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Octagon Afya Plus also provides members with an avenue to invest and save or transfer up to 10% of their retirement benefits into the post-retirement medical scheme. The investment earns an annual investment income.

The S&P 500 posted 50 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 222 new highs and 6 new lows.

The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange had 4 Safaricom single stock futures contracts valued at Kes 130,000 concluded during today's trading session.

Beginning  1st  January 2021, the Corporate Tax rate will revert to 30% from the current 25%, same as Individual Income tax which will also shoot to 30% from 25%.

The Japanese yen traded at 103.86 per dollar after strengthening sharply yesterday from levels above 104 against the greenback. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7433, having risen from levels below $0.74 earlier in the trading week.