Japan's Nikkei added 0.7% and South Korean stocks 0.3%. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 ESc1 opened soft but bounced as the morning wore on and was last up 0.3%.

The largest advances in Asia Pacific region came in Japan and Hong Kong, with Seoul and Shanghai also seeing gains though volumes were down across the board.

The benchmark NSE All Share Index (NASI) closed at 140.87, representing a 1-week gain of 0.84%, a 4-week gain of 6.14%, but an overall year-to-date loss of 15.35%. The NSE 20 Share Index was up...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 455.43 points, or 1.91%, to 24,331.32, the S&P 500 gained 48.61 points, or 1.69%, to 2,929.8 and the Nasdaq Composite added 141.66 points, or 1.58%, to 9,121.32.

The secondary Bond market at the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded moderate growth in activity with bonds worth Kes 2.73 Billion trading in 108 deals, as compared to yesterday’s turnover of Kes 2.27 Billion which was achieved in 94 deals.