NAIROBI, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday.
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GLOBAL MARKETS Asian stocks slumped on Wednesday as a sharp rise in U.S. bond yields unnerved investors ahead of key inflation data that could inform the pace of Federal Reserve policy easing.nL1N3MK03IMKTS/GLOB WORLD OIL PRICES Oil prices edged up on Wednesday on signs of near-term supply tightness but remained near their lowest in two weeks a day after OPEC downgraded its forecast for global oil demand growth in 2024 and 2025.nL4N3MJ2KMO/R EMERGING MARKETS For the top emerging markets news, double click on nTOPEMRG AFRICA STOCKS For the latest news on South African stocks, click on .J SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS South Africa's rand hit a three-month low on Tuesday, hurt by a stronger dollar and weaker gold prices, as markets grappled with what another Donald Trump presidency will mean for U.S. policy and trade relations.nL1N3MJ0DI NIGERIA SMELTER Nigeria has signed a $1.2 billion contract with Chinese state-owned engineering firm CNCEC to revamp a gas processing plant crucial for the country's aluminium production, its Petroleum Ministry said.nL8N3MJ0R2 KENYA MARKETS The Kenyan shilling KES= was steady against the dollar on Monday, as inflows from the agriculture and tourism sectors matched demand from general goods importers and oil marketing companies, traders said.nL8N3MI08N KENYA EQUITY GROUP RESULTS Kenya's Equity Group Holdings EQTY.NR on Tuesday reported pretax profit of 51.0 billion Kenyan shillings ($397 million) for the first nine months of 2024, up from 45.9 billion shillings in the same period a year earlier.nL1N3MJ07Y MAURITIUS ELECTION Mauritius' opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam was appointed prime minister on Tuesday, returning to the post a decade on after his coalition won a near clean sweep of seats in parliament in a general election.nL8N3MJ184 GUINEA POLITICS A committee of Guinean opposition groups, civil society organisations and activists known as the Forces Vives called on Tuesday for the West African country to establish civilian rule by Jan. 1.nL8N3MJ28B For the latest precious metals report click on GOL/ For the latest base metals report click on MET/L For the latest crude oil report click on O/L |
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