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Thursday 03rd of October 2013 |
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Domenico Fanizza & Ragnar Gudmundsson @IMFNews #MindSpeak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FRwlD0BKuw |
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U.S., Japan to modernize alliance to counter 21st century threats Reuters Law & Politics |
Washington's desire for Japan to take a greater role in its defense dovetails with the rise of nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who has taken a more assertive approach toward such security issues as a territorial dispute with China and the threat from nearby North Korea.
"Our goal is a more balanced and effective alliance," U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told a news conference after the first "2+2" meeting to be held in Tokyo.
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China has spent more than $50bn (£31bn) in the past three months on energy and infrastructure deals in central Asia as Beijing seeks to establish a "new Silk Road" through the region. Law & Politics |
Chinese outbound investment totalled just over $100bn in the third quarter of 2013 with around half of that sum spent in the central Asian states visited by the Chinese president Xi Jinping on an official tour last month.
"Investment closely tracks where the [Beijing] government turns up," said Henry Tillman, the chief executive of the merchant bank Grisons Peak which compiled the figures. "We've not noticed such a strong correlation before".
Xi visited Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan in September and signed sizable business deals with all four countries.
Conclusions
This is the Chinese Counter Offensive versus the US Pivot and Encirclement.
Why al-Shabab's Westgate massacre is just the tip of the iceberg for an Africa on the edge of dysfunction @hofrench http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/10/02/demography_is_destiny_africa_al_shabab?page=0,0
Make no mistake, the spread of al Qaeda -- or even merely of its values -- in Africa represents a serious challenge for the continent, but people who focus excessively on this aspect of African instability do so at the expense of more fundamental problems.
The biggest challenges facing Africa have little to do with religion, per se, and even less with global terrorism. Fundamentally, what unites groups like al-Shabab, Boko Haram, and the Islamist rebels who nearly took over Mali earlier this year is not radical Islam, but an even deeper reality: the gradual erosion of the basic institutions of the state across much of the continent.
This may seem surprising on the face of it, because although Somalia has been famously ungoverned for most of the last two decades, during which time it has become the very symbol of the failed state, Nigeria and Mali, like a great many other African states, have been pluralist and formally democratic for some time. The economy of sub-Saharan Africa is growing faster than it has in years, faster indeed than any other continent. Here and there, middle classes are sprouting rapidly, and life expectancy and other health indicators are improving.
But as the old cliché goes, African states are almost without exception artificial creations, defined, if never fully forged, in the experience of European colonialism. The modern African nation-state has survived since then in large part because the international community has insisted on its relevance. In practice, what this has meant is that the United Nations has accorded countries recognition, treating their existence not just as a juridical fact, but as entities that must be propped up and supported. This, in turn, has created an extraordinary opportunity for local political elites to game the international system and collect lucrative rents while doing just enough to maintain the fiction of statehood. Some African countries have managed the challenge of constructing nations better than others, building a real sense of identity and belonging among their citizens. Countries like Ghana, Malawi, and Zambia, to name just three, increasingly have seen political parties alternate in power after peaceful, competitive democratic elections. Other countries have seen even more robust institutions take root. More broadly still, a period of brisk and generalized African economic growth has lent a hopeful patina of modernization and newfound dynamism to many parts of the continent.
What the recent spate of terrorism and insurgency should alert us to, however, is that without even more dramatic progress, the juridical fictions of many African states will not be robust enough for their people to prosper in during the years ahead and perhaps may not even survive as the familiar entities that appear fixed on today's maps. To be sure, security -- which is the centerpiece of much American attention to the continent -- is important, but in many African states the biggest shortcomings lie elsewhere, notably in the provision of other basic services, from essential utilities to education.
