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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>Christmas remittances shoring up shilling</strong>

Christmas remittances shoring up shilling

It was a quiet session on Wednesday with the shilling trading within a narrow range between the 3637/3647 levels according to a report by Catherine Kijjagulwe, Head of Trading at Absa Bank Uganda. “Demand and

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Weak dollar appetite improves shilling

Weak dollar appetite improves shilling

The Ugandan shilling traded a notch firmer on Monday as weaker hard currency appetite by merchandise importers lent support to the local currency, a report by Centenary Bank indicates. “The safe-haven U.S. dollar hovered near

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Shilling strengthens as appetite for hard currency dulls

Shilling strengthens as appetite for hard currency dulls

The Ugandan shilling strengthened on Thursday, buoyed by slowing appetite for hard currency from importers and some healthy inflows from exporters of tea, cocoa, coffee and other commodities, a report by Centenary Bank indicates. Sterling

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Dollar plunges as markets reposition after US inflation expectation change

Dollar plunges as markets reposition after US inflation expectation change

The dollar plunged overnight after U.S. consumer prices were unchanged in July compared with June, when prices rose a monthly 1.3%. The July result was lower than expectations due to a sharp drop in the

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Ugandan Markets await US inflation data

Ugandan Markets await US inflation data

The dollar traded firmly on Wednesday in anticipation of U.S. inflation data, which even if it comes in softer-than-expected is still likely to be so red hot that steep U.S. interest rate rises will be

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