Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) traded a total of 16,997,600 shares in 1,271 deals, corresponding to a market value of KSh 257.9 Million on the first trading day of the week. The volume of shares traded was 16.9 Million and 1,376 deals.
This is compared to Friday, October 29, when Equity Turnover hit 244.2 Million on a volume of 8.3 Million shares and 988 deals.
Today’s data shows 104% improvement in volume, 6% improvement in turnover and 35% improvement in deals.
The current market capitalization of the Nairobi Securities Exchange is KSh 2.67 trillion.
NSE Top Gainers and Losers
KPLC was the day’s top gainer with a 16.28% per cent share price appreciation to close at KSh 2.00.
It was followed by Kakuzi which was up 7.79% to KSh 415.00, Nairobi Securities Exchange whose shares gained 7.73% to KSh 9.48, Housing Finance which was up 6.56% to KSh 4.06 and Express Kenya whose shares rose by 6.50% to KSh 4.26.
The worst-performing stocks were led by Limuru Tea which declined by 9.09% to KSh 300.00.
It was followed by Eveready which declined by 7% to KSh 0.93, CIC which declined by 3.13% to KSh 2.48, KenGen which declined by 2.56% to KSh 4.57 and Diamond Trust Bank which fell by 2.55% to KSh 57.25.
The biggest movers were led by KPLC( 10.68 Million), Safaricom(2.66 Million), Equity(961,100), KenGen(616,700) and KCB( 606,900).
The NSE All-Share Index was down 2.13 points to close at 175.83 while the NSE 20 Share Index was up 10.69 points to close at 1972.02. The NSE 25 Share Index was down 28.20 points to close at 3823.47.
The Secondary Bonds market had a turnover of KSh 2.5 Billion from 72 deals compared to a turnover of KSh 3 Billion from 148 deals at the previous session.
The Derivatives market had 10 contracts worth KSh 328,065 compared to 11 contracts worth KSh 369,065 concluded at the previous session.
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