NAIROBI, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Kenya's shilling weakened on Friday due to increased importer demand for dollars,
especially from the energy sector, traders said.
At 0744 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at
126.30/50 per dollar, compared with Thursday's closing rate of
126.20/40.
Earlier on Friday, the shilling, hit a new all-time low of
126.70/90 per dollar before recovering some ground, Refinitiv
data showed. ...........................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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