Nairobi Securities Exchange( NSE) this Monday recorded a massive drop in turnover to KSh 87.11 Million on a volume of 3.24 Million and 630 deals. This is compared to a turnover of KSh 1.09 Billion and a volume of 34.4 Million when the bourse closed on Friday 4th December 2020.
The top price gainer was Nairobi Business Ventures, whose price was up 8.37% to KSh 4.66, followed by Olympia Capital, which rose 7.76% to KSh 2.50, Bank of Kigali gained 6.67% to stand at KSh 16.00 while Eveready East Africa was up 3.60% to KSh 1.15. Sasini was the 5th gainer at KSh 17.50, a rise of 2.64%.
The worst performer was Trans-Century, which was down 9.02% to KSh 1.21, followed by Umeme Limited, which declined 4.29% to KSh 6.70 while ABSA NewGold ETF was down 3.32% to KSh 1890, BAT was down 2.44% to KSh 390.25 while KPLC was down 2.24% to KSh 1.31.
With a market capitalization of KSh 1.32 Trillion, Safaricom was the biggest mover with 1.24 Million shares, followed by KPLC( 675,600), NBV( 245,300), KCB( 153,900), and ABSA( 122,000).
At the end of the first weekday of trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) this week.
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index declined by 1.37 points to settle at 146.75, while the NSE 20 Share Index declined by 3.65 points to 1782.78. The NSE 25 Share Index fell 19.32 points to 3293.65
The derivatives market had 25 single stock futures contracts valued at KSh 1.8 million, while bonds worth KSh 1.73 Billion were transacted in 46 deals. This is against KSh 779.7 Million worth of bonds transacted last Friday.
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