Equity Group Holdings Limited Top Gainer as Flame Tree Group Holdings Limited Declines

Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 8.28% to close at KES 42.50 which was a KES 3.25 gain in share price.

Flame Tree Group Holdings Limited (FTGH) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 6.67% to close at KES 7.00 which was a KES 0.50 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 30,581,100 shares which was 61.99% of all shares traded in the market.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: CFC Stanbic Kenya Holdings Limited (CFC), Umeme Limited (UMME), British-American Investments Company (Kenya) Ltd (BRIT) and Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Standard Group Limited (SGL), Longhorn Publishers Limited (LKL), British American Tobacco Kenya Limited (BAT) and National Bank Of Kenya Ltd (NBK).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), CFC Stanbic Kenya Holdings Limited (CFC) and Centum Investment Company (ICDCI) Ltd (ICDC).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 0.61 points to close at 146.43 while theNSE 20 Share Index gained 33.47 points to close at 4350.70.

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