The most powerful challenges ahead should point us away from religion and terrorism because they are linked instead to immense demographic and environmental changes that are already well under way on the continent. As Africa's population potentially triples to over 3 billion over the course of this century -- bigger than India and China combined -- many states risk falling further and further behind in meeting the needs (and securing the loyalties) of their citizens
The obsessive focus on the militant Islamic character of al-Shabab, which goes hand in hand with America's post-9/11 preoccupation with terrorism, obscures the way that Somalia's failure as a state may be a dress rehearsal in minor key for broader and potentially far more consequential state failure around the continent.
This approach sharply increases the odds that Congo will not merely continue to swell, but explode one day, as its people respond with desperation and intensifying violence to mounting disorganization and hopelessness.
In Nigeria, it is Boko Haram, with what have lately become almost constant attacks in the predominantly Muslim north, that have brought that country, at least episodically, to the world's attention. "There are few countries as large as Nigeria that are so underreported and misunderstood outside their shores," wrote Michael Peel in the introduction to his excellent 2010 book, A Swamp Full of Dollars: Pipelines and Paramilitaries at Nigeria's Oil Frontier.
Fighting terrorism only gets at a tiny piece of this. Kenyan stability and prosperity, like that of any of its neighbors, cannot be secured in isolation but rather depends on the quality of the neighborhood, and restoring functional statehood to Somalia is the biggest project on hand.
Conclusions
Dear Howard,
I trust You are well? You are quite right to underscore the risks around the 'Demographic Dividend.' The Risks are surely binary and high beta. We have this Surge of Young People, in many instances surfing the c21st on their Mobile Phones and whose expectations are of a completely different and higher Quantum when compared to any preceding African Generation. The Broad Macro Trends [especially as painted by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation] are all apparently headed in the right direction. However, the 'ungoverned spaces' constitute a Huge Risk which can escalate exponentially at any time.
I think the Fundamental issue for African Governments is how to create broad based ownership amongst their citizens. I think Mrs. Thatcher clearly is a Signifier. Governments would do well to sell their investments and Parastatals to their Citizens at steep discounts. I think this would be a powerful Tool for reducing SSA Political Risk and it makes economic sense as well.
Interestingly, I think the #Westgate Attackers might well represent an Al-Shabaab 2.0. The Extraordinary thing is how Al-Shabaab are able to leverage the new Digital World to such outstanding effect. The Linguistics around their Tweets speak powerfully to the fact that Al-Shabaab's Audience is no longer in Mogadishu, its in the Diaspora Communities in the West in Minneapolis, London et al. The Direction of their Digital Voice speaks volumes to the Internationalisation of this Group.
Faithfully Aly-Khan Satchu Nairobi
Gambia quits the Commonwealth http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/03/gambia-quits-commonwealth-yahya-jammeh
"The government has withdrawn its membership of the British Commonwealth and decided that the Gambia will never be a member of any neo-colonial institution and will never be a party to any institution that represents an extension of colonialism," the statement said.
The current situation was a “dreamland” for foreign spies, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a Senate committee, saying that some 70 per cent of intelligence employees had been placed on unpaid leave. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-shutdown-and-looming-debt-crisis-talks-between-president-obama-and-congressional-leaders-fail-to-break-the-policy-deadlock-8854474.html
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“The fiscal shenanigans in Washington mean more potential for volatility and choppiness.” International Trade |
“The focus is on the U.S., and the ongoing pushback we’re seeing in tapering expectations, and the toll that’s taking on U.S. bond yields and the U.S. dollar,” said Mike Jones, a currency strategist at Bank of New Zealand Ltd. in Wellington
Boehner and other congressional leaders met with Obama for more than an hour yesterday inWashington. As he exited the meeting at the White House, Boehner said Obama must recognize that the U.S. has a divided government.
“The American people expect their leaders to come together and try to find ways to resolve their differences,” said Boehner, an Ohio Republican. Obama has said he won’t negotiate with Republicans on the budget until they reopen the government and raise the borrowing limit without conditions.
