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 |
News Summary
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