The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) and the shilling swung back into positive territory yesterday after the US announced a 90-day pause on reciprocal import tariffs above 10 percent, easing the jitters that had sent global markets into a near meltdown since Friday.
NSE data shows that the bourse added Sh34 billion in market capitalisation -- the measure of investor wealth -- yesterday, clawing back nearly a third of the losses of Sh124.4 billion that it recorded between Monday and Wednesday.