The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 21 single stocks futures contracts valued at Kes 496,500 transacted

The Japanese yen traded at 103.40 per dollar, having seen levels around 104.1 against the greenback yesterday. The Australian dollar was at $0.7565 after trading at levels around $0.751 yesterday.

FDI contributed 62,876 jobs in Uganda accounting for (18.2%) of total jobs created, while FDI into Tanzania created 46,765 jobs accounting for 47.9% of the total jobs created.

Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10 billion shares, compared with the 11.5 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.

The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 20 single stocks futures contracts valued at Kes 304,100 transacted.