slowdown
•  Mugabe paying wages with debt as economy sputters

Nigeria

•  ASI +64bps, $18.59mill
•  Not much on the go in Lagos yesterday

Kenya

•  NSE20 -22bps, $17.2mill
•  Large crosses in KNCB boosted activity yesterday
•  EABL are set to report FY 2014 numbers this morning

Botswana

•  DCI +18bps, $19.1mill

Egypt

•  EGX30 +116bps, $140mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +25bps, $3.13mill

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +57bps, $786k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.71

-2.09

Nigeria

NGN

162.65

-1.38

Kenya

KES

87.90

-1.82

Mauritius

MUR

30.58

-1.73

Botswana

BWP

8.88

-1.57

Tanzania

TZS

1660.00

-4.22

Uganda

UGX

2621.00

-3.59

Rwanda

RWF

68.78

-1.86

Ghana

GHS

3.77

-37.09

BRVM

XOF

494.57

-2.92

Egypt

EGP

7.14

-2.82

Morocco

MAD

8.38

-2.39

Tunisia

TND

1.71

-4.30

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