By Rafiq Raji, PhD
Twitter: @DrRafiqRaji

Global Markets

• Asian shares give up gains as HK chaos hits sentiment
• Focus on US-China trade talks
• Gold near 3-mth lows

Oil Markets

• Oil slips on jitters over US-China trade talks progress
• Brent down 0.6% at $62.12 a barrel (0117GMT)
• WTI down 0.6% at $56.89

Precious metals

• Gold inches up on concerns over trade deal, disappointing China data
• Spot gold up 0.3% at $1,462.46/oz. (0110GMT)
• US gold futures flat at $1,463.30/oz.

Grains

• Corn falls on stronger dollar, USDA estimate caps losses
• Corn futures down 0.5% at $3.75-1/4 a bushel (0116GMT)
• Soybean futures down 0.4% at $9.27-3/4 a bushel
• Wheat futures down 0.5% at $5.07-1/2 per bushel

Key African events or data releases today
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• 2019 Africa investment forum by AfDB et al. in Johannesburg; 11-13 Nov

Key African events or data releases over the weekend & early a.m today
[Posted & commented on some headlines below at my Twitter handle @DrRafiqRaji]

• Congo army kills leader of splinter Hutu militia group
• Malta had deal with Libya coastguard over migrant interceptions – report
• QP says Egyptian Refining Company Refinery now operating, to reach full production Q1 2020
• Congolese forces kill 25 Islamist rebels in eastern offensive – army
• Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation falls to 3.1% in October
• ‘So many dead’: Survivors describe terrifying Burkina Faso ambush
• Guinea-Bissau newly appointed PM resigns under pressure from ECOWAS
• Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party may choose outside candidate as PM
• Morocco’s Attijariwafa bank gets $5 bln from China’s Exim for Africa export fund
• Mauritius elects incumbent PM for 5-yr term
• Africa Oil – Flurry of spot cargoes sell as new IMO rules loom
• Zimbabwe fires 211 striking doctors as economy worsens
• South Africa power cuts hurt rand as they put economy under more pressure
• Zimbabwe suspends South African livestock imports after foot and mouth outbreak
• Libya’s NOC boosts production capacity at Nafoora oil field
• Kenya passes data protection law crucial for tech investments
• Nigeria’s Dangote enters Togo with fertiliser and cement deals
• Vodacom Tanzania’s H1 core earnings rise on M-Pesa, data revenue
• No apologies: Africans say their need for oil cash outweighs climate concerns
• Mauritius starts counting votes after parliamentary election
• Kenyan shilling firmer on offshore investor inflows
• South Africa’s Steinhoff says could issue shares to help settle lawsuits
• South Africa’s Tiger Brands looking at sale of processed meats business
• Power cuts hit South Africa’s rand
• South Africa’s Gold Fields maintains annual production outlook
• Africa must quadruple power investment to supply electricity for all, IEA says

N.B. Full stories of above headlines are available on Reuters