Foreigners’ NSE participation sinks on US tariff jitters

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Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on the trading floor of the Exchange building. 

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The participation of foreigners in the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) fell to 38.24 percent in the three months to March 2025 as jitters over anticipated US tariffs weighed on investor sentiment.

President Donald Trump announced reciprocal tariffs on most countries on April 5, but the announcement had been pre-empted by markets weeks earlier.

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