Below is a table showing the performance of the Kenya Shilling against the major international currencies and the currencies of our neighbouring currencies in the last two trading sessions, Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 June 2012:

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As we can observe, the Kenya Shilling gained against all currencies under consideration.

Against the US Dollar the shilling gained 0.424% to trade at an average of KES 84.525 per US Dollar. The Shilling gained 1.208% against the Euro to trade at an average of KES 106.545 per Euro. Our local currency gained 0.473% against the Sterling Pound to trade at an average of KES 132.591 per Pound.

On the regional front, the Kenyan Shilling gained 0.593%, 0.225%, 0.424% and 0.344% against the SA Rand, Uganda Shilling, Tanzania Shilling and Rwanda Franc respectively.