Closing Bell – 27 APRIL 2012

Gainers

Price        Change

Crown Berger Limited 27.50 8.91%
Athi River Mining 185.00 2.78%
Total Kenya Limited 16.50 2.48%
Sameer Africa 4.60 2.22%
Unga Group Limited 10.40 1.96

Losers

Price        Change

British-American Investments 4.80 6.80%
Standard Group Limited 21.00 6.67%
KenGen Limited 8.00 4.76%
Kenya Commercial Bank Limited 22.25 3.26%
Kenya Orchards 3.45 2.82

Exchange Rates
Currency           Mean

US DOLLAR 83.2650
STG POUND 134.5974
EURO 110.0940
SA RAND 10.7217
KES/USHS 30.0848
KES/TSHS 19.0657
KES/RWF 7.2361

KCB was the biggest mover in the day's trading session with 4.42 million shares being traded in the six-hour period. The shares had a value of KES 9.94 million shares and the share price dropped 50 cents (2.17%) to close at KES 22.50. The Safaricom counter had 3.6 million shares being traded with a total value of KES 11.89 million in 90 bids. The share price remained constant at KES 3.30. Mumias Sugar Company had 2.862 million shares with a value of KES 15.01 million being traded, closing 0.95% down at KES 5.20. Equity Bank had 2.848 million shares with  a value of KES 58.97 million being traded in 91 bids. The share closed 25 cents down (1.20%) at KES 20.50. East African Breweries Limited had the biggest turnover in the day's trading with 1.36 million shares with a value of KES 289.57 million being traded. The share closed KES 4 up (1.91%) to close at KES 213.

Today on Pesatalk we highlight the importance of setting up a fun fund (read that here), the cheaper of private and public parking (click here to read that story), KCB and Equity Bank Q1 financials (click here and here respectively for those articles), we ask if social media is affecting your speninf behaviour (click here) among other interesting stories.

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