Oil prices dipped in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.25% to $36.08 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also slipped 0.44% to $34.20 per barrel.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 529.95 points, or 2.17%, to 24,995.11, the S&P 500 gained 36.32 points, or 1.23%, to 2,991.77, and the Nasdaq Composite added 15.63 points, or 0.17%, to 9,340.22

The derivatives market of the NSE had an increase in acitvity with two contracts worth Kes 72,250  traded in today's session compared to one Safaricom contract worth Kes 29,000 traded in the previous session.

Standard Chartered Ban had issued a dividend notice of Kes 15.00 per share and was due for payments on the 28th May,2020

This is the fist time Equity Bank Shareholders will miss dividends since the company went public