The Trading Room

The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) left the repurchase rate (repo rate) unchanged at 3.5 percent as inflation is expected to remain contained in the medium term.

In addition to receiving seed funding prizes and post-competition mentoring, AgriPitch winners will be invited to the AYAF online DealRoom, which connects expansion-ready, youth-led African businesses with global investors.

Stay-at-home beneficiary Zoom Video Communications Inc provided the biggest lift to the Nasdaq.

The bonds market posted a rise in turnover during today’s trading session, with bonds worth Kes 2.44 billion transacted in 58 deals against the 1.06 billion worth of bonds transacted in the previous trading session.

The dollar index, which measures the U.S. dollar against a basket of its peers, last traded at 92.213, declining from an earlier high of 92.346. The index retreated from levels near 93.00 in the previous...