Gabon’s Bonds Beat the Emerging World on an Audit Nobody Has Seen
Gabon dollar bonds have returned 19.5% in 2026 on an unpublished IMF-backed debt audit, while Senegal's spread widened to 1,541...
August 14, 2026Section
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KCB Profit Jumps 21% as Banks Outside Kenya Carry More Weight
KCB half-year profit rose 20.8% to KSh49.3 billion before tax, with regional banks outside Kenya contributing 27.7% of group earnings...
August 14, 2026
Bitcoin Steady at US$63,402; Crypto Flat Thursday
Bitcoin settled at US$63,402 on Thursday, August 13, 2026 as major coins traded flat. What the session means for Latin...
August 14, 2026
Gold & Silver Drop: Dollar, Yields Hit Metals
Gold fell 1.29% to US$4,357 and silver 1.14% to US$64.55 on Thursday as a firmer dollar and real yields pressured...
August 14, 2026
Copper Falls: Freeport, Southern Copper Drop Thursday
Copper tracked by CPER slipped 0.42% Thursday. Southern Copper and Freeport-McMoRan fell harder as investors weighed a softer US inflation...
August 14, 2026
Lithium Wrap: LIT Slips, Albemarle and SQM Climb
The lithium-proxy board split on Thursday: the LIT ETF slipped 0.73%, while Albemarle gained 1.67% and SQM rose 1.28% amid...
August 14, 2026
Iron Ore Falls: Vale Drops 4.3% on China Demand Worry
Vale's New York shares fell 4.30% to US$13.80 and CSN Mineração sank 5.18% as China steel demand fears hit iron...
August 14, 2026
Zinc Slips as Nexa, Buenaventura Fall on August 13
Zinc proxies fell on Thursday, August 13, 2026, as Nexa Resources lost 1.65% and Buenaventura dropped 2.69%, tracking a broader...
August 14, 2026
Latin America Steel Wrap: CSN Jumps, SLX Slips
A mixed Thursday for Latin American steel equities as CSN's ADR rose 3.41%, while Ternium and Gerdau fell. Cheap Chinese...
August 14, 2026