Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded an increase of KSh 83.9 Million to close the day at KSh 218 Million while the volume of shares traded increased by 1.3 Million to 6.6 Million.
The NSE All Share Index declined by 0.61 points to 164.48 while the NSE 20 Share Index fell by 9.20 points to 1890.59.
The NSE 25 Share Index shed 12.74 points to stand at 3,673.13 while Total Equity Deals rose by 41 to 1005. Market Capitalization of the bourse declined by 9.52 to KSh 2,561,98 Billion.
Car& General was the day’s top gainer its price rising by 9.05% to KSh 63.25 followed by East African Cables which was up 4.20% to KSh 1.24; Sasini which gained 3.80% to KSh 21.85; Express Kenya which gained 2.78% to KSh 3.70 and Standard Chartered Bank of Kenya which was up 1.35% to KSh 131.25
Gainers and Losers at the Bourse
The worst performers were led by Standard Group which declined by 9.03% to KSh 14.10 followed by Flame Tree Group which declined by 6.11% to KSh 1.23; NCBA which declined by 5.96% to KSh 24.45; NSE which lost 4.08% to KSh 8.00 and Sameer Africa which depreciated by 3.45% to KSh 2.52.
The Secondary Bonds Market had a turnover pf KSh 860.6 Million from 72 deals compared to KSh 3.8 Billion in 53 deals at the previous trading session.
The Derivatives Market had 5 contracts valued at KSh 188,750 compared to 5 contracts worth 188,750 at the previous session.
Safaricom was the prime mover with 4.23 Million followed by Equity( 427,300), C0-op Bank( 343,900), KCB(214,400) and ABSA( 192,500).
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