Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited Top Gainer as Longhorn Publishers Limited Declines

Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (CFCI) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 6.58% to close at KES 17.00 which was a KES 1.05 gain in share price.

Longhorn Publishers Limited (LKL) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 10% to close at KES 4.95 which was a KES 0.55 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 5,775,400 shares which was 30.57% of all shares traded in the market.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: CFC Stanbic Kenya Holdings Limited (CFC), Centum Investment Company (ICDCI) Ltd (ICDC), Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE) and Sasini Ltd (SASN).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Uchumi Supermarket Limited (UCHM), Crown Paints Kenya Limited (BERG), Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH) and ARM Cement Limited (ARM).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), Kenya Electricity Generating (Kengen) Company Ltd (KEGN), Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY) and East African Breweries Limited (EABL).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 0.17 points to close at 144.93, while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 9.96 points to close at 3951.42.

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