Earnings reports from big U.S. banks including JPMorgan and Citigroup were also on investors minds as they will mark the unofficial start to the fourth-quarter earnings season on Friday.

The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 7 single stock futures contracts valued at Kes 199,140 concluded.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 89.90 following an earlier high of 90.037

Prices are shrugging off the latest developments in Europe and the United States where death tolls and new infections keep rising

The S&P 500 posted 87 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 307 new highs and four new lows