NSE investors lose Sh200 billion in three months

Foreign investor participation at the bourse fell by 21.7 per cent. [File, Standard]

Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lost Sh205 billion in paper wealth in the first three months of 2023 as the region's largest bourse continues to weather the fallout from global and domestic economic shocks.

According to the latest data from the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) market capitalisation at the NSE stood at Sh1.7 trillion as at the end of March, falling Sh205 billion from Sh1.9 trillion recorded in January this year.