Market Insight: January 07, 2013


Africa

•  Rwanda tourism earnings climbed less than expected last year (+4% for the first 9 months)
•  Senegal Q3 GDP rose 4.1%

Nigeria

•  ASI +0.14%, $18.2mill
•  Sharp reversal in banks yesterday with the bank index falling -1.15%

Kenya

•  NSE20 +0.80%, $4.0mill
•  Safcom (+2.31%) and Equity Bank (+3.9%) drove the market higher

Botswana

•  DCI +5bps, $39k

Egypt

•  EGX30 -76bps, $85mill

Mauritius

•  Semdex +45bps, $1.01m

South Africa

•  Top40 -61bps, $753m

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -29bps, mining -373bps, $740k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

10.64

-1.42

Nigeria

NGN

159.37

+0.58

Kenya

KES

86.90

-0.69

Mauritius

MUR

30.15

-0.33

Botswana

BWP

8.87

-1.44

Tanzania

TZS

1560.00

-1.92

Uganda

UGX

2520.00

+0.28

Rwanda

RWF

679.00

-0.44

Ghana

GHS

2.36

+0.42

BRVM

XOF

484.39

-0.82

Egypt

EGP

6.95

-0.16

Morocco

MAD

8.23

-0.65

Tunisia

TND

1.65

-0.70

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