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The Afronomics Morning · Monday 5 October

Africa’s markets before 7am

  • Kenya’s 364-day Treasury bill cleared at 9.04%, unchanged.
  • Kenya’s FXD1/2019/020 bond (12.5 years) cleared at 13.60%, 1.59× covered.
  • The Botswana pula gained 1.32% against the dollar overnight.
  • Results due: Ghana (today), South Africa (today), Egypt (tomorrow), Malawi (tomorrow).

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Overnight

Against the dollar

All rates
Botswana pula13.986+1.32%
Ethiopian birr161.5+0.80%
Moroccan dirham9.919−0.56%
Tunisian dinar2.967−0.55%
Angolan kwanza922.3+0.46%
Ugandan shilling3933.0−0.41%
Mauritian rupee48.001−0.36%
Ghanaian cedi11.617−0.31%

Change in each currency’s value against the dollar from 4 Oct to 5 Oct. Positive means the currency strengthened.

Source: ExchangeRate-API · daily mid-market reference, archived by Afronomics

Auctions

Results in since the last note

T-bill monitor
MarketTenorRateChangeDate
Kenya91-day8.77%−1 bps5 Oct
Kenya182-day8.89%−1 bps5 Oct
Kenya364-day9.04%±0 bps5 Oct
Kenya bondYearsYieldCouponCover
FXD1/2019/02012.513.60%12.87%1.59×
FXD3/2019/0157.812.73%12.34%1.21×

Due: Ghana (today), South Africa (today), Egypt (tomorrow), Malawi (tomorrow). Calendar

Kenya 364d9.04%Nigeria 364d15.89%Ghana 364d9.83%Uganda 364d11.00%Tanzania 364d6.29%Egypt 364d25.67%South Africa 364d7.50%Zambia 364d10.00%Malawi 364d16.00%Mozambique 364d12.09%
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