Markets expected to pick up after election

Trading at the Nairobi bourse. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Kenya’s financial markets are expected to pick up after Thursday’s vote if jitters over the presidential re-run subside and investors re-enter the market, analysts have said.

Uncertainty over the presidential election wiped out Sh227 billion in market capitalisation at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) from August 25 as investors, mostly foreigners jolted by the political uncertainty, exited the market.

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