Eveready East Africa Limited Top Gainer as Standard Group Limited Declines

Eveready East Africa Limited (EVRD) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 10% to close at KES 3.30 which was a KES 0.30 gain in share price.

Standard Group Limited (SGL) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 5.34% to close at KES 31.00 which was a KES 1.75 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 16,019,000 shares which was 34.18% of all shares traded in the market.

Equity turnover was USD 16.7m (KES 1.7bn).  Leading trading at 92.9% of market activity were foreign investors who participated both on the buy and sell side (93.6% buys vs. 92.2% sales).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: National Bank Of Kenya Ltd (NBK), Sasini Ltd (SASN), Williamson Tea Kenya Limited (WTK) and Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: British American Tobacco Kenya Limited (BAT), Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE), B.O.C Kenya Ltd (BOC) and Pan Africa Insurance Company Ltd (PAFR).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) Ltd (DTK) and Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC).

Indices

The NSE Al Share Index shed 0.23 points to close at 142.70 while the NSE 20 Share Index shed to close at 4071.56.

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