The Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a 52% decline in turnover to KSh 149.28 Million. This is compared to KSh 311.2 Million posted when trading ended at the bourse on Friday 18th December 2020.
This was on a volume of 7.07 Million shares traded in 856 deals. When the bourse closed last Friday, it had a volume of 12,859,300 shares in 712 deals.
The top price gainer was Trans-century Plc whose shares rose 8.94% to KSh 1.34 from the previous KSh 1.23. The volume of shares traded on this counter was 4,600 resulting in a turnover of KSh 6,158.00.
The second top gainer was Bamburi Cement, whose share price was up 4.29% to KSh 36.50. Bamburi Cement traded 26,900 shares in 28 deals that resulted in a turnover of KSh 981,550.00. Over the past 52 weeks, Bamburi shares have oscillated from a low of KSh 19.05 and highs of KSh 80.00.
Britam was also a top gainer Monday, with its share price up 4.27% to KSh 7.32, KenGen rose 3.98% to close at KSh 4.70 Williamson Tea shares appreciated 3.85% to KSh 135.00.
The worst performers were led by Nairobi Business Ventures(NBV), whose share price fell 8.01% to KSh 4.25, followed by Liberty Kenya Holdings, whose share price declined 6.25% to KSh 6.90, Home Afrika which was down 4.76% to KSh 0.40 while I&M was down 4.09% to KSh 43.35.
East African Cables was the 5th worst performer, its share price plunging 3.70% to KSh 1.30.
There was heavy foreign investors’ activity in Equity Group, EABL, and Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), which recently revised the pricing on its derivatives segment.
The NSE 20 Share Index was up 13.94 points from 1796.88 to 1810.82. The NSE 25 Share Index, however, was down 6.69 points to 3292.13 from 3298.32.
The NSE All-Share Index declined marginally by 0.52 points to 147.52 from 148.04.
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