Closing Bell: Express Kenya Limited Top Gainer as Umeme Limited Declines

Express Kenya Limited Top Gainer as Umeme Limited Declines

Express Kenya Limited (XPRS) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 3.53% to close at KES 4.40 which was a KES 0.15 gain in share price.

Umeme Limited (UMME) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 10% to close at KES 18.00 which was a KES 2.00 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 3,232,600 shares which was 36.30% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover declined by 76.1% to USD 3.0m (KES 302.7m). Local investors dominated trading (53% participation) for the first time after two weeks of subdued activity to emerge net buyers, with active participation on both the buy and sell sides (55.8% of total buying and 50.3% of total selling).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: CIC Insurance Group Limited (CIC), Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC), WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN) and Bamburi Cement Limited (BAMB).

GAINERS PRICE(KSH) CHANGE(%) PRICE CHANGE (KSH)
XPRS 4.40 +3.53 +0.15
CIC 6.20 +3.33 +0.20
MSC 1.70 +3.03 +0.05
SCAN 28.00 +2.75 +0.75
BAMB 180.00 +2.27 +4.00

 

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: CFC Stanbic Kenya Holdings Limited (CFC), TransCentury Limited (TCL), National Bank Of Kenya Ltd (NBK) and Longhorn Publishers Limited (LKL).

LOSERS PRICE(KSH) CHANGE(%) PRICE CHANGE (KSH)
UMME 18.00 -10.00 -2.00
CFC 76.00 -5.00 -4.00
TCL 6.10 -4.69 -0.30
NBK 15.15 -4.42 -0.70
LKL 5.15 -2.83 -0.15

 

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), Kenya Electricity Generating (Kengen) Company Ltd (KEGN) and Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC).

MOVERS VOLUME % OF SHARES ALL TRADED
SCOM 3,232,600 36.30
EQTY 1,243,000 13.96
KCB 929,500 10.44
KEGN 473,900 5.32
MSC 460,000 5.17

 

Indices

The NSE All Share Index shed 0.76 points to close at 140.88, while the NSE 20 Share Index shed 2.49 points to close at 3851.07.

INDICES
NSE ALL SHARE INDEX 140.88
NSE 20 SHARE INDEX 3851.07
FTSE NSE Kenya 15 Index 180.13
FTSE NSE Kenya 25 Index 179.91

 

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