Home Afrika Ltd Top Gainer as Atlas Development and Support Services Ltd Declines

Home Afrika Ltd (HAFR) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 3.85% to close at KES 1.35 which was a KES 0.05 gain in share price.

Atlas Development and Support Services Ltd (ADSS) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.59% to close at KES 3.30 which was a KES 0.35 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 5,623,300 shares which was 33.07% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover declined by 5.0% to USD 5.3m (KES 542.4m).  Foreign investors were net sellers, accounting for 55% of total buying and 84% of total selling while local investors were net buyers accounting for 45% of total buying and 16% of total selling. Foreign investors were net sellers on all of these counters, except for Safaricom where they remained net buyers.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC), Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB) and Williamson Tea Kenya Limited (WTK).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: British American Tobacco Kenya Limited (BAT), Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya) Ltd (DTK), Kenya Power & Lighting Co. Ltd (KPLC) and TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Hotels) (TPSE).

Most Traded Shares

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

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 0.27 points to close at 144.71, while the NSE 20 Share Index shed 3.98 points to close at 3946.99.