By Rafiq Raji, PhD
Twitter: @DrRafiqRaji
Global Markets
- Asian shares inch up, investors brace for US elections
- Asia shares rebound after Monday’s fall
- Wall Street shares mostly gain, Apple drags down techs
- Investors expect a split Congress, Democrats to take over House
- US oil prices near 7-mth low
Oil Markets
- Oil dips on worries an economic slowdown could cut fuel demand
- US sanctions against Iran’s fuel exports started Monday
- Washington grants temporary waivers to Iran’s top buyers
- Global oil supply is rising amid concerns of economic slowdown
- Brent yet to trade at 0021GMT, Brent liquidity expected low due to Singapore holiday
- US WTI crude futures down 0.3 pct at $62.93 (0021GMT)
Grains
- Soybeans edge higher after China supports US trade talks
- Most active CBOT soybean futures up 0.1 pct at $8.87 a bushel (0203GMT)
- Most active corn futures down 0.1 pct at $3.73-1/2 a bushel
- Most active wheat futures down 0.2 pct at $5.06-1/4 a bushel
Key African events or data releases today
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- Prince Charles of Wales & wife, Camilla due in Nigeria today
Key African events or data releases yesterday & early a.m today
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- Nigerian unions, govt agree minimum wage to avert strike
- France gets help to Gambia and Central Africa; pushes regional clout
- Barrick chairman says miner eyes nimble future after Randgold deal
- Yellow fever kills 10 in Ethiopia, WHO ships 1.45 mln vaccines
- Egypt shelves Brazil visit as Bolsonaro’s Israel decision sours ties
- Unemployment in Morocco drops slightly to 10 pct in Q3
- Tunisia’s PM reshuffles cabinet to tackle economic crisis
- Algeria’s Bouteflika frees five generals – source
- Facebook’s Cameroon problem: stop online hate stoking conflict
- Armed men in Cameroon kidnap 79 school children
- Algeria’s Sonatrach awards LPG train contract to Italy’s Tecnimont
- Africa Crude – Angolan diffs slide as high freight rates bite
- Host South Sudan to include Darfur rebels in Sudan peace talks
- Sisi hints Egyptian civil servants may not get wage increase this year
- South Africa’s Solidarity union rejects salary cuts at Denel
- Golar looks to Nigeria to expand power footprint
- South African rand firms, stocks up as risk sentiment improves
- Air Tanzania to receive two Airbus jets in revival push
- Egypt’s Sisi says law curbing NGOs needs to be more “balanced”
- Zimbabwe to announce winning bidders for mining assets in two weeks
- Sluggish credit flow imperils Kenya’s economic growth – Equity Group
- Nigeria’s NNPC says Shell, ExxonMobil also looking at crude swaps
- Kenyan shilling steady amid inflows from exports, remittances
- Uganda shilling weaker inches down against the dollar
N.B. Full stories of above headlines are available on Reuters
