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Closing Bell: Crown Paints Kenya Rises While Equity Bank Declines

Crown Paints Kenya Limited continues to perform well in the market. It improved today to close the day as the top gainer. Crown Paints ended the day at KES 126.00 having gained 9.57% (11.00) in its share price.

Equity Bank Limited continues to decline in its performance. It ended the day as the worst performing share registering a drop of 4.59% and closing at KES 46.75. This is a KES 2.25 loss per share.

 

The winners:

The other top gainers were: Umeme (UMME), National Bank Of Kenya Limited (NBK), Flame Tree Group Holdings Limited (FTGH) and Longhorn Kenya Limited (LKL). Each closed at KES 18.50, 22.50, 9.70 and 8.15 respectively.

GAINERS PRICE(KSH) CHANGE(%) PRICE CHANGE (KSH)
BERG 126.00 +9.57 +11.00
UMME 18.50 +8.82 +1.50
NBK 22.50 +8.43 +1.75
FTGH 9.70 +7.78 +0.70
LKL 8.15 +6.54 +0.50

 

The losers:

The counters that shed the most value were: Equity Bank limited (EQTY), Car & General Kenya Limited (C&G), Kenya Commercial Bank Limited (KCB), Unga Group Limited (UNGA) and Transcentury Limited (TCL). They ended the day at KES 46.75, 47.00, 60.00, 43.50 and 13.80 respectively.

LOSERS PRICE(KSH) CHANGE(%) PRICE CHANGE (KSH)
EQTY 46.75 -4.59 -2.25
C&G 47.00 -3.59 -1.75
KCB 60.00 -3.23 -2.00
UNGA 43.50 -2.79 -1.25
TCL 13.80 -2.47 -0.35

 

Most shares traded:

These were: Safaricom Limited (SCOM), Kenya Commercial Bank Limited (KCB), Equity Bank Limited (EQTY), Mumias Sugar Company Limited (MSC) and British- American Investments (BRIT).

MOVERS VOLUME % OF SHARES ALL TRADED
SCOM 11, 930,200 46.4
KCB 5,160,700 20.1
EQTY 1,798,900 7.0
MSC 1,295,500 5.0
BRIT 760,400 3.0

 

Indices

Both the NSE All-Share Index and the NSE 20 Share Index declined today. They dropped by -0.45 (-0.26%) and -16.57 (-0.32%) by respectively.

INDICES
NSE ALL SHARE INDEX 173.49
NSE 20 SHARE INDEX 5,083.94
FTSE NSE Kenya 15 Index 231.00
FTSE NSE Kenya 25 Index 230.87

 

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