Pan Africa Insurance Company Ltd Top Gainer as Sasini Ltd Declines

Pan Africa Insurance Company Ltd (PAFR) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 10% to close at KES 66.00 which was a KES 6.00 gain in share price.

Sasini Ltd (SASN) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 8.98% to close at KES 15.20 which was a KES 1.50 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 6,122,700 shares which was 36.14% of all shares traded in the market.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Umeme Limited (UMME), Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (KNRE), Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH) and Nairobi Securities Exchange Limited (NSE).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), British American Tobacco Kenya Limited (BAT), Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE) and East African Cables Limited (CABL).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Barclays Bank Kenya Ltd (BBK), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), CFC Stanbic Kenya Holdings Limited (CFC) and Kenya Airways Limited (KQ).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index closed at 148.28, while the NSE 20 Share Index shed 8.32 points to close at 4248.95.

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