Kakuzi Limited  Top Gainer as Sameer Africa Limited Declines

Kakuzi Limited (KUKZ) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 10% to close at KES 330.00, which was a KES 30.00 gain in share price.

Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.46% to close at KES 3.35, which was a KES 0.35 drop in share price.

Barclays Bank Kenya was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 6,176,600 shares, which was 29.60% of all shares traded at the NSE.

Turnover declined by 76.6% to end the week at USD 4.9m (KES 489.2m) over reduced foreign trading. Foreign investors turned net sellers (78.2% selling). Recording large net foreign outflows were Barclays Bank, Centum Investments and Equity Bank. On large net foreign inflows were Safaricom, Jubilee and the NSE. Overall, net foreign outflows stood at USD 1.0m (KES 103.7m).

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were:  Atlas Development and Support Services (ADSS), Longhorn Publishers Limited (LKL), Flame Tree Group Holdings (FTGH) and East African Portland Cement (PORT).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: TransCentury Limited (TCL), Express Kenya Limited (XPRS), Mumias Sugar Company Limited (MSC) and Olympia Capital Holdings (OCH).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were:  Safaricom Limited (SCOM), The Co-operative Bank of Kenya (COOP), Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY) and Centum Investment Company Limited (ICDC).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 0.76 points to close at 140.18 while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 4.48 points to close at 3872.57.