Kenyan shilling weakens due to increased importer demand

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NAIROBI, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling dropped to new all-time low on Wednesday due to a rise in dollar demand from general goods importers, petroleum-retailers and manufacturing companies, traders said. At 0841 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 126.30/50 per dollar, compared with Tuesday's closing rate of 125.95/126.15. The shilling's present level is a fresh record low, Refinitiv data showed. On Wednesday, the tourism ministry said the sector, one of the East African nation's top sources of foreign exchange, jumped 83% in 2022 to 268 billion shillings ($2.13 billion). ...........................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 George Obulutsa; Editing by Duncan Miriri)

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