Jubilee Holdings Limited Top Gainer as Home Afrika Ltd Declines

Jubilee Holdings Limited (JUB) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 9.82% to close at KES 425.00 which was a KES 38.00 gain in share price.

Home Afrika Ltd (HAFR) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 6.06% to close at KES 1.55 which was a KES 0.10 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 7,002,100 shares which was 24.16% of all shares traded in the market.

Equity turnover fell 10.1% to stand at USD 11.3m (KES 1.2bn). Foreign investors led trading at 77.3% of market activity and remained net buyers (89.8% buying). Net foreign inflows was recorded at USD 2.8m (KES 290.6m). BAT Kenya, E.A Breweries and Kenya RE marked high net foreign inflows which saw them rise 3.6%, 0.4% and 2.6% to KES 796.95, KES 253.78 and KES 20.00 respectively while Kakuzi Ltd, WPP Scangroup and Equity Bank posted large net foreign outflows. BAT Kenya was the top mover at USD 2.8m (KES 286.0m).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: TransCentury Limited (TCL), Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH), Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC) and Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Ltd (SCBK).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Unga Group Limited (UNGA), TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Hotels) (TPSE), Crown Paints Kenya Limited (BERG) and Kakuzi Limited (KUKZ).

Most Traded Shares

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

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 1.23 points to close at 136.94, while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 32.95 points to close at 3901.13.

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