Kenyan shilling inches down as dollar demand ticks up

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling edged down on Friday as energy importers tested the market ahead of the end of the month when they require hard currency to meet their obligations.

At 0740 GMT, commercial banks posted the shilling at 109.80/110.00 per dollar, slightly down from Thursday's closing rate of 109.70/90.

"We are starting to see some uptick in demand from the energy sector," said a currency trader at a commercial bank.

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(Reporting by Duncan Miriri)