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Currency Markets at a Glance WSJ World Currencies |
Euro 1.3602 The dollar declined 0.2 percent percent to $1.3607 per euro as of 6:34 a.m. in London after reaching $1.3623, the weakest since Feb. 4. Dollar Index 79.86 “The U.S. dollar continues to be the loser from the Washington standoff,” National Australia Bank Ltd Japan Yen 97.66 Swiss Franc 0.9019 Pound 1.6222 Aussie 0.9396 India Rupee 61.885 South Korea Won 1071.26 Brazil Real 2.1924 Brazil’s real rose to a one-week high Egypt Pound 6.8916 South Africa Rand 10.0153
The dollar has fallen 0.6 percent in the past week, according to Bloomberg Correlation Weighted Indexes. The yen has strengthened 0.9 percent and the euro has gained 0.4 percent.
Euro versus the Dollar 3 Month Chart 1.3602 [Euro looks overextended] http://quotes.ino.com/charting/index.html?s=FOREX_EURUSD&v=d3&t=c&a=50&w=1
“Real GDP growth in the second quarter was positive, after six quarters of negative output growth, and confidence indicators up to September confirm the expected gradual improvement in economic activity from low levels,” Draghi said. “The overall improvements in financial markets seen since last summer appear to be gradually working their way through to the real economy.”
12-AUG-2013 ::The Recovery in the West is not a Mirage It Is Real http://www.rich.co.ke/media/docs/038NSX1208.pdf
Dollar Index 3 Month Chart INO 79.86 http://quotes.ino.com/charting/index.html?s=NYBOT_DX&v=d3&t=c&a=50&w=1
The Bloomberg U.S. Dollar Index, which tracks the performance of the greenback against 10 leading global currencies, was little changed at 1,008.21 after falling to its lowest level since Sept. 19.
Benchmark 10-year Treasury yields were at 2.62 percent, after reaching a seven-week low of 2.59 percent on Sept. 30.
Dollar Yen 3 Month Chart INO 97.66 http://quotes.ino.com/charting/index.html?s=FOREX_USDJPY&v=d3&t=c&a=50&w=1
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Commodity Markets at a Glance WSJ Commodities |
Gold 1 Year Chart INO 1312.30 http://quotes.ino.com/charting/index.html?s=FOREX_XAUUSDO&t=c&a=50&w=1&v=d12
Prices climbed 2.2 percent yesterday, rebounding from an eight-week low of $1,277.15, after a private report showed U.S. companies added fewer workers than forecast in September, supporting the case for the Fed to maintain its $85 billion-a-month of bond buying.
“The market expects a short shutdown that will have a minimal impact on the broader economy and doesn’t change the Fed’s timetable on tapering,” said Mark To, head of research at Wing Fung Financial Group, a Hong Kong-based precious metals trader and refiner. “If the budget standoff stretches into next week, it could begin to negatively impact the economy, and the demand for a safe haven will support gold.”
Crude Oil 3 Month Chart INO 103.64 http://quotes.ino.com/charting/index.html?s=NYMEX_CL.X13.E&v=d3&t=c&a=50&w=1
Futures slid as much as 0.5 percent in New York after jumping 2 percent yesterday to the highest price since Sept. 20. WTI for November delivery dropped as much as 52 cents to $103.58 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It was at $103.76 at 12:47 p.m. Singapore time. The contract yesterday advanced to $104.10 in the first gain in four days. The volume of all futures traded was about 65 percent below the 100-day average.
Conclusions
I think we will test $100.00 because of a deflated ME Geopolitical Premium.
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The Only Andy Warhol in Nairobi that I know of - Dodo Cunningham-Reid International Trade |
What’s great about this country is America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you can know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good.
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President Museveni's Hat at #Mindspeak Africa |
The Verbatim Transcript Museveni Mindspeak Socio-economic transformation and Regional Political Integration #Mindspeak http://bit.ly/jMb1cO
It was apparently written entirely by HE. I remember saying Start from the Beginning and so it does.
