Sameer Africa Limited Top Gainer as Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd Declines

Sameer Africa Limited (FIRE) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 8.64% to close at KES 4.40 which was a KES 0.35 gain in share price.

Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd (KAPC) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.81% to close at KES 193.00 which was a KES 21.00 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 2,914,300 shares which was 28.73% of all shares traded in the market.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Housing Finance Company Limited (HFCK), East African Portland Cement Company (PORT), Total Kenya Ltd (TOTL) and Kenya Electricity Generating (Kengen) Company Ltd (KEGN).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Standard Group Limited (SGL), British American Tobacco Kenya Limited (BAT), WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN) and TPS Eastern Africa Limited (Serena Hotels) (TPSE).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), Pan Africa Insurance Company Ltd (PAFR) and Mumias Sugar Company Ltd (MSC).

Indices

Both the NSE All Share Index and NSE 20 Share Index remained constant and closed at 142.80 and 4176.59 respectively.

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