The Trading Room

UnitedHealth Group Inc dropped despite raising its profit forecast as the U.S. insurer said it was difficult to predict the fallout of the pandemic on earnings.

There were 2 contracts valued at kes 60,100 concluded during today’s transaction on the derivatives market of the NSE. This was similar to the 2 contracts valued at kes 60,100 concluded during the previous trading...

Oil prices edged lower in the afternoon of Asian trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures down 0.28% to $42.33 per barrel. U.S. crude futures also shed 0.32% to $40.07 per barrel.

This is however good news to households especially during this hard economic times when many people lost their jobs as a result of the world-wide pandemic COVID-19.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 158.04 points, or 0.55%, to 28,679.48, the S&P 500 lost 22.51 points, or 0.64%, to 3,511.71 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 12.36 points, or 0.1%, to 11,863.90.