Brent crude, the international benchmark, was off 0.1 per cent on Wednesday morning in Asia but still up for the week at $30.95 a barrel, having hit the $30 mark on Tuesday for the first...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 133.33 points, or 0.56%, to 23,883.09, the S&P 500 gained 25.7 points, or 0.90%, to 2,868.44 and the Nasdaq Composite added 98.41 points, or 1.13%, to 8,809.12

Safaricom was the day’s main feature with 8.2M shares valued at Kes.248M changing hands at between Kes.29.50 and Kes.30.40; this represented 42.53% of the day’s traded value.

The upturn for stocks came on more optimistic statements from the governors of California and New York for reopening businesses. Andrew Cuomo of New York on Monday outlined a phased reopening in the U.S. state...

The Derivatives market of the NSE remained silent with no contracts concluded in today’s trading session.