Below is a summary of how the Kenya shilling performed against major global and regional currencies as at the close of business on Thursday as compared to Wednesday:
DATE |
CURRENCY |
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US Dollar | Sterling Pound | Euro | SA Rand | KESUSHS | KESTSHS | KESRWF | |
Wednesday 18th March 2012 |
83.1389 |
132.4216 |
109.0609 |
10.6555 |
30.2266 |
19.0886 |
7.3012 |
Thursday 19th March 2012 |
83.1542 |
133.2851 |
109.06 |
10.6056 |
30.185 |
19.0491 |
7.2457 |
From the above we can see that the Kenya shilling weakened against the US dollar requiring Kenyans to fork out 0.018% more for the greenback. The local currency weakened against the Sterling pound by 0.652%, requiring a Kenyan have to pay almost an extra shilling for each pound bought. The shilling strengthened marginally against the Euro, increasing in value by 0.000825%. The shilling strengthened against the South African rand by 0.468%. The Kenyan shilling weakened against the Ugandan shilling (0.1376%), the Tanzania shilling (0.2069%) and the Rwandan Franc as well (0.7601%).
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