NAIROBI: Kenya's shilling was steady in thin trade on Tuesday, a trend traders said was expected to hold during the rest of the day.
At 0735 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 90.70/80 to the dollar, the same as with Monday's close which was a three-year low.
Most businesses have remained closed after the Christmas holiday.
"It's very quiet today. Nothing has happened so far. It's definitely slow with majority of the companies closed for the holiday," a senior trader at one commercial bank said.
The shilling weakened before Christmas, due in part to dollar demand from importers and slowing tourist numbers -- a key source of hard currency inflows for east Africa's biggest economy -- after a series of Islamist attacks in the country.
Traders said they forecast the shilling, which has lost 4.5 percent against the dollar so far this year, to trade in the 90.50 to 90.90 range in coming days.
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