Kenyan shilling firms to 8-1/2 month high, bond sale helps

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling strengthened to an eight and a half month-high against the dollar on Friday spurred by inflows from foreign investors interested in investing in a government infrastructure bond, traders said.

At 0920 GMT, commercial banks posted the shilling at 107.40/107.60 per dollar, up from Thursday's close of 107.85/108.05.

The shilling was last at its present level on July 27, 2020, when it touched 107.40/60, Refinitiv data showed.

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(Reporting by Clement Uwiringiyimana; Editing by George Obulutsa)