The Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a slight fall in equity turnover to KSh 413.1 Million compared to Monday’s KSh 450.4 Million with volume of shares traded also falling to 11.6 Million from the previous day’s 11.8 Million, a fall of 4.2%.
Total Equity Deals increased to 1,168 from Monday’s 1,054.
The benchmark NSE All Share Index was down 2.18 points to close at 161.95 while the NSE 20 Share Index declined 5.06 points to close at 1881.42. The NSE 25-Share Index was down 36.48 points to 3649.64
The secondary bonds market had a turnover of KSh 2.4 Billion on 79 deals compared to a turnover of KSh 1.2 Billion from 64 deals.
The Derivatives market had 38 contracts worth KSh 1,453,860 concluded compared to 19 contracts valued at KSh 830,670 at the previous session.
NSE Top Gainers and Losing Counters
Trans-Century was the day’s top price gainer, its share rising 8.13% to KSh 1.33 followed by Crown Paints, which gained 3.67% to KSh 35.30; Standard Group which was up 3.53% to KSh 16.15; CIC which rose 2.24% to KSh 2.28 and Kenya Re-Insurance which edged up 2.205 to KSh 2.32
Car& General was the worst performer, its share price dipping 9.74% to KSh 60.25 followed by Express Kenya which lost 8.355 to KSh 3.73; Olympia Capital which declined by 6.03% to KSh 1.87; Longhorn Publishers which lost 5.48% to KSh 4.14 and NCBA which fell 2.90% to KSh 25.10.
Safaricom was the biggest mover with a volume of 7.91 Million shares changing hands followed by Equity( 1.22 Million), KCB( 934,700), KPLC( 399,800) and KenGen( 207,000).
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