Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE)recorded a 55% decline in Equity Turnover to KSh 621.5 Million when trading ended at the bourse this Wednesday. The volume of shares traded also declined to 12.3 Million from the previous 23.4 Million.
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The NSE All-Share Index was down 1.53 points to 185.93, while the NSE 20 Share Index was up 4.50 points to 2000.76. The NSE 25 Share Index was down 6.95 points to close at 4068.32.
The top price gainers were led by Olympia Capital Holdings, which was up 10% to KSh 2.20.
It was followed by Eaagads Limited, which gained 8.87% to KSh 13.50, Home Afrika up 7.89% to KSh 0.41, Eveready gained 7.53% to KSh 1.00 and Sameer Africa, which was up 4.86% to KSh 3.45.
The worst performers were led by Liberty Kenya, which lost 8.87% to KSh 8.42; Nairobi Business Ventures, which declined 8.59% to KSh 4.79, Carbacid Investments, which fell 5.62% to KSh 11.75, BOC Kenya, which lost 4.80% to KSh 64.50 and Sasini Tea which fell 4.52% to KSh 19.00.
The biggest mover was Safaricom with a volume of 4.26 Million, Equity Group( 3.86 Million), EABL( 718,600), C0-operative Bank of Kenya( 661,200) and KCB(540,700).
The Secondary Derivatives market had bonds worth KSh 4.5 Billion transacted in 73 deals compared to the previous bond turnover of KSh 5 Billion in 70 deals.
In the Derivatives Market, there were 29 contracts worth KSh 1.1 Million concluded compared to 39 contracts worth KSh 1.8 Million dealt previously.
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