Home Afrika Ltd Top Gainer as Umeme Limited Declines

Home Afrika Ltd (HAFR) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 7.69% to close at KES 1.40 which was a KES 0.10 gain in share price.

Umeme Limited (UMME) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.9% to close at KES 17.30 which was a KES 1.90 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 14,503,800 shares which was 63.07% of all shares traded in the market.

Turnover surged 148.5% to settle at USD 9.1m (KES 932.0m). For the second session of the week, foreign investors were net sellers (85.8% selling vs. 55.4% buying). Net foreign outflow was recorded at USD 2.8m (KES 283.3m). Registering large net foreign outflows were E.A Breweries, Bamburi Cement and Centum Investments while Safaricom, Co-op Bank and NIC Bank posted large net foreign inflows.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Kenya Airways Limited (KQ), Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC), East African Portland Cement Company (PORT) and Longhorn Publishers Limited (LKL).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: TransCentury Limited (TCL), Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE), Atlas Development and Support Services Ltd (ADSS) and Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: East African Breweries Limited (EABL), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC) and KenolKobil Limited (KENO).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index shed 1.94 points to close at 145.96, while the NSE 20 Share Index shed 0.59 points to close at 4020.55.

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