Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a 69% from in Daily Equity Turnover to KSh 138.7 Million when trading ended at the bourse this Friday compared to KSh 443.8 Million on Thursday 30th September 2021.
The number of shares traded also declined to 5,368,000 when trading closed for the weekend compared to 14,851,600 shares traded the previous day. The number of equity deals also fell to 868 from the previous 1,022.
NSE INDICES
The NSE All-Share Index was up 2.92 points to 181.23 while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 6.91 points to close the day at 2038.08. The NSE 25 Share Index was up 37.65 points to 3952.17.
The Derivatives market had 15 contracts worth KSh 297,900 concluded compared to 21 contracts worth KSh 695,805 previously.
The Secondary Bond market had a turnover of KSh 2.5 Billion from 72 deals compared to KSh 3.4 Billion from 85 deals at the previous session.
Listed Coffee dealer Eaagads Limited, which owns farms in Kiambu County, was the day’s top price gainer at the NSE, its share price rising 6.92% to KSh 13.90. It was followed by Olympia Capital which gained 6.38% to close at KSh 2.00, Eveready East Africa which was up 5.17% to KSh 1.22, Sameer Africa, which was up 4.91% to KSh 3.42 and TPS Eastern Africa(Serena) which gained 4.23% to KSh 16.00.
Trans-Century was the day’s worst performer, losing 8.63% of its share price to close at KSh 1.27 followed by WPP ScanGroup which declined 5.13% to KSh 4.99, BOC Kenya which lost by 4.23% to KSh 68.00, Nation Media Group which fell 1.50% to close at KSh 23.00 and Express Kenya whose share price was down 1.35% to KSh 4.39.
The prime mover was Safaricom with a volume of 2.3 Million, at between KSh 42.00 and a high of KSh 44.00. It was followed by WPP Scangroup with a volume of 691,400 as investors reacted to its positive H1, 2021 financials, KPLC(546,000), Longhorn Publishers(514,400) and Equity Group(453,700).
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