By Rafiq Raji, PhD
Twitter: @DrRafiqRaji
Global Markets
- Apple warning, China worries hit Asian shares; ‘flash crash’ jolts currencies
- MSCI Asia ex-Japan -0.4 pct, Asia tech shares hit harder
- US stock futures fall over 1 pct after Apple warning
- China shares volatile as economy slows
- Currency ‘flash crash’ sends yen soaring
Oil Markets
- Oil drops as volatile markets supply surge unsettle investors
- Oil supply surge is creating glut
- Saudi Arabia expected to cut Feb physical crude prices
- Brent down 0.8 pct at $54.45 a barrel (0453GMT)
- US WTI crude futures down 1.7 pct at $45.75
Grains
- Soybeans near 2-wk high on Brazil weather conditions
- Most active CBOT wheat futures up 0.3 pct at $5.08 per bushel (0138GMT)
- Most active corn futures down 0.1 pct at $3.75 per bushel
- Most active soy futures up 0.1 pct at $9.08 per bushel
- Most active rice futures unchanged at $10.35 per hundredweight
Key African events or data releases today
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- South Africa’s high school exam results to be released today
Key African events or data releases yesterday & early a.m today
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- New Barrick eyes several options to end Tanzania tax dispute – CEO
- Congo warns of vote result delay as tallies trickle in
- Algeria shuts southern borders to Syrians over security fears
- Somalia orders top UN official to leave
- Zimbabwe’s Delta Beverages to accept cash only amid currency crunch
- In Yemen, world’s worst cholera outbreak traced to eastern Africa
- Ethnic clashes kill in Burkina Faso as security worsens
- Deputy governor of South Africa’s central bank resigns
- Africa Crude – Angolan supply ample, China buying subdued
- Sudan restricts social media access to counter protest movement
- Total starts production at Nigeria’s deepwater Egina oilfield
- Morocco’s growth slows to 2.7 pct in Q4 2018 – planning agency
- Egypt exporting 520 mln cubic feet of LNG per day from Idku plant – official
- Nigeria’s crude output rises to 2.09 mln bpd in 2018
- Uganda shilling a touch weaker as players eye demand uptick
N.B. Full stories of above headlines are available on Reuters
