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Kenyan shilling strengthens to 7 day high against the dollar

Published February 28, 2018 Updated February 28, 2018 12:55pm

At 0909 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 101.30/40 per dollar, up from 101.50/70 at Tuesday's close.

"A lot of corporates (firms) hedged out their requirements when we dipped to 100.8 and are under no pressure to buy dollars at the moment," said a senior trader from a commercial bank.

 

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