The Trading Room

The Japanese yen traded at 104.05 per dollar after seeing levels below 103.8 against the greenback yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7526 following levels above $0.756 seen yesterday.

Electric-car maker Tesla Inc rallied almost 5% as anticipation of its addition to the S&P 500 benchmark next week offset a report of production delays.

The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 21 single stocks futures contracts valued at Kes 412,150 transacted.

BOC Holdings supports the intended offer and has issued an irrevocable undertaking to sell its 65.38%stake in BOC Kenya.

shares in Australia edged higher, with the S&P/ASX 200 up around 0.5%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.15%.