Equity turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) was KSh 435.32 Million when the bourse closed today, a 12% drop from the previous trading session. 13.23 Million shares exchanged hands in 718 deals.
At the previous session on Friday, the NSE turnover was KSh 497.18 Million. 17.4 Million shares traded in 908 equity deals.
Tech firm Safaricom Plc was the day’s prime mover with 7.89 Million shares traded on this counter followed by Bamburi Cement (1.78 Million), Equity (1.09 Million), East African Breweries Limited (516,700), and KenGen (395,100).
The stock price of Safaricom rose 1.30% to KSh 31.25 from the previous KSh 30.85 with foreign investors dominating activities on this counter at 96.2%, resulting in a turnover of KSh 246.69 Million.
The day’s top price gainer was Total Oil Kenya whose share price was up 8.11% to close at KSh 26.00.
It was followed by Car&General, which recorded a price appreciation of 5.26% to KSh 25.00. Uchumi was the third price gainer, its share price up 3.57% to KSh 0.29. Carbacid Investments was up 2.35% to sell as KSh 8.70 while Stanlib Fahari I-REIT closed the top 5 price gainers, its price up 1.82% to KSh 5.60.
East African Cables led the top 5 worst performers at the bourse, its price plunging 6.29% to KSh 1.49 followed by Bamburi Cement which fell 5% to trade at KSh 22.80. Home Africa share price was down 4.65% to KSh 0.41, followed by Britam, which declined 2.98% to close at KSh 7.16.
The NSE closed the top 5 laggards with its share price falling 2.91% to KSh 8.02.
The key NSE 20 Share Index was down 19.96 points from the previous 1783.68 to 1763.72 this Monday. The NSE 25 Share Index was up slightly by 0.48 points from 3170.87 to 3171.35 while the benchmark NSE All Share Index was up 0.72 points to 140.76 from the previous 140.04.
The derivatives market had one Safaricom stock futures contracts valued at KSh 31,050 concluded.
Bonds worth KSh1.67 Billion exchanged hands in 50 deals, compared to bonds worth KSh 1.88 Billion transacted on Friday last week.
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