Express Kenya Limited Top Gainer as Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited Declines

Express Kenya Limited (XPRS) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 8.33% to close at KES 4.55 which was a KES 0.35 gain in share price.

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (CFCI) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.09% to close at KES 20.00 which was a KES 2.00 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 4,555,600 shares which was 27.87% of all shares traded in the market.

Equity turnover increased by 41.6% to settle at USD 3.8m (KES 391.6m). Foreign investors led trading at 75.3% of market activity and actively participated on the buy and sell side (74.9% buying vs. 75.7% selling).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Sasini Ltd (SASN), B.O.C Kenya Ltd (BOC), Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC) and Housing Finance Group Limited (HFCK).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN), Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE), Standard Group Limited (SGL) and Crown Paints Kenya Limited (BERG).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (CFCI) and Kenya Power & Lighting Co. Ltd (KPLC).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index shed 0.53 points to close at 141.87 while the NSE 20 Share Index shed 24.01 points to close at 4017.34.

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