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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to end at 26,734.71 points, while the S&P 500 lost 0.34% to 3,215.57.

The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 96.346 following its decline from levels above 96.4 seen earlier in the trading week.

The Derivatives markets of the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a decline in activity with 6 contracts valued at Kes 162,000 against the 9 contract valued at Kes 248,550 concluded in the previous trading session.

The 54 tea factory companies, which own the 69 factories that are managed by KTDA, will proceed to close their financial books for the year and also declare the final payment to each of their...

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index declined 0.4%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 dipped 0.34% in morning trade while the Topix index was 0.13% lower.