Turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) was KSh 266.8 Million on a volume of 7.92 Million that was transacted in 670 deals.
The top price gainer was Carbacid Investments Limited, whose share price was up 10% to KSh 8.80, followed by Britam, which was up 3.95% to KSh 7.90. Bamburi Cement shares edged 3.82% to KSh 28.85 while Nation Media Group share price was up 2.24% to KSh 16.00. The 5th top price gainer was CIC Group, which appreciated 1.94% to KSh 2.10.
The worst performing counters were led by TransCentury Plc, which was down 10% to close at KSh 1.35. It was followed by Express Kenya which lost 9.97% to trade at KSh 3.52. Housing Finance was down 9.57% to KSh 3.12 while Olympia Capital was down 8.64% to KSh 2.01.
Standard Chartered Bank, which has already unveiled plans to lay off staff, saw its share price slide 2.72% to close at KSh 152.00 this Monday.
The prime mover was Equity with a volume of 2.82 Million shares followed by Safaricom(2.51 Million), KCB(405,200), Sasini(378,100) and EABL(319,000).
The NSE All-Share Index was up 0.63 to 143.93 while the NSE 20 Share Index edged up 8.92 to 1789.52. The NSE 25 Share Index rose by 12.13 points to settle at 3280.73
