Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited Top Gainer as Bamburi Cement Limited Declines

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (CFCI) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 10% to close at KES 22.00 which was a KES 2.00 gain in share price.

Bamburi Cement Limited (BAMB) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 6.63% to close at KES 155.00 which was a KES 11.00 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 3,109,100 shares which was 29.52% of all shares traded in the market.

Equity turnover slumped 84% to USD 2.6m (KES 276.5m). Foreign investors reduced their activity to 55.2% of turnover and emerged net buyers (75.4% buying).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: TransCentury Limited (TCL), Standard Group Limited (SGL), Williamson Tea Kenya Limited (WTK) and Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Crown Paints Kenya Limited (BERG), National Bank Of Kenya Ltd (NBK), The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd (COOP) and Unga Group Limited (UNGA).

Most Traded Shares

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

Indices

The NSE All Share Index shed 0.30 points to close at 142.40 while the NSE 20 Share Index shed 30.21 points to close at 4041.35.

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