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Shilling closes day weaker

Shilling closes day weaker

The shilling closed Tuesday’s session at the 3720/3730 levels - having opened the day at the 3715/3725 levels and briefly touched lows of 3730/3740 intraday. According to Catherine Kijjagulwe, Head of Trading at Absa Bank

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Shilling weakens as dollar demand shoots up

Shilling weakens as dollar demand shoots up

The shilling weakened briefly during Wednesday’s session to touch levels of 3690/3700, having opened trading at 3680/3690. This was driven by some demand pockets but flows in the afternoon led it to close the day

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Shilling slightly weaker on June 23 final closing

Shilling slightly weaker on June 23 final closing

The last trading day of the month was quiet overall, with the shilling closing the day at the 3665/3675 levels from the day’s opening of 3660/3670 driven by some pockets of interbank and Corporate demand.

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Shilling strengthens on dollar inflows

Shilling strengthens on dollar inflows

Healthy inflows from commodity exporters, interbank and NGOs led to a marginal strengthening of the shilling to close Wednesday’s session at the 3710/3720 levels from the day’s opening of 3725/3735, a report by Catherine Kijjagulwe,

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<strong>Shilling starts week on strong footing</strong>

Shilling starts week on strong footing

The local unit started the week on a strong footing supported by dollar inflows from commodity exporters, as corporate demand continued to lie low, a report by Richard Nsubuga, a Trader in CIB Markets department

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<strong>Shilling closes week on a high</strong>

Shilling closes week on a high

The shilling strengthened during Friday’s session to close the day at the 3725/3735 levels from opening levels of 3740/3750, a report by Catherine Kijjagulwe, Head of Trading at Absa Bank Uganda indicates. The session was

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<strong>Shilling strengthens further in first week of November on low import demand.</strong>

Shilling strengthens further in first week of November on low import demand.

The shilling maintained its winning streak through Wednesday's session as continued healthy flows that outweighed the demand side led to its appreciation to close the day at the 3770/3780 levels from opening levels of 3785/3795,

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Shilling strengthens as November starts

Shilling strengthens as November starts

Inflows remained healthy throughout the first trading day of the new month leading to further shilling strength to touch highs of 3775/3785 during the day's session, but later closed the day at the 3785/3795 levels,

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Shilling gains slight momentum

Shilling gains slight momentum

There was some activity was seen during Friday’s overall session with the shilling gaining marginally to close the day’s session at the 3800/3810 levels as month-end inflows outweighed demand side activity, a report by Catherine

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Uganda’s GDP growth slows to 4.9% as import taxes decelerate – Absa report indicates

Uganda’s GDP growth slows to 4.9% as import taxes decelerate – Absa report indicates

Uganda’s real GDP expanded 4.9% in the second quarter of the year, marginally weaker than the previous quarter’s 5.1%, following a marked moderation in import taxes, according to the SSA Macroeconomics Research Instant Insights Report

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