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
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- 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