The two leaders will now head to Lamu County to assess the progress of the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport corridor.

The Japanese yen changed hands at 104.20 per dollar, staying relatively flat. Elsewhere, the Australian dollar ticked up 0.47% to $0.7446.

I&M will be joining the likes of DTB, Equity and KCB Group which have presence in the country.

The S&P 500 posted 48 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 223 new highs and 8 new lows.

The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 46 single stocks futures contracts valued at Kes 1.24 million transacted.