Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a 67% increase in equity turnover to KSh 459.9 Million from the previous day’s close of KSh 273.6 Million.
The number of shares traded increased to 12.3 Million from the previous 9 Million while the number of deals was 951 from the previous 1,103.
In the secondary bonds market, there was a turnover of KSh 3.2 Million from 80 deals compared to KSh 1.9 Billion in 42 deals at the previous trading session.
In the Derivatives Market, 4 contracts worth KSh 128,420 were concluded compared to 7 contracts worth KSh 296,200 at the previous trading session.
NSE TOP PRICE GAINERS AND LOSERS
The day’s top price gainer was Car&General, which rose 9.95% to KSh 44.75 followed by Kapchorua Tea, which gained 5.71% to KSh 97.25; Flame Tree Group which was up 5.65% to KSh 1.31; Sameer Africa which rose 5.22% to close at KSh 2.82 and Nairobi Business Ventures which gained 5.16% to close at KSh 5.30 per share.
The worst performing counters were led by Kakuzi, which declined by 8.33% to KSh 385.00 followed by Express Kenya which fell 7.89% to KSh 3.50; Britam which declined by 2.83% to KSh 6.56 and TPS Serena which declined by 1.64% to KSh 15.00.
The prime movers were Safaricom(7.37 Million), KCB( 3.55 Million), Co-op Bank( 217,600), KPLC(214,900) and Nairobi Business Ventures( 151,100).
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