Treasury daily report 31 March 2015

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31/03/2015 12:00:00 AM
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KENYA SHILLINGS
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LOCAL MARKET COMMENTARY
Daily QKES=
The Kenyan shilling continued its downward slide on Monday to close at
92.30/40 caused in part by corporate demand from companies looking
to meet their end month dollar obligations . The central bank was in the
money markets on Friday mopping up 17 billion through Repo activities
.The local currency is expected to trade within 91.80/92.80 range for the
day pressured by travel warning issued by Britain and Australia on friday
hurting inflows from the tourism sector.
11/18/2013 - 5/30/2014 (GMT)
Price
/USD
87.60
87.5
BarOHLC, QKES=, Bid
5/21/2014, 87.60, 87.60, 87.60, 87.60, -0.20, (-0.23%)
SMA, QKES=, Bid(Last), 14
5/21/2014, 87.20
87.20
87
86.5
86
The Nairobi Securities Exchanges main 20 share index rose 0.27 points to
close at 5242.62 recovering from a two session falling streak. Safaricom
rose by 0.10 to close at 16.70 a share. Bonds on the secondary market
worth 1.17 Billion were traded.
85.5
Auto
18
02
16
Dec 13
01
16
Jan 14
03
17
Feb 14
03
17
Mar 14
01
16
Apr 14
01
16
May 14
MAJORS: EUR & GBP
GLOBAL SNAPSHOT
Daily QEURKES=
11/18/2013 - 5/30/2014 (GMT)
Price
KES
BarOHLC, QEURKES=, Bid
5/21/2014, 120.23, 120.32, 119.97, 120.06, -0.17, (-0.14%)
SMA, QEURKES=, Bid(Last), 14
5/21/2014, 120.09
120.09
120.06
120
119
118
117
116
115
Auto
18
02
16
Dec 13
01
16
Jan 14
03
17
Feb 14
03
17
Mar 14
01
16
Apr 14
01
16
May 14
The euro traded range bound at 1.0830 against the USD having pulled
away from a trough of 1.0457. The euro was bouyed slightly by data
showing a rise in german consumer prices. Uncertainity over funding for
Greece from its international creditors continue to plague the euro.
Sterling inched down on monday to 1.4778 down 0.7% lower against the
dollar and on track for its worst monthly performance in two years.
Political risk has been priced into the sterling as on an interest rate
differential basis sterling should be trading higher. Data released on
Monday showed UK mortgage approvals reached a six month high in
February suggesting upward momentum in the housing market, but this
data had no impact on pounds slide down.
FIXED DEPOSIT INDICATIVE RATES
Kes 5 mio and Above
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9.50%
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10.00%
INDICATIVE LEVELS
INDICATIVE CROSS RATES
USD/KES
91.90
92.60
EUR/USD
1.0600
1.0900
EUR/KES
98.50
100.50
GBP/USD
1.4600
1.4900
GBP/KES
135.0000
138.0000
INR/USD
62.4000
62.9000
INR/KES
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1.4500
1.4800
1.295
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