Kenyan shilling slips; remains under pressure due to importers

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Feb 3 (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling weakened on Friday, remaining under pressure due to dollar demand from importers, traders said. At 1018 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 124.65/85 per U.S. dollar, compared with Thursday's close of 124.45/65. The shilling has hit repeated record lows this year, with Refinitiv data showing it struck a new all-time low on Friday. ...........................Shilling spot rates .....................Shilling forward rates .......................Cross rates ..................................Local contributors .......................Central Bank of Kenya Index .....................Kenyan Bonds contributor pages ...............Treasury bill yields ..................Central bank open market operations .........................Horizontal repo transactions , ................Daily interbank lending rate .............................Kenya Bond pricing .................................NSE-20 Share Index .................................NSE-25 Share Index .................................NSE All Share Index ...........................FT NSE Kenya 15 Index .......................... FT NSE Kenya 25 Index SPEED GUIDES: (Reporting by Bhargav Acharya Editing by Alexander Winning)

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