BSE lifts Olympia�s four-year suspension
Friday, December 15, 2017
Yesterday, BSE head of market development, Thapelo Moribame told BusinessWeek that the four-year suspension had been lifted after the Kenyan majority-owned group complied with the bourse’s listing rules.
“The BSE Main Committee has lifted the Olympia suspension as of the 15th December 2017 when the company stocks will start trading,” she said.
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