Brazilian stocks, as measured by the Bovespa Index, were little changed for the week. On Wednesday, Brazil’s central bank decided to keep its Selic benchmark lending rate at 2%, which was generally expected

The S&P index recorded 10 new 52-week highs and no new low, while the Nasdaq recorded 54 new highs and nine new lows.

The derivatives market of the NSE had no contracts concluded in today’s trading session.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, sat at 92.931 after falling from levels above 93.3 earlier in the trading week.

At least a third of Tullow Kenya workforce across all levels and cadres are expected to leave the company, the firm warned early this year