NAIROBI, May 11 (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling dipped slightly against the dollar on Thursday, hurt by oil
importers' appetite for hard currency, traders said.
At 0842 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at
136.70/90 per dollar, compared with 136.65/85 at Wednesday's
close.
The shilling has lost more than 20% against the dollar in
the last two years, touching a new all-time low of 136.80/137.00
per dollar on Thursday morning before winning back some ground,
Refinitiv data showed.
"We're still seeing a little bit of (FX) demand coming
through so it still looks to remain under pressure from oil
importers and manufacturers," said one trader at a commercial
bank.
(Reporting by Hereward Holland
Editing by Alexander Winning)
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