Oil prices were higher in the afternoon of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures up 0.29% to $51.35 per barrel. U.S. crude futures advanced 0.25% to $48.24 per barrel.

Brent crude futures dropped 0.6 percent to $49.78 a barrel and US crude futures fell 0.74 percent to $46.68. Gold ralled 0.5 percent to $1,868 an ounce.

The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 15 single stocks futures contracts valued at Kes 168,875 concluded.

Equity has accelerated its technology capability to deliver self-service banking across its markets through mobile banking, Agency banking as well as online banking.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was last at 90.445 following an earlier high of 90.666.