Eaagads Limited Top Gainer as Kenya Airways Limited Declines

Eaagads Limited (EGAD) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 10% to close at KES 27.50 which was a KES 2.50 gain in share price.

Kenya Airways Limited (KQ) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 7.29% to close at KES 4.45 which was a KES 0.35 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 10,725,900 shares which was 29.99% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover rose by 68.1% to USD 9.7m (KES 992.0m). Foreign trading increased to 83.0% of the total turnover and remained on the selling side (95.3% selling vs. 70.8% buying). At an overall net foreign outflow of USD 2.4m (KES 242.7m), KCB Bank, E.A Breweries and Safaricom marked high net foreign outflows while Centum Investments, the NSE and Kenya RE recorded high net foreign inflows.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: ARM Cement Limited (ARM), Atlas Development and Support Services Ltd (ADSS), TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Hotels) (TPSE) and Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: East African Portland Cement Company (PORT), Kenya Power & Lighting Co. Ltd (KPLC), Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC) and Kenya Reinsurance Corporation Ltd (KNRE).

Most Traded Shares

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

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 0.41 points to close at 143.73, while theNSE 20 Share Index gained 11.08 points to close at 3928.72.