Market turnover rose to Kes. 750M during Today’s trading session at the NSE from the previous sessions Kes.582M, while the number of shares traded declined 18.6M against 582M posted yesterday.
Safaricom was the day’s top mover with 1.8M shares traded valued at Kes.70M at between Kes.36.80 and Kes.38.00; this represented 9.37% of the day’s traded value.
The Banking Sector had shares worth Kes.625M transacted which accounted for 83.30% of the day’s traded value.KCB Group was the day’s main feature with 8M shares valued at Kes.367M changing hands at between Kes.44.80 and Kes. 45.50. Equity Group Holdings up 4.46% to Kes.52.75 moved 4.7M shares valued at Kes.249M. I&M Holdings down 0.24% to Kes.20.95 moved 165,000 shares valued at Kes.3.4M.
NSE WINNERS AND LOSERS
The day’s top price gainer was Olympia Capital Holdings which rose 7.57% to KSh 1.99 followed by Flame Tree Group Holdings which edged up 6.56% to KSh 1.30, Equity Group Holdings which was up 4.46 to Ksh 52.75 and TPS Eastern Africa Serena which gained 3.93% to Ksh 14.55.
The worst performers were led by Car and General Kenya with an end-of-day price depreciation of 8.86% to Ksh 54.00 per share, followed by British American Tobacco Kenya which declined 4.27% to Ksh 448, Longhorn Publishers which fell 3.14% to Ksh 4.01 and Express Kenya which lost 2.76% to Ksh 1.17
The Secondary Bonds market had a turnover of KSh 1.54 Billion from 93 deals compared to a turnover of KSh 2.4 Billion in 139 deals at the previous trading session.
The Derivatives Market had 6 contracts worth KSh 231,500 concluded compared to 11 contracts valued at KSh 321,200 at the previous trading session.
NSE INDICES
The NSE 20 Share Index was up 0.04 points to 1889.37 while the NSE All Share Index gained 1.96 points to stand at 165.25 The NSE 25 Share Index edged up 43.35 points to 3723.54.
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