Gainers
Price Change
| BOC Kenya Limited | 115.00 | 7.48% |
| Carbacid Investments | 106.00 | 6% |
| Kenya Re | 10.50 | 3.96% |
| CFC Insurance | 8.00 | 3.9% |
| Kapchorua Tea | 121.00 | 2.54% |
Losers
Price Change
| Olympia Capital | 3.50 | -7.89 |
| Eveready East Africa | 1.60 | -5.88 |
| Total Kenya | 15.00 | -5.66 |
| Rea Vipingo Plantations | 15.50 | -3.13 |
| EA Cables | 15.00 | -2.71% |
Exchange Rates
| CURRENCY | MEAN |
| US Dollar | 83.2703 |
| Sterling Pound | 134.2563 |
| Euro | 108.1710 |
| SA Rand | 10.5687 |
| KES/USHS | 29.5425 |
| KES/TSHS | 19.0225 |
| KES/RWF | 7.2356 |
Safaricom was the day’s biggest mover with 11.02 million shares exchanging hands over the day in 154 bids. The share closed at KES 3.50, 5 cents up (1.45%) from the previous session’s closing price. There were 6.78 million Equity Bank shares traded today within the six-hour session with the share closing as it opened at KES 20.75. 1.77 million Mumias Sugar Company shares were traded in the day with the share closing 5 cents down (0.86%) from its previous close of KES 5.75 in 77 bids. Kenya Power had 1.58 million shares traded today in 40 bids, the electricity marketer and distributor closing 5 cents down (0.32%) at KES 15.40.
Today on Pesatalk we discuss KQ’s new service, KQ mobile designed to make access to flight status, timetable, cargo services, ticketing and freight queries available on your cell phone. Read that here. We alert all beer drinkers and smokers of KRA’s intentions concerning taxes (read more here) and remind you never to put all your eggs in one basket (click here for that article).