Market Insight: October 01, 2014


Africa

•  Kenya overtakes Ghana and Tunisia as data revision boosts GDP
•  Rand slumps to 8-month low on wider than forecast trade deficit

Nigeria

•  ASI +25bps, $41.5mill
•  A number of chunky crosses in the bigger names drove activity yesterday

Kenya

•  NSE20 +bps, $13.6mill
•  There was a return of foreign activity yesterday

Botswana

•  Closed yesterday

Egypt

•  EGX30 +32bps, $108mill

Mauritius

• 

Zimbabwe

•  Ind +39bps, $589k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.30

-7.21

Nigeria

NGN

163.89

-2.19

Kenya

KES

89.35

-3.41

Mauritius

MUR

31.50

-4.60

Botswana

BWP

9.23

-5.64

Tanzania

TZS

1677.00

-5.19

Uganda

UGX

2655.00

-4.82

Rwanda

RWF

692.51

-2.38

Ghana

GHS

3.32

-28.57

BRVM

XOF

520.02

-7.67

Egypt

EGP

7.14

-2.75

Morocco

MAD

8.76

-6.66

Tunisia

TND

1.80

-8.68

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