Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a 2% decline in equity turnover to KSh 349.4 Billion compared to Wednesday’s turnover of KSh 355.5 Billion.
A total of 8.2 Million shares exchanged hands in 957 deals, compared to the previous 10.4 Million in 1,060 deals, corresponding to a 21% decline in volume and 4% decline in deals.
Top Price Gainers and Losers
Car & General Kenya led the gainers for the sixth consecutive time with 9.76% share price appreciation closing at KSh 54.00 per share, followed by Eveready East Africa which was up 9.09% to KSh 0.96; Trans Century which gained 7.94% to KSh 1.36; Uchumi Supermarket which was up 4.55% to KSh 0.23 and Britam which gained 1.97% to KSh 7.26.
The worst performers were led by East African Breweries whose share price depreciated by 5.31% to KSh 151.50 per share, followed by Home Afrika which declined by 5% to KSh 0.38; Express Kenya which fell by 3.71% to KSh 3.37; Bank of Kigali which fell 2.44% to KSh 30 and IMH which was down 2.33% to KSh 21.00
Safaricom was the day’s prime mover with a volume of 2.45 million traded shares, followed by BK Group (1.5Million), Equity Group Holdings (852,300) and East African Breweries (847,800) and KPLC(701,900).
The NSE All Share Index was down 0.98 points to 164.86 while the NSE 20 Share Index lost 10.45 points to 1885.63. The NSE 25 Share Index shed 39.39 points to close at 3667.16
The Derivatives Market had 10 contracts worth KSh 410, 470 compared to a single contract worth KSh 38,500 at the previous session.
The Secondary Bonds Market had a turnover of KSh 5.7 Billion in 92 deals compared to a turnover of KSh 4.7 Billion in 73 deals at the previous session.
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