Closing Bell: Eaagads Limited Top Gainer as East African Portland Cement Company Declines

Eaagads Limited Top Gainer as East African Portland Cement Company Declines

Eaagads Limited (EGAD) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 9.2% to close at KES 23.75 which was a KES 2.00 gain in share price.

East African Portland Cement Company (PORT) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 8.57% to close at KES 48.00 which was a KES 4.50 drop in share price.

Kenya Electricity Generating (Kengen) Company Ltd (KEGN) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 1,894,900 shares which was 19.42% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover declined by 59.9% to USD 1.7m (KES 179.0m). Local investors dominated trading to emerge net buyers (57.6% of total buying and 55.3% of total selling).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Limuru Tea Company Limited (LIMT), Carbacid Investments Limited (CARB), Eveready East Africa Limited (EVRD) and KenolKobil Limited (KENO).

GAINERS PRICE(KSH) CHANGE(%) PRICE CHANGE (KSH)
EGAD 23.75 +9.20 +2.00
LIMT 810.00 +8.87 +66.00
CARB 14.90 +8.76 +1.20
EVRD 2.85 +7.55 +0.20
KENO 10.65 +6.50 +0.65

 

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Home Afrika Ltd (HAFR), Crown Paints Kenya Limited (BERG), WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN) and Uchumi Supermarket Limited (UCHM).

LOSERS PRICE(KSH) CHANGE(%) PRICE CHANGE (KSH)
PORT 48.00 -8.57 -4.50
HAFR 1.85 -5.13 -0.10
BERG 57.50 -4.17 -2.50
SCAN 28.00 -3.45 -1.00
UCHM 6.50 -2.99 -0.20

 

Most Traded Shares

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

MOVERS VOLUME % OF SHARES ALL TRADED
KEGN 1,894,900 19.42
SCOM 1,510,400 15.48
KENO 1,426,100 14.62
KCB 1,012,700 10.38
EQTY 760,700 7.80

 

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 0.32 points to close at 141.22, while the NSE 20 Share Index also gained 4.56 points to close at 3871.62.

INDICES
NSE ALL SHARE INDEX 141.22
NSE 20 SHARE INDEX 3871.62
FTSE NSE Kenya 15 Index 179.20
FTSE NSE Kenya 25 Index 179.06

 

 

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