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Mao Tse Tung called these Comprador Bourgeouisie For Social Economic Transformation to take Place There are certain Stimuli that are needed The First One is Technological Innovation Gun Powder Genghis Khan Europe 850 AD Made Europeans the Masters of the Human Race The Other Stimuli is Infrastructure KWH per Capita - Uganda KWH per capita will be 500 in 2016 Uganda Uranium - People came to me and said they wanted to export our Uranium. I said Uganda will never export its Uramnium whilst we are in Darkness Private Sector Led Growth is another Stimuli Developed Human Resource is another The Bible St Luke's Gospel 10: 30-37 Who is My Neighbiour? We can only negotiate as 130m East Africans None of the Africans has a Space Programme It is the Old Problem of the GunPowder all over again One Important Question all Africans need to answer What is More important the Human Resource or the Natural Resource? Katanga 1961 Mosie Tshombe Uganda may end up with 10b Barrels of Oil In fact Karamijong and Pokot are now using Mobile Phones to steal Cattle Sectarianism is Pseudo Ideology Uganda will be a Middle Income Country by 2016
South Africa All Share Bloomberg +15.08% 2013 http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/JALSH:IND
Dollar versus Rand 6 Month Chart INO 10.0098 http://quotes.ino.com/charting/index.html?s=FOREX_USDZAR&v=d6&t=c&a=50&w=1
Egypt Pound versus The Dollar 3 Month Chart INO 6.8913 http://quotes.ino.com/charting/index.html?s=FOREX_USDEGP&v=d3&t=c&a=50&w=1
Egypt EGX30 Bloomberg +6.67% 2013 http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/CASE:IND
Nigeria All Share Bloomberg +35.46% 2013 http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/NGSEINDX:IND
Ghana Stock Exchange Composite Index Bloomberg +69.71% 2013 http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/GGSECI:IND
Zambia's Ministry of Finance is raising a new $250 million syndicated loan as more African countries, including Tanzania, turn to the loan market for financing, bankers said on Wednesday. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/02/zambia-loans-idUSL6N0HS38Y20131002
The new $250 million loan is Zambia's first syndicated facility since 1984, one of the bankers said.
Tanzania has also sent out a request for a loan of between $200 million-$700 million, the bankers said.
"The Government of Kenya opened the floodgates last year with its loan. Now there are a number of discussions going on with African countries including Tanzania," the second banker said.
A Boom for Whom? Mozambique’s Natural Gas and the New Development Opportunity http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail/?lng=en&id=170032
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Safaricom sets another All Time High and is +73.267% in 2013 share data Kenyan Economy |
Par Value: 0.05/- Closing Price: 8.75 Total Shares Issued: 40000000000.00 Market Capitalization: 350,000,000,000 EPS: 0.44 PE: 19.886
FY 2013 Earnings through 31st March 2013 versus FY through March 2012 FY Revenue 124.287856b versus 106.995529b +16.2% FY Gross Profit 67.743420b versus 52.856310b +28.2% FY Operating Expenses [40.643226b] versus [32.704953b] +24.3% FY PBT 25.450565b versus 17.369400b +46.5% FY PAT 17.539810b versus 12.627607b +38.9% FY EPS 0.44 versus 0.32 +37.5% FY Dividend 0.31 cents a share +40.9% Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period
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The Nairobi Mall Attack: Who is the “White Widow”? Why is She being Targeted? Kenyan Economy |
She has so far survived a reported shoot-to-kill manhunt, with “some of the toughest and most resourceful members of the special forces and intelligence community looking for her”, including Scotland Yard, the CIA, and Kenyan police with South African detectives leading the hunt.
Dozens of MI5 and MI6 officers have been in Kenya trying to track down British jihadists: Lewthwaite and those around her. Jacob Ondari, the deputy public prosecutor in Mombasa, was quoted in July 2012 that: “The police will shoot her if they find her and she tries to run.” “Too bad if she gets shot dead.”
