The Trading Room

The derivatives market closed Monday with 13 contracts valued at Kes 365,300. This is against the 4 contracts valued at Kes 67,600 posted during Friday's session.

The partnership will allow Genghis to extend its offering to clients to include a wider range of alternative asset classes offered by EGM Securities. These include online currencies, commodities, global indices, precious metals and oil,...

International benchmark Brent crude futures dipped 0.24% to $42.20 per barrel, while U.S. crude futures shed 0.56% to $39.33 per barrel.

Shares in Europe surged as countries eased lock-down restrictions and the European Central Bank (ECB) injected fresh stimulus into the eurozone economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 829.16 points, or 3.15%, to 27,110.98, the S&P 500 gained 81.58 points, or 2.62%, to 3,193.93 and the Nasdaq Composite added 198.27 points, or 2.06%, to 9,814.08