Turnover at the volatile Nairobi Securities Exchange edged up significantly to KSh 413.19 Million at the close of trading this Tuesday, 10th November, 2020, compared to KSh 94.41 Million on Monday.
This is on a volume of 20.24 Million shares on 894 deals, an increase of 273% compared to a volume of 5.43 Million at the close of trading yesterday.
Kenya Reinsurance was the day’s top price gainer, its share price up 7.29% to KSh 2.18, followed by Home Afrika, which appreciated 4.88% to KSh 0.43. BAT share price was up 4.17% to KSh 350 while Uchumi was up 3.45% to KSh 0.30. EABL was the 5th top gainer out of the 17 counters, which recorded price hikes, the counter appreciating 2.81% to trade at KSh 155.75
The worst-performing stocks were led by East African Cables, whose share price was down 9.15%, closing at KSh 1.39. It was followed by Nation Media Group, which 5.54% to KSh 14.50. Nation Media Group’s share price is down by nearly 60% over the last one year.
Eaagards Limited, which fell 5.36% to KSh 13.25, NSE, which fell 4.40% to KSh 7.82, and Eveready, which lost 4.21% to close at KSh 0.91.
Safaricom Plc was the day’s prime mover with a volume of 6.33 Million exchanging hands, followed by KPLC (4.05Million), Absa Bank Kenya (2.81Million), Equity Group(2.39Million), and Co-operative Bank (1.57 Million).
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index edged up 1.16 points to 140.91 while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 5.15 points to 1769.02. The NSE 25 Share Index rose by 31.65 points to settle at 3211.11
The derivatives market had one contract valued at KSh 34,570 transacted.
Turnover at the bonds market was KSh 2.55 Billion from 55 deals, compared to a turnover of KSh 1.53 Billion worth of bonds dealt previously.
