•  Rio tells staff Zimbabwe taxes may force gem mine closure 
•  Ivory Coast to raise at least $1bn in second Eurobond sale
•  ASI -89bps, $25.2mill 
•  Banks (-2.19%) and Consumers (-1.08%) came under pressure
•  NSE20 -25bps, $6.9mill 
•  Foreigners dominated proceedings
• DCI +1bps, $312k
• Semdex -20bps, $3.2mill
• Ind +9bps, $293k
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 11.53 | +0.26 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 189.52 | -3.21 | 
| Kenya | KES | 91.70 | -1.20 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 32.70 | -2.91 | 
| Botswana | BWP | 9.65 | -1.52 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1814.50 | -4.49 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2860.00 | -3.11 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 701.02 | -1.60 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 3.33 | -3.52 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 581.75 | -6.81 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 7.59 | -5.80 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 9.55 | -5.01 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.93 | -3.55 |