The Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a 0.36% rise in Weekly turnover from KSh 1.83 Billion to KSh 1.84 Billion, with foreign investors dominating, accounting for 61.52% of total trades.
Foreign investors took the lead on Safaricom while local investors dominated activity on Diamond Trust Bank Kenya.
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index NASI was on the rise during the week ended 23rd July 2021, adding 0.33 or 0.18% week-on-week to close the week at 178.98 points. The NASI is now at 17.66% in the year to date performance.
NSE INDICES
The NSE 20 share indices was up 9.58 points or 0.49% to 1981.91, while the NSE 25 share index gained 6.54 points or 0.17% to close the week at 3,895.50 basis points.
Safaricom Plc was the prime mover continued to hold the top spot during the week, with 25 Million shares valued at KSh 1 billion, changing hands at between KSh 41.75 and KSh43.00.
The Banking Sector had shares worth KSh 651 million traded, which made up 35.46% of the week’s traded business.
Diamond Trust Bank Kenya was the week’s top mover in the banking sector, with shares worth KSh 257 million transacted. Its share price fell 1.89% to KSh 65.00, down from KSh 66.25 the previous week.
Equity Group declined 1.44% to KSh.47.85 with 4 million shares valued at KSh196 million.
KCB Group traded a volume of 2.5 million shares valued at KSh166 million and closed the week at KSh 44.55.
Liberty Kenya Holdings was listed as the week’s top price gainer, adding 22.56% in investor wealth to close the week at KSh 9.56.
Nairobi Business Ventures was the week’s worst performer, with the shares closing the week at KSh 9.06 per share, a 17.26% decline from the previous week’s closing price.
The Derivatives Market closed the week with 87 contracts valued at KSh 2.9 million, a decline in turnover and volume on the NEXT compared to the 121 contracts valued at KSh 4.1 million posted the previous week.
The Secondary Bond Market posted a 27.41% decline in activity with KSh 18.58 billion worth of bonds traded against the KSh 25.60 billion worth of bonds transacted the previous week.
