NAIROBI, Feb 4 (Reuters) - The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday.
- - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asia stocks hovered near four-month highs on Monday after a mixed performance on Wall Street at the close of last week, while the dollar firmed against the yen following strong U.S. job and manufacturing data.
MKTS/GLOB WORLD OIL PRICES Crude oil prices edged lower on Monday after sharp gains during the previous session but were supported by expectations of shrinking supply and signs that China-U.S. trade tensions could ease. O/R
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SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS The South African rand weakened on Friday, retreating from a near six-month high, as weak economic data at home and shrinking factory activity in China dampened risk demand.
SOUTH AFRICA ENERGY South Africa's struggling state power firm Eskom moved a step closer to narrowing a funding gap for the financial year which ends in March by agreeing a 15 billion rand ($1.1 billion) loan with a local and international banks on Friday.
MARKETS The Kenyan shilling firmed against the dollar on Friday due to dollar inflows from diaspora remittances and portfolio investors buying government debt amid reduced dollar demand from the energy and manufacturing sector, traders said.
NIGERIA SECURITY The Islamist militant group Boko Haram killed at least 60 people in the northeast Nigerian town of Rann on Monday, a day after it was abandoned by the military, Amnesty International and security sources said on Friday.
ZIMBABWE POLITICS Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa dismissed rumours of a rift with his deputy, which have gathered momentum since he promised action in response to a brutal security crackdown that began last month while he was abroad.
GAS Anadarko Petroleum Corp (NYSE:APC) APC.N said on Friday a long-term agreement had been signed with the trading division of China's state-owned offshore oil and gas producer CNOOC Ltd 0883.HK to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Mozambique.
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