By Rafiq Raji, PhD
Twitter: @DrRafiqRaji

Global Markets

• Stocks stop short of new peaks as Sino-US tensions weigh
• MSCI all country equity index just shy of record peak
• US stock futures dip, Asia bid slightly
• Major currencies stuck, Chilean peso tumbles

Oil Markets

• Oil steady amid muted Thanksgiving trade and ahead of OPEC+ meet
• Brent down 5 cents at $63.82 a barrel (0103GMT)
• WTI up 1 cent at $58.12

Precious metals

• Gold eyes worst month in 3 years amid trade deal hopes
• Spot gold down 0.1% at $1,456.30/oz. (0116GMT)
• US gold futures up 0.1% at $1,462.30/oz.

Key African events or data releases today
[Posts & comments at my Twitter handle @DrRafiqRaji]

• 5^th Gas Exporting Countries Forum in Malabo; Nigeria’s Buhari attending
• e-Nigeria conference, exhibitions & Awards in Abuja; 28-29 Nov
• Togo’s US embassy begins diaspora voter registration
• South Africa PSCE Oct-19 [fcst. 6.8% yy, prev. 6.2%]
• South Africa M3 Oct-19 [fcst. 6.9%, prev. 6.1%]

Key African events or data releases yesterday & early a.m today
[Posted & commented on some headlines below at my Twitter handle @DrRafiqRaji]

• Sudan moves to dissolve ex ruling party, repeals public order law
• Sudan repeals public order act used to regulate women’s behaviour – minister
• Sudan approves law to ‘dismantle’ former regime – state TV
• After Mali deaths, Macron assesses Sahel options hoping for EU help
• Sudan’s midwives told to stop genital mutilation on mothers after birth
• 4 killed in attacks against ebola response centres in Congo
• Norwegian police probe bank DNB over Namibia fisheries scandal
• Guess the rain: Kenya gamifies climate change to help farmers
• South Africa’s Eskom makes interim profit on higher tariffs
• Africa Oil – Demand for Nigerian oil high, though loading issues continue
• Cambridge college to return looted Benin cockerel statue to Nigeria
• Equatorial Guinea announces $1 bln of energy projects
• Turkey signs maritime boundaries deal with Libya amid exploration row
• Nigeria gives UK court $200 mln guarantee for stay on asset seizures in P&ID case
• South Africa’s rand steady, stocks fall as investor eye trade developments
• Death-defying South African lauded for defence of land and women
• Uganda allows study of power project in Murchison Falls national park
• Growth in loans, credit cards poses risk to South Africa’s economy – central bank
• Macron tells army: ‘all options open’ in Sahel after Mali deaths
• African migrants among 20 civilians killed in attacks on Yemen within a week – UN
• East Libyan warplanes attack Chadian forces near southwest oilfields – LNA official
• Egypt’s parliament confirms reappointment of Amer as central bank governor
• South Africa’s Eskom makes 1.3 bln rand profit in first half
• Kenyan shilling weakens on end month dollar demand
• Rwanda’s Bank of Kigali quarterly pretax profit up 58.9%
• Zimbabwe president u-turns on scrapping grain subsidies – state media
• Kenya’s Centum banks on real estate after H1 profit trebles
• Turkey and Libya sign deal on maritime zones in the Mediterranean
• Algeria protesters scuffle with police as election nears
• 3 dead in attacks against ebola response centres in Congo
• East Libyan forces launch air strikes near southwest oil fields
• South Africa’s Vodacom CFO to step down
• Kenya’s Centum’s H1 pretax profit jumps to 7.72 bln shillings

N.B. Full stories of above headlines are available on Reuters