Safaricom Plc, the most capitalized at the Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), had its share price dip by 0.16%, bring down turnover at the bourse by 50% to KSh 249.4 Million.
Figures from the bourse indicate that Safaricom was the top mover at the bourse with a volume of 4.58 Million shares, followed by KCB( 838,100), Kenya Re(461,300), Centum (255,300) and NSE( 227,700).
Eveready E. A was the top gainer with a 9% gain to KSh 1.09, followed by Sasini, which was up 7.37% to KSh 18.95, Carbacid Plc which gained 5.50% to KSh 11.50, Home Afrika, which gained 5.26% to KSh 0.40 and Housing Finance which appreciated 4.72% to KSh 3.90.
The worst performing counters were led by Centum, followed by I&M, Longhorn, Safaricom and Absa Bank.
Eveready E. A Plc was the top price gainer at the lacklustre Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE), its share price rising 9% and closing at KSh 1.09.
The listed firm began the year with a share price of KSh 1.20 but has since lost 9.17% off that price valuation, ranking it 50th on the NSE in terms of year-to-date performance.
Turnover at the NSE dropped to KSh 249.4 Million with a total of 7,540,900 shares in 955 deals traded.
Eveready was followed by Sasini Plc (7.37%), Carbacid Plc(5.5%)and Home Afrika Plc(5.26%).
Compared with the Tuesday, May 4th 2021 trading day, today’s data shows a 47% decline in volume, a 50% decline in turnover, and a 3% decline in deals.
Centum Investment Plc was the worst performer, its share price falling 3.22% to KSh 15.05 per share. Others were I&M Holdings Plc which declined (0.7%), Longhorn Publishers Plc(0.66%) and Safaricom Plc (0.61%).
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] declined 0.38 points to close at 169.69. The NSE 20 Share Index gained 16.68 points to close at 1862.07. The NSE 25 Share Index fell 0.23 points to close at 3685.10
The derivatives market had 32 single stock futures contracts valued at KSh 1.58 Million concluded, compared to the 70 SSF contracts valued at KSh 2.76 Million ended during the previous session.
The secondary bond market had bonds worth KSh 2.97 Billion transacted in 61 deals than the KSh 5.42 billion worth of bonds achieved in 137 deals in the preceding session.
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