Turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange rose to KSh 350.35 Million on a volume of 12.98 Million in 882 deals. This is compared to a turnover of KSh 220.99 Million on Wednesday on a volume of 9.13 Million shares in 924 deals.
The biggest price gainer was Carbacid Investments which rose 8.43% to close the day at KSh 9.00. It was followed by Flame Tree Holdings which appreciated 8% to trade at KSh 1.35, Britam gained 8% to KSh 7.56, Express Kenya which gained 2.79% to Ksh 4.42 with Diamond Trust Bank closing the top 5 gainers with its price rising 2.40% to KSh 64.00
The worst performers were led by TransCentury which fell 6.51% to KSh 1.58, Eaagads Limited, which lost 5.38% of its share price to KSh 13.20. Longhorn Publishers shed 3.68% to KSh 4.51 while Uchumi lost 3.33% of its share price to trade at KSh 0.29. Equity share price fell 2.57% to KSh 34.10.
Safaricom was the biggest mover with 6.30 Million shares traded at a reduced price of KSh 30.05 from the previous KSh 30.50. Foreign investors were the main drivers, pushing the turnover on this counter to KSh 189.44 Million in 121 deals.
Other top movers included Equity(2.26 Million), Absa(1.53 Million), Coop Bank(659,000) and HFCK(509,000). All indices were down, with the NSE 20 Share losing 4.52 points to 1831.57. The NSE 25 Share lost 27.43 points to stand at 3206.43 points while the NSE All-Share Index was down marginally by 1.41 points to settle at 139.61.
