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).
| GAINERS | PRICE(KSH) | CHANGE(%) | PRICE CHANGE (KSH) |
| HAFR | 1.40 | +7.69 | +0.10 |
| KQ | 4.95 | +7.61 | +0.35 |
| MSC | 1.75 | +6.06 | +0.10 |
| PORT | 40.00 | +4.58 | +1.75 |
| LKL | 4.90 | +4.26 | +0.20 |
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).
| LOSERS | PRICE(KSH) | CHANGE(%) | PRICE CHANGE (KSH) |
| UMME | 17.30 | -9.90 | -1.90 |
| TCL | 10.20 | -9.73 | -1.10 |
| FIRE | 3.55 | -5.33 | -0.20 |
| ADSS | 2.75 | -5.17 | -0.15 |
| OCH | 4.70 | -4.08 | -0.20 |
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).
| MOVERS | VOLUME | % OF SHARES ALL TRADED |
| SCOM | 14,503,800 | 63.07 |
| EABL | 1,422,800 | 6.19 |
| KCB | 1,094,900 | 4.76 |
| MSC | 789,600 | 3.43 |
| KENO | 655,200 | 2.85 |
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.
| INDICES | |
| NSE ALL SHARE INDEX | 145.69 |
| NSE 20 SHARE INDEX | 4020.55 |
| FTSE NSE Kenya 15 Index | 187.73 |
| FTSE NSE Kenya 25 Index | 187.24 |
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