Express Kenya Limited Top Gainer as Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd Declines

Express Kenya Limited (XPRS) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 10% to close at KES 4.40 which was a KES 0.40 gain in share price.

Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd (KAPC) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.46% to close at KES 134.00 which was a KES 14.00 drop in share price.

Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 11,347,000 shares which was 45.87% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover increased by 321.1% to USD 8.2m (KES 841.8m). Foreign investors continued to dominate trading to emerge net buyers (92.2% of total buying and 25.1% of total selling).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN), Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH), East African Cables Limited (CABL) and Safaricom Limited (SCOM).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Uchumi Supermarket Limited (UCHM), Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE), Limuru Tea Company Limited (LIMT) and Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (CFCI).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Safaricom Limited (SCOM), ARM Cement Limited (ARM), Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY) and TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Hotels) (TPSE).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 1.62 points to close at 139.65, while the NSE 20 Share Index also gained 14.12 points to close at 3781.36.

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