NAIROBI: Kenya's shilling was slightly firmer early on Wednesday, helped by hard currency inflows from foreign investors tapping Kenyan government debt, trader said.
At 0708 GMT, leading commercial banks quoted the shilling at 85.70/85.90 from Tuesday's close of 85.80/85.90.
The central bank is due on Wednesday to announce results of a 10-year bond sale, with fixed income traders expecting the paper to fetch a yield of around 12.5 percent against 12.4 percent obtained for the same tenure in August.
"Anything above 10 percent is basically good," said Sameer Lagadia, head of trading at Diamond Trust Bank. "(Investors) are looking at the longer tenure."
In comparison, the weighted average yield on Kenya's benchmark 91-day Treasury bill dipped to 9.167 percent at its last sale on Thursday from 9.315 percent a week earlier.
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