NAIROBI, Aug 26 - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Wednesday.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Asian stocks eased from a two-year high on Wednesday, as a mixed bag of economic data had investors a touch more circumspect about the global recovery, while oil jumped to a five-month peak owing to a hurricane disrupting output in the Gulf of Mexico.
OIL PRICES
Brent crude oil prices rose on Wednesday, lifted by U.S. producers shutting most of their offshore output in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Laura and optimism over China-U.S. trade talks.
SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS
The South African rand extended gains against the dollar on Tuesday, as riskier currencies forged ahead after positive signals from trade talks between the United States and China.
MARKETS
The Kenyan shilling weakened on Tuesday, pressured by strong dollar demand from manufacturers and the energy sector, traders said.
MINING
Zambia's mining investment arm ZCCM-IH (ZCCM.LZ) is seeking a controlling stake in Glencore (GLEN.L) subsidiary Mopani (Copper) Mines, Zambia's mines minister said on Tuesday, after a disagreement over Glencore's plan to halt production.
SUDAN LOAN
Cash-strapped South Sudan is seeking a $250 million loan from the African Export-Import Bank, the deputy minister of agriculture said, to implement a long-delayed peace agreement, fight COVID-19 and support food security.
MINING
The Botswana government said there was no guarantee that it would be able to renew a new 10-year sales agreement with De Beers before the end of December, when the current one expires, as the coronavirus pandemic has delayed negotiations.
DAM
Ethiopia's prime minister and Sudan's leadership said on Tuesday they would make every effort to reach a deal on a giant hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that has caused a bitter dispute between Addis Ababa and Cairo over water supplies.