The Trading Room

At the end of the first weekday of trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange this week. A total of 15,587,300 shares in 1,055 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 757,872,580.00, were traded. Compared...

Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher Monday but investors remained cautious over a resurgence in Covid-19 cases in some parts of the region as well as potential inflation pressures in the U.S. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose...

Gold prices climbed on Monday to hover near a 4.5-month high, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar and growing inflationary pressure, while a slide in cryptocurrencies further lifted the safe-haven metal’s appeal. Spot gold was up...

The bitcoin sell-off continued Monday following a roller-coaster week of trading as authorities in China and the U.S. move to tighten regulation and tax compliance on cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin fell roughly 16% to $31,772.43 by 12:27...

Oil prices edged higher on Monday as a storm formed in the Gulf of Mexico. Iran said a three-month nuclear monitoring deal had expired, raising doubts about the future of indirect talks that could end...