Bank shares fall after lending rates capped
Published on: August 25, 2016 11:08 (EAT)
Kenyan bank shares fell sharply at the start of trade on Thursday after the country’s president signed a law capping commercial banks’ interest rates.
Shares in KCB Group, which operates Kenya’s biggest bank by assets, fell 9.9 percent to trade at Sh29.50 ($0.2912) per share. Shares in Co-op Bank of Kenya and Equity Bank were down by a similar margin.
Traders said there were millions of shares on offer without matching bids.
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