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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