Market Insight: January 31, 2014


Nigeria

•  ASI -47bps, $25.2m
•  Some respite for the banks as they gained 25bps while consumers (-1.06%) vulnerable

Kenya

•  NSE20 -109bps, $15.6m
•  Diamond Trust Bank crosses remain the core focus of turnover while Safcom continues to slide (-2.95%) on foreign selling

Botswana

•  DCI +52bps, $127k

Egypt

•  EGX30 +42BPS, $149m

Mauritius

•  Semdex -47bps, $25.2m

South Africa

•  Top40 -70bps, $2.49bn

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +30bps, Mining unch, $7.68m

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.14

-5.79

Nigeria

NGN

162.30

-1.23

Kenya

KES

86.30

unch

Mauritius

MUR

30.35

-0.99

Botswana

BWP

9.09

-3.63

Tanzania

TZS

1622.00

-1.97

Uganda

UGX

2478.30

+1.97

Rwanda

RWF

677.51

-0.22

Ghana

GHS

2.43

-2.42

BRVM

XOF

486.32

-1.26

Egypt

EGP

6.96

-0.27

Morocco

MAD

8.26

-1.00

Tunisia

TND

1.60

+2.38

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