•  Lafarge combination of African units set to rival Dangote Cement  
•  Uganda's central bank lowered the policy rate to 11%
•  ASI +55bps, $40.7mmill 
•  Another active day with banks once again dominating proceedings  
•  Banks managed to bounce after two days of profit taking with the index gaining +0.68%
•  NSE20 -21bps, $9.5mill 
•  Activity slowed down on the back of a fall in foreign participation
• DCI -19bps, $6.6mill
• EGX30 +192bps, $140mill
• Semdex +33bps, $8.1mill
• Ind +30bps, $560k
| Country | Notation | Currency | YTD % | 
| South Africa | ZAR | 10.78 | -2.72 | 
| Nigeria | NGN | 162.50 | -1.35 | 
| Kenya | KES | 87.43 | -1.29 | 
| Mauritius | MUR | 30.30 | -0.83 | 
| Botswana | BWP | 8.86 | -1.36 | 
| Tanzania | TZS | 1652.50 | -4.36 | 
| Uganda | UGX | 2570.00 | -1.67 | 
| Rwanda | RWF | 684.76 | -1.28 | 
| Ghana | GHS | 3.00 | -20.97 | 
| BRVM | XOF | 484.86 | -0.96 | 
| Egypt | EGP | 7.15 | -2.83 | 
| Morocco | MAD | 8.24 | -0.74 | 
| Tunisia | TND | 1.63 | +0.79 |