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*Seychelles and Mauritius' statistics offices are due to release their respective consumer inflation data for August.

GLOBAL MARKETS

Asian shares clung to tight ranges and the dollar nursed losses on Friday, with investors on tenterhooks ahead of U.S. jobs data that could decide the size and speed of coming rate cuts in the world's largest economy.nL4N3KN1ZX

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WORLD OIL PRICES

Oil prices edged up in early trading on Friday as investors weighed a big withdrawal from U.S. crude inventories and a delay to production hikes by OPEC+ producers against mixed U.S. employment data.nL1N3KO00SO/R

EMERGING MARKETS

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AFRICA STOCKS

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SOUTH AFRICA MARKETS

The South Africa rand extended gains on Thursday as risk sentiment improved on bets for a deeper interest rate cut this month in the United States, analysts said.nL1N3KN0R3

AFRICA CURRENCIES

The Kenyan and Ugandan shillings are expected to hold steady against the dollar in the next week to Thursday, while Ghana's cedi and Zambia's kwacha could fall, traders said.nL8N3KN0HH

NIGERIA PETROLEUM

Nigeria's state-oil firm will supply the Dangote Oil refinery a total of 13 crude cargoes in October to ease pressure on local gasoline supply, head of the firm's downstream operations said on Thursday.nL8N3K818J

KENYA MARKETS

The Kenyan shilling KES= eased slightly on Thursday due to increased importer demand for dollars that outstripped supply from remittances, tea exporters and telecommunications companies, traders said.nL8N3KN0ER

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