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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

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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