Olympia Capital Holdings Limited was the top gainer at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The counter registered a gain of 8.70% to end the day at KES 5.00. This was a KES 0.40 gain in share price.

Pan Africa Insurance Company Ltd closed the day as the worst performing share registering a drop of 9.70%. The counter closed with a share price of KES 74.50 which was a KES 8.00 drop in share price.

38 Million shares valued at KES 1.18 Billion were traded in 1,800 deals, up from 19 Million shares that were valued at KES 630 Million posted yesterday. KenolKobil Limited was the most traded share in the exchange today. It traded 10,479,500 shares which was 27.6% of all trades in the market.

The winners:

The other top gainers were: Athi-River Mining Limited (ARM), Total Kenya Limited (TOTL), Crown Paints Kenya Limited (BERG) and Jubilee Holdings Limited. Each closed at KES 80.00, 23.75, 165.00 and 599.00                     respectively.

The losers:

The counters that shed the most value were: Pan Africa Insurance Company Ltd (PAFR), Unga Group Limited (UNGA), Flame Tree Group Holdings Limited (FTGH), Eveready East Africa Limited (EVRD) and Carbacid Investments Limited (CARB). They ended the day at KES 74.50, 44.50, 7.15, 4.15 and 19.00 respectively.

Most shares traded:

These were: KenolKobil Limited (KENO), Safaricom Limited (SCOM), Kenya Commercial Bank Limited (KCB), Uchumi Supermarkets Limited (UCHM) and British-American Investments (BRIT).

Indices

Both the NSE All-Share Index and the NSE 20 Share Index declined today. They dropped by -.45 (-0.27%) and -17.26 (-0.35%) respectively.