CBK is using some of its reserves to help ease some of that pressure, which we think is partially seasonal

The Australian dollar was flat and changed hands at $0.7137 while the Korean won traded at 1,198.61 per U.S. dollar, with the dollar/won pair up 0.12%.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.32 billion shares, compared with the 11.28 billion average over the last 20 trading days.

At the end of today's trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). A total of 38,782,100 shares in 1,113 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 1,074,179,815.00, were traded. Compared with the previous...

Japan's Nikkei 225's lost 0.37%, while the Topix edged down 0.19%. The country's manufacturing activity contracted for a 13th straight month in July, data showed, according to Reuters.