Ford Motor Co jumped 6.17% extending gains for a second straight day after Deutsche Bank raised its price target on the U.S. automaker’s stock.

In December, Larry Fink the firm's Chief Executive Officer noted that the world's most popular cryptocurrency was seeing giant moves on a daily basis and could possibly unfold into a global market.

The derivatives market of the NSE posted a rise in activity with 21 contracts concluded valued at Kes 754,750 as compared to the 13  contracts valued at Kes 472,050 achieved in the previous trading session.

Shares in major Asia-Pacific markets rose on Thursday after stocks on Wall Street sailed to record highs as U.S. President Joe Biden was sworn into office.

The administration is also committed to ending new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, Biden’s press secretary said, although Biden has not laid out a timeline for achieving that goal.