NSE turnover declined to KSh 676Million from the previous sessions KSh728Million, with the number of shares traded also falling to 15.6Million against 19Million posted yesterday.
The top performing counters were led by Bank of Kigali which was up 7.14% to KSh 30 followed by Stanbic which was up 7.12% to KSh 94.00; Williamson Tea which rose 3.85% to KSh 135.00; Liberty Kenya which gained 3.32% to KSh 6.84 and Absa Bank Kenya which was up 1.32% to KSh 11.55
The worst performers were led by Home Afrika which declined by 5.26% to KSh 0.36 followed by Uchumi which fell by 4.35% to KSh 0.22; Eveready which fell 4.08% to KSh 0.94; Standard Group which was down 3.23% to KSh 15.00 and Eaagads which declined by 2.96% to KSh 13.10
The NSE 20 Share Index was up 1.75 points to 1889.30 while the All Share Index lost 1.35 points to 167.48. The NSE 25 Share Index declined by 15.81 points to 3753.53
The Banking Sector dominated activity at the NSE and moved shares worth KSh 435 Million and accounted for 64.47% of the day’s traded value. Equity moved 6.7 Million shares valued at KSh 354 Million at between KSh 52.00 and 53.75. KCB moved 1.3 Million shares valued at KSh 61.9 Million at between KSh 45.50 and KSh 46.50. Diamond Trust Bank moved 153,000 shares worth KSh 9 Million and closed the day at KSh 59.00.
Ken Gen was most active in the energy and petroleum sector and moved 169,000 shares valued at KSh 677,000 and closed at KSh 4.00
East Africa Breweries was the maion feature in the manufacturing and allied sector and moved 164,000 shares worth KSh 26.8 Million at between KSh 163.00 and KSh 165.00
Safaricom moved 5 million shares valued at KSh 209 Million at KSh 38.80, representing 30.19% of the day’s traded value.
The secondary bonds market had bonds worth KSh 2.1 Billion transacted.
The derivatives market had 19 contracts worth KSh 720,380 compared to 10 contracts worth 362,520 at the previous session.
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