Where investors made money in first half of year

Market capitalisation at the Nairobi bourse was up 27.8 percent to reach a record high of Sh3.76 trillion as at June 30.

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The stock market offered investors the highest returns in the first half of the year, ahead of fixed income assets and property, as a rally led by bank shares boosted investor wealth at the Nairobi bourse.

Market capitalisation—the measure of investor wealth—at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was up 27.8 percent, or Sh817.2 billion, to reach a record high of Sh3.76 trillion as at June 30.

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