Closing Bell – 11 May 2012

Gainers
Price        Change

CFC Insurance Holdings 7.80 6.85%
Eveready East Africa 1.70 6.25%
Uchumi Supermarkets Limited 16.00 4.92%
NIC Bank Limited 31.75 4.10%
Carbacid Investments Limited 106.00 3.92%

Losers
Price      Change

Trans-Century Limited 24.00 9.43%
Express Limited 3.50 6.67%
Kengen Limited 8.15 5.23%
Scangroup Limited 51.00 3.77%
Safaricom Limited 3.40 1.45%

Exchange Rates

CURRENCY MEAN
US Dollar 83.6181
Sterling Pound 134.7856
Euro 108.0681
SA Rand 10.3925
KES/USHS 29.6588
KES/TSHS 18.8776
KES/RWF 7.2594

There were 4.843 million KCB shares traded in 117 bids. The share rose 25 cents (1.06%) to close at KES 23.75 with a turnover of KES 116.19 million.The Safaricom Limited counter remained active in the day’s trading with 4.042 million shares exchanging hands in 176 bids. The share closed down 5 cents (1.45%) to end the week at KES 3.40. Centum Investments saw 1.204 million shares trading in 57 bids to close 10 cents down (0.67%) at KES 14.75. There were 992,400 Kenya Re shares traded in the day. The counter closed 30 cents up (2.71%) at KES 11.35. Barclays Bank was also pretty active in the day with 609,300 shares changing hands in 96 bids. The share price remainded the same.

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