Closing Bell – 23 May 2012
Gainers
Price Change
| Express Limited | 3.70 | +8.82 |
| National Bank Limited | 21.75 | +6.10 |
| Pan Africa Insurance Holdings Limited | 29.25 | +5.41 |
| Uchumi Supermarket | 19.35 | +1.57 |
| CFC Insurance Holdings | 7.80 | +1.30 |
Losers
Price Change
| Rea Vipingo Plantations Limited | 16.00 | -4.19 |
| NIC Bank Limited | 35.00 | -3.45 |
| Total Kenya Limited | 16.00 | -3.03 |
| Safaricom Limited | 3.40 | -2.86 |
| British-American Investments | 5.85 | -2.50 |
Exchange Rates
| Currency | Mean |
| US Dollar | 85.1625 |
| Sterling Pound | 134.1063 |
| Euro | 107.8571 |
| SA Rand | 10.1899 |
| KES/USHS | 29.0739 |
| KES/TSHS | 18.6703 |
| KES/RWF | 7.0749 |
Safaricom Limited was the day’s biggest mover with a total of 13.43 million shares exchanging hands in 127 bids. The share price closed 2.86% down, losing 10 cents to close at KES 3.40. KCB had 2.86 million shares traded in the six-hour trading session at the Nairobi Securities Exchange to close 25 cents up (1.15%) at KES 22. The share has rallied from two consecutive days of dropping in value. There were 2.19 million Equity Bank shares traded in the day in 94 bids. The share price however remained constant closing at KES 20.50. Cooperative Bank had 2.045 shares traded off its counter, the share closing 10 cents down (0.69%) to end the day at KES 14.35. There were 1.19 million Barclays bank trading in the day, the share closing 10 cents down (0.76%) and the share closing at KES 13.10.
Today on Pesatalk we tell you the 12 things you need to know about Kenya's property scene (see that here), the CBK's last day to buy the 5 year bond (see that news here), we look at the increase in Eastlands' house prices of late (read that story here) and many other insightful pieces.
