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20 briefs
19 October 2026
US technology shares retreat while Asian markets rebound and the NSE All-Share advances to 240.50. Unga and SBM Kenya report stronger profits as Tatu City adds a KSh 1.8 billion rental housing project.
16 October 2026
Asian tech collapsed, with the Kospi sinking 7.6% through circuit breakers and the Nikkei 4.9%, while US wholesale inflation of 1.3% month on month kept rate fears alive. Nairobi steadied, the NASI up 0.39% to 239.03, as EPRA lifted Nairobi diesel to KSh 227.76 a litre.
15 October 2026
A hot US inflation print of 3.7% shattered easing hopes and handed the S&P 500 its worst session since July, with the Nasdaq down 1.88% and silver crashing 6.32%. Nairobi followed, the NASI falling 1.86% to 238.10 as Safaricom and KCB between them took 80.5% of the day’s turnover.
14 October 2026
A memory-chip shock out of China drove the Kospi down 5.46% and the Nikkei 1.82%, while Wall Street drifted lower despite stronger bank profits. The shilling crossed 130 to the dollar and the NASI fell 1.10% to 242.62, even as Treasury bill bids reached KSh 75.37 billion against a KSh 28 billion target.
13 October 2026
US stocks split as the Dow gained 0.38% while the Nasdaq fell 0.44% on an intensifying memory-chip price war, and Brent climbed 1.84% to $106.65 a barrel. Nairobi turnover reached KSh 872.75 million even as offshore selling took KSh 40.06 billion off market value over two weeks.
12 October 2026
US stocks rebounded into the weekend, with the S&P 500 up 0.59% and the Nasdaq 0.64%, while the 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.24% and snapped a five-week run of increases. Nairobi eased across the board as the NASI slipped 0.17% to 244.93, and the Cabinet approved KSh 45.4 billion in shareholder financing for Kenya Airways.
9 October 2026
Oil rallied more than 4% and the Nasdaq fell 1.3% as the artificial intelligence trade stumbled, pushing the US 10-year Treasury yield to 5.31%. In Nairobi the exchange was mixed — the NASI eased 0.13% to 245.34 while the NSE 20 gained 0.24% — on turnover of KSh 429.51 million.
8 October 2026
The Central Bank of Kenya held its benchmark rate at 8.75% for a fourth consecutive meeting and raised its 2026 growth forecast to 5.0%, with September inflation at 6.8%. A global bond sell-off drove the US 30-year yield to a 24-year high of 5.732% and left Kenya’s 10-year at 12.31%.
7 October 2026
The World Bank raised Sub-Saharan Africa’s 2026 growth forecast to 4.3% while cutting its global projection to 2.5%, and the NSE drifted lower with the NASI down 0.15% to 246.50. The shilling closed at KSh 129.83 to the dollar as the CBK opened bidding on a KSh 50 billion Treasury bond auction.
6 October 2026
Quickmart opened a KSh 15 billion IPO at KSh 7.50 a share while Kenya’s 2032 Eurobond yield jumped 109 basis points to 8.752% in the global bond rout. AI-led gains lifted the Nasdaq to a fresh record even as the US 10-year held near 5.30%–5.34%.
5 October 2026
US payrolls rose by just 29,000 in September, cutting the odds of an October Fed hike to 23% and lifting the Nasdaq to a record intraday high. In Kenya, inflation reached 6.8% ahead of Wednesday’s MPC meeting, and new Boma Yangu applicants face Affordable Housing prices 20% higher.
2 October 2026
The US 10-year hit a 24-year high of 5.344% before dip-buyers forced it back to 5.233%, snapping Wall Street’s three-day slide while Europe fell to three-month lows. Foreign investors turned net buyers on the NSE for the first time since mid-September.