It is apparent that Lewthwaite’s survival has become so threatening to a western power that they are using all of the intelligence and media sources at their disposal to ensure that whatever story she has to tell will not be heard.
Conclusions
There is a School of thought that Mr. Lindsay was a Patsy and You see in that case that might well inform her State of Mind.
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Samantha Lewthwaite, pictured in a selfie from a personal computer found by police at the house she was renting in Mombasa Kenyan Economy |
Reflections on #Westgate, #Samanthalewthwaite The White Widow The @NSEKenya and The Shilling http://www.rich.co.ke/rctools/wrapup.php?dt=MjAxMy05LTMw
Now lets jump to #Westgate. As I scanned the
Al-Shabaab Tweets I recalled this one that @GGoodwin retweeted
“Westgate: 14hr standoff relayed in 1400 rounds of bullets & 140 characters of vengeance & still ongoing. Gd morning Kenya!”
Another read ''Here are 2 of the Mujahideen inside #Westgate mall, unruffled and strolling around the mall in such sangfroid manner.''
I kept thinking to myself 'sangfroid' is such an unusual word. It means coolness of mind; calmness; composure a kind of cold bloodedness under Pressure. I kept thinking to myself that Sangfroid is a Quality highly prized in the Military. Thats a word the Daughter of a Military Man might know. Nishet tells me, I think this is a Woman. And I said Thats exactly it. Another Tweet says ''I am Titanium.'' referencing a David Guetta Song, whose lyrics read and are practically a Taunt
David Guetta - Titanium ft. Sia YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRfuAukYTKg
The Lyrics http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/davidguetta/titanium.html
[Sia:] You shouted out But I can't hear a word you say I'm talking loud not saying much I'm criticized but all your bullets ricochet You shoot me down, but I get up
[Chorus:] I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose Fire away, fire away Ricochet, you take your aim Fire away, fire away You shoot me down but I won't fall I am titanium You shoot me down but I won't fall I am titanium
[Sia:] Cut me down But it's you who'll have further to fall Ghost town and haunted love Raise your voice, sticks and stones may break my bones I'm talking loud not saying much
And therefore, I am putting Samantha Lewthwaite at the Scene and I think she live tweeted from inside #Westgate for an as yet undetermined Period. And I think she signalled her Presence and is probably seeking some kind of recognition. Finally, there is a Tweet I recall about taking a walk. And I remember when my Phone was stolen at Westlands roundabout, The Thief ran into a Tunnel. I think She was in there, she live tweeted from inside and then she escaped through a Tunnel.
The #Westgate Mall http://www.twitpic.com/deneco
Every Listed Share can be interrogated here http://www.rich.co.ke/rcdata/nsestocks.php
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N.S.E Today |
The Nairobi All Share rallied 0.4665% to close at 129.20 and this is a Fresh 2013 and Multi Year High. The Nairobi All Share retreated 0.36% during the 2 sessions immediately after the Westgate Attack. Subsequently the All Share has rallied +4.0173% since the 24th of September in an extraordinary and even counterintuitive Bull Move to a 5+ Year high. The Nairobi All Share is +36.2007% in 2013. The Nairobi NSE20 improved 7.69 points to close at 4838.07. The Nairobi NSE20 is +17.057% in 2013. Interestingly, the Sharp Rally was triggered by International Investors who swooped in looking for lines of Stock particularly in the Big Cap Counters. Safaricom which is +76.23% this Year set a Fresh All Time Closing High and traded shares at 9.00, which is the highest Price Print ever. Kenya Airways which sliced through key resistance at 10.00 and is +10.88% since Sep 27th eased just 0.935% and I have a Price Target of 15.00.
