The Trading Room

In Riyadh, Arabian Centres gains as much as 2.5% after it announced the opening of an extension of a mall in Riyadh that will add 16,000 square meters of additional gross lease

The secondary trading on the bond market saw a decline in activity with bonds valued at Kes.12.0 billion billion achieved against the Kes 15.5 billion achieved in the previous week.

Stocks in Brazil, as measured by the Bovespa Index, returned about -1.4%. During the week, Brazil reported a solid current account surplus for the month of August

Zambia said it will however pay its bondholders $0.50 per $1,000 in bond principal they hold if the debt  suspension plans are approved.

Investors started buying beaten-down shares after the Nasdaq confirmed a corrective phase earlier this month and the S&P 500 on an intra-day basis briefly broke that barrier this week.