Market Insight: January 22, 2014


Africa

•  Zambia halts presidential vote results with ruling party leading
•  Ghana stock market regulator considering two IPO applications
•  Tanzania current account gap to narrow on oil prices

Nigeria

•  ASI -20bps, $16.1mill
•  An extremely dull day yesterday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +41bps, $4.1mill
•  Foreigners dominated proceedings in a quiet session

Botswana

•  DCI +1bps, $16.9k

Mauritius

•  Semdex -24bps, $1.26mill

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +62bps, $556

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.51

+0.52

Nigeria

NGN

185.40

-1.05

Kenya

KES

91.75

-1.25

Mauritius

MUR

32.45

-2.16

Botswana

BWP

9.58

-0.62

Tanzania

TZS

1785.75

-2.95

Uganda

UGX

2897.00

-4.35

Rwanda

RWF

701.02

-1.60

Ghana

GHS

3.23

-0.38

BRVM

XOF

566.78

-4.38

Egypt

EGP

7.30

-2.04

Morocco

MAD

9.36

-3.05

Tunisia

TND

1.91

-2.45

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