Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a decline in daily equity turnover to KSh 344.1 Million from the previous KSh 382.5 Million.
The number of shares traded, however, increased to 10.5 Million from the previous 9.5 Million while the number of equity deals also rose to 995 from the previous 799.
The NSE All Share Index was up 1.43 points to close at 170.67 while the NSE 20 Share Index fell by 1.77 points to close at 1915.73. The NSE 25 Share Index was up 13.74 points to close at 3801.94.
Top price gainers were led by Bank of Kigali, which was up 9.26% to KSh 29.50 followed by Kakuzi which gained 9.09% to KSh 420.00; Sasini which gained 6.68% to KSh 19.95; East African Portland Cement which was up 6.15% to KSh 6.90 and Home Afrika which gained 5.41% to KSh 0.39
The worst performers were led by Car& General, which declined 9.87% to KSh 30.60; Stanlib Fahari Income REIT which gained 4.75% to KSh 6.02; CIC which was up 3.23% to KSh 2.10; Nation Media Group which was up 3.00% to KSh 19.40 and HFCK which declined by 2.31% to KSh 3.81
Safaricom was the day biggest mover with a volume of 6.75 Million followed by CIC(1.14 Million), Equity( 658,900), KCB(610,500)and KPLC( 428,700).
The Secondary Bonds market had a turnover of KSh 708.6 Million from 33 deals compared to the previous day’s turnover of KSh 209.1 Million from 36 deals.
The Derivatives Market had 42 contracts worth KSh 1,652,000 compared to the previous day when 6 contracts worth KSh 137,280 were concluded.
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