By Rafiq Raji, PhD
Twitter: @DrRafiqRaji
Global Markets
- China growth woes curb Asian shares, US equity futures turn down
- E-mini futures for S&P 500, Nikkei turn red
- Poor industrial profits data from China weighs on sentiment
- Tokyo-listed Brazilian stock exchange ETF jump after election
Oil Markets
- Oil dips as markets remain cautious on trade concerns
- Analysts expect global trade slowdown
- Oil markets in Asia remain tight ahead of Iran sanctions
- US rig count at March 2015 high
- Brent crude oil futures down 6 cents at $77.56 a barrel (0430GMT)
- US WTI crude futures flat at $67.59 a barrel
Precious metals
- Gold prices nudge down as Asian stocks gain
- Spot gold down 0.1 pct at $1,232.54 an ounce (0055GMT)
- US gold futures down 0.1 pct at $1,234.70 an ounce
Grains
- Wheat prices climb nearly 2 pct to hit 10-day high
- Most active CBOT wheat futures up 1.8 pct at $5.14-1/2 per bushel (0024GMT)
- Most active corn futures up about 1 pct at $3.71-1/4 per bushel
- Most active soy futures up 0.8 pct at $8.51-1/2 per bushel
- Most active rice futures up 0.6 pct at $10.99 per hundredweight
Key African events or data releases today
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- G20 Africa summit in Berlin today; 29-30 Oct
Key African events or data releases over the weekend & early a.m today
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- South Africa’s MTN quarterly subscribers edge up
- African countries should ‘decolonise’ water, recognise customary rights – report
- Tribesman stage protest at Libya’s El Sharara oilfield
- South African home affairs minister says he was blackmailed over sex video
- Zambia to look at rebasing economy size in 2019 – finmin
- Russia not helping to stabilise CAR – France
- eSwatini king appoints MTN executive as prime minister – local media
- Athletics – Kenyan Kiptum sets half-marathon world record in Valencia
- Former South African finance minister says blackmailed after sex video leaked
- Saudi’s SABIC looking for Africa investment opportunities
- Libyan commander Haftar to attend Sicily conference, Italy says
- Congo ruling coalition rallies supporters before presidential election
- Ex-South African president De Klerk hospitalised for lung ailment
- US wheat up 3 pct after multi-month lows, Egypt tender eyed
- Nigeria aiming to resolve MTN dispute and soothe investor fears – minister
- South Africa raises $55 billion so far in investment pledges
- Ghana’s 91-day bill rises to 13.91 pct
- Africa Crude – Tenders mop up Nigerian crude, Forcados offered in window
- South Africa’s rand recovers as firms pledge $20 bln investment
- Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power says to invest $658 mln in South Africa
- Telecoms firm Vodacom says to invest $3 bln in South Africa
- McDonald’s to invest $205 mln in South Africa over next 5 years
- Carmakers pledge to invest over $3 bln in South Africa
- InterCement sells Portugal, Cape Verde units to OYAK for $795 mln
- Tunisia ready for Open Skies agreement with Europe – PM
- UN condemns human rights abuses in expulsion of Congolese from Angola
- Gold output at Randgold’s Ivorian mine to fal 23.3 pct below 2018 forecast
- Juncker says North Africa migrant “camps” not on EU agenda
- Ethiopia announces $7 bln in new road, power public-private projects
- Rhythms of slavery draw tourists to Moroccan village
- Namibia scraps black ownership rules for mining exploration licenses
- When do-gooders do harm: Liberia rape scandal shifts aid sector spotlight
- South Africa’s Aspen to invest $231 mln in sterile anaesthetics manufacturing
- Kenyan shilling steady, forecast weaken due to energy sector demand
- Vedanta says will invest $700-$800 mln in South Africa smelter
- Moody’s says weaker South African fiscal outlook a credit negative
- South Africa’s Ramaphosa says turning economy around
- South Africa’s committed to protecting property rights – Ramaphosa
- South Africa’s Naspers to invest $315 mln in technology expansion
N.B. Full stories of above headlines are available on Reuters
