The Trading Room

Safaricom led the movers, with 29 million shares worth Kes.866M exchanging hands at a fairly stable price of Kes.30.00; this represented 56.83% of the week’s traded value.

Chinese stocks rose slightly in a holiday-shortened week, lifted by several economic readings showing that the recovery was on track, but they ended September with their biggest monthly loss since May 2019.

House Democrats passed a $2.2 trillion fiscal aid package on Thursday, but the bill is unlikely to be approved in the Republican-controlled Senate.

According to EPRA, consumers in Nairobi will now pay a maximum of Kes 106.55 for a litre of super petrol, Kes 95.09 for a litre of diesel and 83.73 for a litre of kerosene.

There were 3 contracts valued at kes 115,250 concluded on the derivative market of the NSE during today’s trading session.