Nairobi Securities Exchange(NSE) recorded a decline in daily equity turnover to KSh 473 Million from the previous KSh 754 Million. At the same time, the number of shares traded stood at 14 Million against 18 Million posted yesterday.
The Derivatives Market saw four contracts valued at KSh174,000 transacted in today’s trading session.
The Equity Single Stock Futures contract expiring on 16th June 2022 traded two contracts valued at KSh102,000 at a price of KSh51.00. This is against a closing price of KSh51.00 posted by Equity Group Holdings in the spot market.
The top price gainer was HF Group which was up 6.31% to KSh 3.20, followed by Sameer, which gained 4,74% to KSh 2.65; Sasini, which was up 4.67% to KSh 19.05, East African Cables which rose 3.45% to KSh 1.20, and Fahari I-REIT which was up 3.09% to KSh 6.00
The worst performers were led by Uchumi, which declined 9.09% to KSh 0.20, followed by TransCentury, which fell by 7.63% to KSh 1.09; Umeme, which lost 2.52% to KSh 6.20; Longhorn, which shed 2.44% to KSh 3.60 and Stanbic, which lost 1.72% to KSh 100.25
The Banking Sector had shares worth KSh195.8Million transacted, which accounted for 41.33% of the day’s traded value.
Equity Group Holdings actively moved 1.9Million shares valued at KSh98.6Million between KSh50.00 and KSh 52.00. K.C.B. Group moved 945,000 shares valued at KSh41.7Million and closed at KSh44.20. ABSA Bank Kenya remained steady at KSh12.35 with shares worth KSh41.5Million transacted.
Safaricom was the day’s main feature, with 5.69Million shares valued at KSh205Million changing hands at between KSh35.60 and KSh36.15; this represented 43.24% of the day’s traded value.
E.A. Breweries moved 436,000 shares worth KSh64.8Million at a fairly stable price of KSh148.50, while B.A.T. moved 3,000 shares valued at KSh 1.8Million and closed at KSh 490.00. The two counters were the main features in the Manufacturing and Allied Sector.
KenGen was the most dominant in the Energy& Petroleum Sector and traded 574,000 shares valued at KSh2Million at between KSh3.60 and KSh3.68.
The secondary bonds market had bonds worth KSh3.4Billion from 136 deals compared to a turnover of KSh 3.7 Billion on 134 deals.
The NSE 20 share Index lost 2.87 points to stand at 1858.80, while All Share Index NASI was down 0.75 points to stand at 160.11. The NSE 25 Share Index was down 18.80 points to settle at 3620.27.
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