African Markets – Factors to watch on Nov 25

The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market
moves and political events may affect African markets on Friday.
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 GLOBAL MARKETS
 Asian stocks advanced on Friday as the Thanksgiving break in
 the United States helped slow a relentless surge in the
 dollar that has sucked capital out of most emerging markets.
            
 
 WORLD OIL PRICES
 Oil prices fell on Friday, under pressure from a strong
 dollar, but activity was low after the U.S. Thanksgiving
 holiday and with many traders reluctant to take big new
 positions ahead of a planned OPEC-led crude output cut to be
 decided next week.
      
 
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 AFRICA CURRENCIES
 South Africa's rand pared some of its earlier losses against
 the dollar on Thursday after the central bank kept domestic
 interest rates unchanged, but sounded a hawkish tone,
 warning about inflation pressures.
             
 
 SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS
 South Africa's rand pared some of its earlier losses against
 the dollar on Thursday after the central bank kept domestic
 interest rates unchanged, but sounded a hawkish tone,
 warning about inflation pressures.
             
 
 KENYA MARKETS
 The Kenyan shilling KES= was stable on Thursday and traders
 said they expected it to be under pressure from higher
 demand for dollars from importers ahead of the holidays.
             
 
 KENYA TREASURIES
 Kenya 91-day Treasury bill yield rose to 8.326 percent at
 auction on Thursday from 8.200 percent last week.
             
 
 ZAMBIA INFLATION
 Zambia's inflation slowed to 8.8 percent year-on-year in
 November from 12.5 percent in October, the statistics office
 said on Thursday.
             
 
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