There were 13.43 million Safaricom shares changing hands today, the share price losing 10 cents down to close at KES 3.40. Stocks from the banking segment of the NSE held 4 of the top 5 mover slots in today's trading.

Below is a comparison of the performance of the Kenya shilling against major global and regional currencies over the last two trading periods; Tuesday 22nd and Monday 21st May 2012: Currency US Dollars Sterling Pounds Euro SA Rand KES/USHS KES/TSHS KES/RWF Date 21/05/2012 84.4639 133.8243 108.1141 10.2041 29.2679 18.7433 7.125…

Gainers Price (KES) Change (%) Olympia Capital Holdings Limited 3.90 5.41 CFC Insurance Holdings 8.00 4.58 Mumias Sugar Company 5.90 4.42 Uchumi Supermarkets 19.05 2.97 Eveready East Africa 1.80 2.86 Losers Price (KES) Change (%) Express Limited 3.40 8.11 KCB Limited 22.25 5.32 CFC Stanbic Holdings 41.75 5.11 Barclays Bank…

The Kenya Shilling had a hard day at the office yesterday, losing against all of the currencies under our observation. The Kenya Shilling lost 0.1384% against the US Dollar and 1.842% versus the South Africa Rand. The Kenya Shilling also slipped against the Uganda and Tanzania Shillings and the Rwanda Franc in what was definitely a difficult day for the Kenya Shilling.

Safaricom was the day's biggest mover with 6.432 million shares of Eastern Africa's biggest telco traded. Scangroup was the day's biggest gainer, up 3.88% to close at KES 53.50 while Transcentury Limited lost 7.41% of its value to close at KES 25.

Below is a comparison of the performance of the Kenya Shilling over the last two trading sessions, Friday the 18th and Thursday the 17th:   Currency US Dollars Sterling Pounds Euro SA Rand KES/USHS KES/TSHS KES/RWF Date 17/05/2012 84.3875 134.2753 107.5402 10.191 29.3884 18.747 7.1399 18/05/2012 84.4528 133.0353 106.9623 10.0195…

NSE Performance Over the course of trading last week, Kenyan shares blasted to a nine-month high on Thursday and Friday as they rose for the sixth straight session to 3,677.81 on Thursday. This could be attributed to investors pouring their funds back into equities largely due to falling inflation and…

The Kenya Shilling had a bruising in yesterday's trading losing ground against the US Dollar, the Euro and the SA Rand. The Kenya Shilling lost 0.292% of its value versus the USD, continuing its slip-and-slide this week.

The NSE today had 15.24 million shares trading and closed with a market capitalization of KES 824.74 billion. KCB was the days biggest mover, 2.74 million shares exchanging hands and Transcentury Limited had about 1.79 million shares trading to come in second. CFC Insurance was the biggest loser, down 3.16%. Kenya Re was among the day's top gainers, gaining for the third consecutive day.

Below is a table showing the currency movements between the Kenya shilling and major international currencies as well as the currencies of our neighbouring countries over the last two trading days, Tuesday 15th and Wednesday 16th May 2012. Currency US Dollars Sterling Pounds Euro SA Rand KES/USHS KES/TSHS KES/RWF Date…