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N.S.E Equities - Commercial & Services |
Safaricom was the most actively traded share at the Securities Exchange and rallied 1.71% to set another All Time Closing High of 8.90 in what has been a Sequence of All Time Highs in 2013. Safaricom traded 16.366m shares worth 145.729m. Safaricom is now +76.23% in 2013 and traded shares at an All Time High Print of 9.00 +3.44% during the session. I expect a 10.00 Print this Year.
Uchumi firmed 0.25% to close at 20.00 and traded heavy volume of 5.52m shares [making that a cumulative Total of 11.99m shares and that represents 4.517% of its shares and is noteworthy and material] worth 110.408m. Uchumi trades on a Trailing PE of 14.814 [and as such looks cheap versus its SSA Peers] and Foreign Investors have ratcheted their Position higher. Overhanging Supply below 20.00 has been extinguished. Uchumi heads to 25.00 and probably ahead of the Rights Issue.
Kenya Airways eased 0.935% to close at 10.60 and traded 1.425m shares. This is after a +10.88% Rally September 27th through this morning. The Break through 10.00 which had capped the Price since the middle of June is an important and bullish Chart Development. 10.00 now becomes Price Support and given that Kenya Airways is exiting a long entrenched Price Equilibrium, I can foresee a dynamic Bull Move to 15.00. The Shallowness of todays correction confirms the Bona fides of the expected Price extension higher.
Nation Media rallied 2.8125% to close at 329.00 and traded 220,200 shares worth 72.575m. Nation Media has rallied +6.47% over the last 2 sessions. Nation Media trades on a Trailing PE of 20.69 and accelerated H1 2013 Profit After Tax +23.989%. Standard Group eased 2.803% to close at 26.00 on just 10,000 shares.
Scangroup traded 990,800 shares all at 60.00 and unchanged. There has been good sized clips trading at these levels, which represents a 30.11% discount and in my view it is an egregious discount to the Cash Price of 85.85 that WPP's Cavendish Holding is set to pay for more than 20m shares as Part of the Deal which will take Cavendish into a Majority position.
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N.S.E Equities - Finance & Investment |
Kenya Commercial Bank closed unchanged at 46.50 [The Weighted Average was 46.71 and is signalling a Bias higher] which is a record high. KCB has closed at this level since the 25th of September. Kenya Commercial Bank traded 1.058m shares and is +56.30% in 2013. Equity Bank closed unchanged at 33.75 and traded 720,600 shares. CFC Bank ticked +1.38% higher to close at 73.50 and was trading at 75.00 +3.45% session highs at the Finale.
Kenya Re-Insurance firmed 0.34% to close at 14.95 and traded 1.614m shares. Kenya Re has bounced +2.74% over the last 2 Trading Sessions and trades on an inexpensive Trailing PE Ratio of 3.7375. BRITAM firmed +1.818% to close at 8.40 and traded 955,900 shares.
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N.S.E Equities - Industrial & Allied |
EABL was the 2nd most actively traded share at the Securities Exchange and closed unchanged at 339.00 on volume of 372,500 shares worth 126.475m. EABL has rallied +19.366% since the 1st of September. Charles Ireland the Group MD and CEO has been on the Front Foot of late in making the Bull Case. EABL is +27.92% this Year and that is more than twice the return that its Parent Diageo [+11.041% in 2013] has delivered this Year.
Eveready rallied +5.77% to close at 2.75 and traded 85,900 shares.
Total Kenya firmed 2.419% to close at 19.00 and was trading session highs of 19.50 +4.84% at the Finish Line. Total Kenya traded 22,600 shares and There was Buy Side Demand for 500% more shares than were traded during the Session signalling an imminent hurdling of 20.00. KenolKobil firmed 0.625% to close at 8.05 and traded 416,400 shares.
Bamburi Cement traded 284,300 shares worth 60.84m and all at an unchanged 214.00. ARM firmed 0.69% to close at 73.00 on light trading of 20,400 shares. Portland closed unchanged at 60.00 and traded 1,100 shares. |
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