Closing Bell 17/04/2012
Gainers Price Change
| Kenya Orchards Limited | 3.45 | 7.81% |
| Limuru Tea Company Limited | 430.00 | 7.50% |
| Total Kenya | 15.40 | 7.32% |
| Diamond Trust Bank Kenya | 94.00 | 4.44% |
| Mumias Sugar Company | 5.00 | 4.17% |
Losers Price Change
| CFC Stanbic Holdings Limited | 7.00 | 7.89% |
| Standard Chartered Bank Limited | 169.00 | 1.74% |
| Safaricom Limited | 3.15 | 1.56% |
| TPS (Eastern Africa) Limited | 45.00 | 1.10% |
| Standard Group Limited | 22.75 | 1.09% |
Exchange Rates
Currency Mean
| US Dollar | 83.1500 |
| STG Pound | 131.9187 |
| Euro | 108.9516 |
| SA Rand | 10.4478 |
| KES/Ushs | 30.0663 |
| KES/Tshs | 19.0620 |
| KES/RWF | 7.2942 |
Safaricom was today's session's biggest mover with 9.2 million shares changing hands within the six-hour period. The share price remained unmoved closing at KES 3.20 however. Kenya Commercial Bank had 6.97 million shares changing hands to close the session unmoved at KES 23.75. The Mumias Sugar Company counter had 5.6 million shares traded to close 20 cents up (4.17%) at KES 5, up from yesterday's close of KES 4.80. The Mumias Sugar board yesterday appointed Mr. Peter Kebati the new MD after Mr. Evans Kidero stepped down. Read more on that story here. The were 3.66 milllion Kenya Airways shares traded in today's session with 832,700 rights shares bought today.
On Pesatalk today we explain the liquidity issues that CBK has been trying to solve (click here to see more of that), we highlight the establishment of the Financial Reporting Committee to lead the war on money laundering (read that here) and discuss whether or not a budget really helps you save money (click here for that) among other insightful reads.
