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]
- 5th 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
