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Tag: Uganda shilling

The Uganda shilling remained frail on Tuesday, a day that saw sustained market activity on the foreign currency demand counter.
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Shilling continues to frail despite Bank of Uganda’s excess liquidity mop up

12th September 201812th September 2018 EABW EditorComment(0)

The Uganda Shilling traded lower at the 3795/3805 levels against the U.S dollar on Tuesday as increased bustle on the greenback demand counters dominated mostly muted supply activity. The central bank absorbed excess liquidity from the local money market through a 2-day repo. However, this did little to offset bearish sentiment on the home unit […]

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The Uganda Shilling’s strength against the dollar extends to Thursday

6th July 2018 EABW EditorComment(0)

BY CBA KAMPALA, Uganda–The Uganda shilling continues to gain against the U.S. dollar as greenback demand maintains it’s low-slung amidst relatively skewed liquidity in the money market. The USD/UGX pair levelled at the 3835/3855 levels on Thursday from 3840/3860 on Wednesday. Ahead of the weekend, it is plausible that the local currency would continue clamping […]

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The shilling weakend against the U.S dollar on Thursday as dollar demand persists

29th June 201829th June 2018 EABW EditorComment(0)

BY CBA The Uganda shilling resumed its downward trend against the U.S dollar undermined by an uptick in greenback demand from the corporate sector and commercial banks. The USD/UGX pair closed within the 3870/3890 band from 3860/3880 on Wednesday. On the last trading day of the Financial Year 2017/2018, market chatter alludes to a relatively […]

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The Uganda Shilling depreciated further against U.S dollar on Friday

21st May 201821st May 2018 EABW EditorComments(33)

BY CBA KAMPALA, Uganda–The Uganda Shilling continued its losing streak against the U.S dollar amidst sustained greenback demand from commercial banks and the energy sector at last week’s close. In what was an active day on the FX counters, the USDUGX pair found comfort at the 3710/3730 levels from 3707/3707 levels previously. Emergent foreign currency […]

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The Uganda Shilling depreciates against U.S dollar on Friday

14th May 2018 EABW EditorComment(1)

BY EABW REPORTER KAMPALA, Uganda–The Uganda Shilling continued its losing streak against the U.S dollar on Friday amidst an upsurge in demand for the hard currency from the manufacturing sector and interbank players. The USD/UGX pair closed the week at the 3707/3730 mark from opening levels of 3703/3723. Relatively calm activity in the forex market […]

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The Uganda Shilling shows resilience against U.S dollar

11th April 201811th April 2018 EABW EditorComments(6)

KAMPALA, Uganda–The Uganda shilling traded stable against the U.S dollar on Thursday, partly supported by a local currency tightening operation by the Central Bank. The USDUGX pair owed solidity to low dollar demand from both inter bank players and importers from the manufacturing, telecom and energy sectors. The pair was quoted at the 3685/3705 levels, […]

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Shilling stable against USD as BOU maintains lending rate

11th April 2018 EABW EditorComments(8)

KAMPALA, Uganda–The Uganda shilling traded flat at the 3685/3705 levels against the U.S Dollar on Monday, as the Central Bank of Uganda maintained its key benchmark lending rate at 9.00 per cent. The regulator noted that risks to inflation were balanced and inflation was expected to rise gradually to around 5 percent by the end […]

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Stanbic maintains Uganda’s bancassurance market lead in 2022

22nd March 2023 EABW Editor Comment(0)

At one percent, insurance penetration in Uganda remains low, but products like bancassurance, are steadily improving public perception about the advantages of being insured and Stanbic Bank continues to hold a leading position in the market. Bancassurance is a partnership that allows commercial banks to offer insurance products to their customers, making it more convenient […]

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