NSE outperforms regional peers despite bear run

Kenya’s stock market has outperformed key competitors Nigeria and Egypt in the past year despite the ongoing bearish run, data on African stock exchanges show.

The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) All share index shed 10.6 per cent in value in 2015, compared to a 21.3 per cent of the Nigeria Stock Exchange All share Index and a 29 per cent decline in the Egypt Stock Exchange EGX 100 index.