The Trading Room

There were no contracts concluded on the derivative market of the NSE during today's trading session.

Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was 0.48% higher. Markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan were closed on Thursday for holidays.

The value of transaction has been tipped to rise on account of COVID-19 pandemic.

Steven Oluoch who was the former Chief Executive Officer left the organisation upon attainment of retirement age and officially handed over the position to Paul Muthaura.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 536.82 points, or 1.96%, to 27,989.48, the S&P 500 gained 54.54 points, or 1.64%, to 3,390.01 and the Nasdaq Composite added 186.02 points, or 1.68%, to 11,271.27.