The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 90.093 after declining from levels above 90.4 in recent days.

The NSE 20 and the NSE25 share indices have shed up-to 30.7% and 18.44% respectively in year to date performance.

Russian stocks declined early in the week amid worsening sentiment toward riskier asset classes and on news that the U.S. Department of Commerce would move to block trade in goods and services with Russian companies...

The move came after President Donald Trump slammed the $900 billion bill, calling it an unsuitable “disgrace” because it calls for $600 rather than $2,000 checks.

At the end of today's trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). A total of 13,123,900 shares in 625 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 511,060,570.00, were traded. Compared with the previous...