NAIROBI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The following company
announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency
market moves and political events may affect African markets on
Friday.
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GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian stocks advanced on Friday as hints of progress in
U.S.-China trade talks and aggressive stimulus from the
European Central Bank helped counter worries about a global
economic slowdown. MKTS/GLOB
WORLD OIL PRICES
Oil futures fell on Friday as concerns about global growth
and slowing demand lingered despite hints of progress on
U.S.-China trade talks, setting up prices for weekly losses
after days of swinging back and forth. O/R
EMERGING MARKETS
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SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS
South Africa's rand rallied in afternoon trade on Thursday as
the European Central Bank's new stimulus measures and mutual
concessions by the United States and China in their trade
dispute buoyed risk appetite, while stocks also
gained. MARKETS
The Kenyan shilling KES= was stable against the dollar on
Thursday with inflows from diaspora remittances supporting
demand from merchandise importers, traders said. POLICY
Kenya has banned foreigners from adopting local children and
will work toward a new policy governing the process, the
presidency said on Thursday.
NIGERIA OIL
OPEC agreed on Thursday to trim oil output by asking
over-producing members Iraq and Nigeria to bring production
in line with their targets as the group strives to prevent a
glut amid soaring U.S. production and a slowing global
economy. POLITICS
Sudan's new Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok flew to South Sudan
on Thursday on a two-day visit to cement a new plan for peace
talks with many of the rebel groups fighting against the
government, brokered the previous day by Sudan's southern
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