Financial markets take a beating from goings-on in Kenya's political arena

A dealer monitors trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (File: Standard)

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lost Sh20 billion paper value on Monday as it struggled to shrug off the cloud of political uncertainty that has hung on the market for the most part of this year.

Market value, also known as market capitalisation, settled at Sh2.38 trillion in yesterday’s (Monday) trading compared to Sh2.41 trillion posted on Friday.