The Trading Room

Amazon stock fell about 5 percent after the company reported on Thursday that despite surging sales in the first quarter, costs to deliver products amid the pandemic had taken a big bite out of profits.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 288.14 points, or 1.17%, to 24,345.72, the S&P 500 lost 27.08 points, or 0.92%, to 2,912.43 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 25.16 points, or 0.28%, to 8,889.55

The secondary Bond market at the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a rise in activity with bonds worth Kes 2.0 Billion trading in 144 deals,

The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has cut the Central Bank Rate (CBR) from 5% to 4.5% to support commercial banks to continue financing the economy following recent negative economic developments caused by the COVID-19...

Gold demand will continue to feel the effects of COVID-19 for the rest of 2020. In particular, the divergence between investment in gold-backed ETFs and consumers via jewelry will likely continue until there is greater...