Market Insight: October 21, 2014

Africa

•  IMF cuts Africa 2014 growth forecast from 5.5% to 5% on back of Ebola concerns

Nigeria

•  ASI +1.22%, $24.8m
•  Banks bounce strongly (+2.89%) after last weeks selloff

Kenya

•  Closed yesterday

Botswana

•  DCI +5bps, $944k

Mauritius

•  Semdex +19bps, $901k

Zimbabwe

•  Ind -31bps, $387k

African Currencies

Country

Notation

Currency

YTD %

South Africa

ZAR

11.03

-4.89

Nigeria

NGN

165.25

-3.00

Kenya

KES

88.95

-2.98

Mauritius

MUR

31.33

-4.09

Botswana

BWP

9.13

-4.16

Tanzania

TZS

1695.00

-6.19

Uganda

UGX

2680.00

-5.71

Rwanda

RWF

690.50

-2.10

Ghana

GHS

3.26

-27.26

BRVM

XOF

516.51

-7.04

Egypt

EGP

7.14

-2.79

Morocco

MAD

8.68

-5.72

Tunisia

TND

1.79

-8.33

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