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New market will let you bet on stocks

For Sh3,014 you can get Sh27,400 worth of Safaricom shares to trade with under a new market called derivatives which will be launched on Thursday next week.

And with that much share value you will gain or lose whenever Safaricom shares appreciate or decline over four months, which is the duration of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) derivative contract.

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