A summary of the day's on-goings at the NSE

The Kenya shilling slipped 0.3233% versus the US dollar yesterday. It also lost ground against the SA RAnd and the Queen's coins. The shilling however rebounded, up 0.0457% against the Euro. The Kenya shilling has dropped for the sixth consecutive day against the dollar, the longest losing streak in 9 months.

Gainers Sameer Africa Limited 4.70 9.30% Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Limited 12.00 5.73% Uchumi Supermarket Limited 16.75 5.35% Centum Investment Company Limited 15.50 4.73% Total Kenya Limited 16.00 4.23% Losers Carbacid Investments Limited 101.00 2.88% Express Limited 3.70 2.63% Kapchorua Tea Company Limited 117.00 2.50% Eaagads Limited 31.00 2.36% CFC Stanbic…

Below is a table of the movements between the Kenya shilling and other major international and regional currencies over the last two trading sessions (Friday 11th May 2012 and Monday 14th May 2012 based on the indicative rates published on the Central Bank of Kenya’s Website): Currency…

Gainers Price (KES) Change (%) NIC Bank Limited 33.00 4.76 Athi River Mining 204.00 4.08 Total Kenya Limited 15.50 4.03 CFC Insurance Holdings Limited 7.95 3.92 Uchumi Supermarket Limited 15.95 3.57 Losers Price (KES) Change (%) Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Limited 26.75 9.32 Rea Vipingo Plantations Limited 14.50 4.92 Carbacid…

According to the Central Bank of Kenya’s weekly report the interbank rate, the cost at which commercial banks borrow from one another, increased to 16.35 percent during the week ending May 9, 2012 from 15.74 percent in the previous week. The average number of borrowing and lending deals between the…

Below is a table of the movements between the Kenya shilling and other major international and regional currencies over the last two trading sessions (Thursday 10th May 2012 and Friday 11th May 2012): Currency Date US Dollar Sterling Pound Euro SA Rand KESUSHS KESTSHS KESRWF Thursday 10 May 2012…

A summary of the day's goings-on at the NSE. There were 4.843 million KCB shares traded today with the share closing 25 cents up. Safaricom however, 4.042 million shares trading with teh counter closing 5 cents down.

Below is the performance of the Kenyan Shilling against major world and regional currencies as compared to the day before: Currency US Dollars Sterling Pounds Euro SA Rand KES/USHS KES/TSHS KES/RWF Date 09/05/2012 83.2831 134.7159 108.5593 10.6367 29.7781 18.9835 7.2345 10/05/2012 83.3972 134.6141 108.0031 10.4418 29.8572 18.8856 7.2247 As we…

Gainers Price (KES) Change (%) Unga Group 12.10 10.00 Marshalls  E.A Limited 13.50 7.14 Uchumi Supermarkets Limited 15.50 3.33 Standard Group Limited 24.00 3.23 Eveready East Africa 1.65 3.13 Losers Price (KES) Change (%) AccessKenya Group 4.35 9.38 Total Kenya Limited 14.60 2.67 Equity Bank 20.00 2.44 Standard Chartered Bank…