CIC Insurance Group Limited Top Gainer as Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited Declines

CIC Insurance Group Limited (CIC) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 5.17% to close at KES 6.10 which was a KES 0.30 gain in share price.

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (CFCI) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 3.86% to close at KES 16.20 which was a KES 0.65 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 13,414,300 shares which was 52.84% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover increased by 491.2% to USD 12.4m (KES 1.3bn).  Foreign investors dominated trading to emerge net sellers (69.5% of total buying and 80.6% of total selling). Bamburi Cement recorded the highest net foreign inflows while E.A. Breweries recorded the highest net foreign outflows.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Barclays Bank Kenya Ltd (BBK), Standard Group Limited (SGL), Longhorn Publishers Limited (LKL) and Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd (KAPC).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: East African Cables Limited (CABL), Kenya Electricity Generating (Kengen) Company Ltd (KEGN), Williamson Tea Kenya Limited (WTK) and TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Hotels) (TPSE).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: KenolKobil Limited (KENO), East African Breweries Limited (EABL), Barclays Bank Kenya Ltd (BBK) and Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index shed 0.03 points to close at 141.64, while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 9.17 points to close at 3853.56.

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