Express Kenya Limited Top Gainer as Kenya Power & Lighting Co. Ltd Declines

Express Kenya Limited (XPRS) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 8.97% to close at KES 4.25 which was a KES 0.35 gain in share price.

Kenya Power & Lighting Co. Ltd (KPLC) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 4.59% to close at KES 13.50 which was a KES 0.65 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 5,330,500 shares which was 35.51% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover rose 50% from the previous session to USD 5.8m (KES 590.2m), while overall prices were generally flat weighted down by relatively subdued foreign investor demand. While foreign investors were more active than local investors, they were net sellers accounting for 88% of total selling and 49% of total buying while local investors continued to be net buyers.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Home Afrika Ltd (HAFR), East African Portland Cement Company (PORT), ARM Cement Limited (ARM) and Carbacid Investments Limited (CARB).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE), Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB) and Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), CFC Stanbic Kenya Holdings Limited (CFC), Home Afrika Ltd (HAFR) and Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index shed 0.47 points to close at 143.32, while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 1.02 points to close at 3917.64.