Gainers
| Price (KES) | Change (%) | |
| Olympia Capital Holdings Limited | 3.80 | 8.57 |
| NIC Bank Limited | 35.25 | 6.82 |
| Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Limited | 12.70 | 6.28 |
| Eveready East Africa Limited | 1.75 | 6.06 |
| National Bank of Kenya Limited | 21.00 | 5.00 |
Losers
| Price (KES) | Change (%) | |
| Car and General (Kenya) Limited | 26.50 | 8.62 |
| AccessKenya Group Limited | 4.60 | 3.16 |
| Athi River Mining Limited | 200.00 | 2.44 |
| Eaagads Limited | 31.00 | 2.36 |
| CFC Stanbic Holdings Limited | 42.25 | 1.74 |
Exchange Rates
| CURRENCY | MEAN |
| US DOLLAR | 84.1417 |
| STG POUND | 134.3425 |
| EURO | 107.0125 |
| SA RAND | 10.0925 |
| KES/USHS | 29.5931 |
| KES/TSHS | 18.7661 |
| KES/RWF | 7.2261 |
| KES/BIF | 16.4842 |
In today’s trading Safaricom Limited was observed to be the biggest mover with 12.22 million shares exchanging hands. Kenya Commercial Bank came in second with 5.51 million shares traded. Equity Bank recorded transactions amounting to 3.86 million shares. Mumias Sugar Company came in fourth with 2.29 million shares traded. To wrap up the top five we have Barclays Bank of Kenya with 2.04 million shares traded. As we can see, commercial banks were the most active counters at the NSE today.
Today on the pesatalk we hypothesised on why the shilling has been falling and highlighted the following:
- KenGen and Crown Berger are shares to consider investing in.
- The news of lower lending rates from KCB.
- The performance of our PesaPortfolio after day one.
- The trend that fuel prices have been following, among other useful insights.