The Trading Room

Kenyan marketing platform Alfluence Inc has raised $1 million (Sh108 million) led by Dubai-based EQ2 ventures joined by Nigeria VC OUI Capital, Arabyads, Antler East Africa, and participation unnamed European family office. The new seed...

Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday trade, following an overnight bounce stateside that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising more than 500 points. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.58% to close at 27,548 while...

The price of bitcoin ( BTC) dropped below $30,000 late Monday night for the first time since Jun. 22, dragging other digital coins lower with it. Bitcoin was trading in the $29,000 range, about 3%...

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after an industry report showed an unexpected build-up in U.S. oil inventories last week, which heightened worries about a resurgence in COVID-19 infections potentially dampening fuel demand. Brent crude futures...

Wall Street notched a comeback on Tuesday with all the major indexes closing higher, and yields on safe-haven U.S. Treasuries bouncing off lows as investors sought riskier assets even as worries remained about a resurgence...