Atlas Development and Support Services Ltd Top Gainer as Sasini Ltd Declines

Atlas Development and Support Services Ltd (ADSS) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 10% to close at KES 1.65 which was a KES 0.15 gain in share price.

Sasini Ltd (SASN) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.76% to close at KES 18.50 which was a KES 2.00 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 9,875,200 shares which was 51.85% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover increased by 145.9% to USD 4.5m (KES 454.6m). Foreign investors dominated trading to emerge net sellers, recording participation levels of 59.8% of total buying and 75.1% of total selling. E.A. Breweries recorded the highest net foreign outflows while Co-op Bank recorded the highest net foreign inflows.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Nation Media Group Limited (NMG), Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH), Jubilee Holdings Limited (JUB) and Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Eaagads Limited (EGAD), East African Breweries Limited (EABL), WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN) and Carbacid Investments Limited (CARB).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd (COOP), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB) and KenolKobil Limited (KENO).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 0.14 points to close at 140,52, while the NSE 20 Share Index also gained 6.35 points to close at 3850.93.

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