The Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a decline in Equity Turnover to KSh 253.5 Million when trading ended this Thursday compared to KSh 523.4 Million on Wednesday, a drop of more than half.
The volume of shares traded, however, rose to 32.8 Million compared to 11.9 Million shares previously. The number of deals declined to 1070 compared to 1036 deals on Wednesday.
NSE top price gainers and losers
Umeme was the top price gainer, going up by 9.38% to KSh 7.00. It was followed by Stanlib Fahari Income-REIT, which gained 3.55% to KSh 7.00; Nairobi Business Ventures, which rose 2.36% to KSh 6.06; Williamson Tea Kenya, which was up 1.67% to close at KSh 137.00 and Crown Paints Kenya, whose price was up 1.19% to close at KSh 25.50.
The worst performers were led by Car& General, which declined by 10% to KSh 31.50, followed by Olympia Capital Holdings, which fell by 9.09% to KSh 2.00; Express Kenya, which lost 8.50% to close at KSh 3.18 and TPS Eastern Africa( Serena) which lost 6.35% to KSh 14.00.
KPLC was the day’s top mover with a volume of 24.41 Million shares traded, followed by Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation( 2.75 Million), Safaricom Plc( 1.31 Million), Equity( 1.16 Million) and KCB( 1.02 Million).
The NSE All-Share Index was up 0.11 points to close at 180.67, while the NSE 20 Share Index dropped by 9.97 points to close at 1952.28. The NSE 25-Share Index was down 1.01 points to close at 3933.23.
There was a decline in the Secondary Bonds Market, where bonds worth KSh 3.6 Billion were transacted in 73 deals. This is against a KSh 5.9 Billion turnover in 70 deals at the previous trading session.
The Derivatives Market had 26 contracts worth KSh 1,084,770 compared to 5 contracts valued at KSh 226,040 the previous day.
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