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Markets
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) hiked rates on Nigerian Treasury bills on Wednesday, with one-year paper attracting most of the allotment.
Kenya raised KES 24.35 billion from Treasury bill allotment at its weekly primary market auction last week. The weekly Treasury bills auction was oversubscribed, recording a subscription rate of 102.3%, with total bids of KES 24.55 billion against an offer of KES 24.00 billion.
The benchmark yield on Nigerian government bonds increased by 10 basis points week on week in the secondary market, reflecting investors’ risk-off sentiment in the debt instruments.
The South African Rand is holding up well against major crosses, including the US dollar, Euro and British Pound (GBP), following yesterday’s rally, First National Bank (FNB) said in its daily market insight on Thursday.
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