Absa Bank was the biggest mover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) when trading at the bourse on 8th September, 2020.
It traded a volume of 4.13 Million shares at between KSh 9.90 and KSh 9.52, resulting in a turnover of KSh 40.64 Million from 84 deals.
When the market closed, ABSA shares were trading at KSh 9.84, an increase of 1.86% from the previous KSh 9.66
Other movers included Safaricom which traded a volume of 1.65 Million shares, Kenya Power and Lighting Company( 714,000), Equity Bank(586,200) and Kenya Reinsurance Corporation( 579,400).
The NSE 20 Share Index was up 0.05% from 1849.64 to 1850.63 while the NSE 25 Share Index declined by 20.39 points from 3186.43 yesterday to 3166.04.
Also on a fall was the NSE All-Share Index which declined 0.47% from the previous 137.58 to 136.93.
At the end of trading on 8th September, 2020, Total Equity turnover declined to KSh 177.66 Million on a volume of 10.28 Million transacted in 1,098 deals.
This is compared to KSh 501.5 Million on Monday 7th September, 2020.
The top 5 gainers were led by Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) whose share price rose 5.46% to KSh 8.50.
It was followed by BOC which recorded a price appreciation of 4.27% to KSh 61.00, HFCK up 3.63% to KSh 4.00, Uchumi which climbed 3.33% to 31 cents and Nation Media Group whose share price shot up 3.03% to KSh 18.70.
The biggest loser was Standard Group whose share price declined by 10% to KSh 20.25.
The media firm was followed by Umeme Limited, Express Kenya, Flame Tree Group and East African Breweries on the list of most capitalised stocks posting a 5.16% price decline to KSh 164.00 per share.
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