Market turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) declined to KSh 630 Million when trading closed off yesterday. This is compared to KSh 1.6 Billion worth of trading recorded on Tuesday.
Safaricom continued to dominate trading at the bourse with 10.5 Million shares traded at between KSh 27.50 and KSh 28.50. This accounted for 46.24% of the day’s traded value.
The Banking sector moved shares worth KSh 233 Million, which accounted for 36.94% of the day’s traded value. Equity moved 4 Million shares valued at KSh 144 Million at between KSh 34.50 and KSh 37.70. KCB and Co-Op Bank moved 1.3 Million shares and 1.2 Million shares respectively, worth KSh 50 Million and KSh 16 Million.
In the Energy sector, Kenya Power moved 3.2 Million shares valued at KSh 6.2 Million while EA Breweries, in the manufacturing sector, was the most dominant, moving 371,400 shares at between KSh 165.00 and KSh 175.00.
The NSE 20 share index was down 42.71 points to stand at 1996.28 while the All Share index NASI dropped 1.47 percent to 137.37.
Kenya Airways registered the biggest share price gain of 9.87 percent from KSh 1.52 to KSh 1.67. Other companies that posted an increase in share price are; Sameer, NBV, Uchumi and Eveready all with share prices below KSh 1.
The losers in yesterdays’s trading included NCBA, Liberty, Fahari, TP Serena and Sanlam.
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