Unga Group Limited Top Gainer as East African Portland Cement Company Declines

Unga Group Limited (UNGA) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 8.57% to close at KES 38.00 which was a KES 3.00 gain in share price.

East African Portland Cement Company (PORT) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 8.9% to close at KES 43.50 which was a KES 4.25 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 12,237,200 shares which was 38.17% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover increased by 97.7% to USD 8.9m (KES 903.3m). Foreign investors dominated trading to emerge net buyers (77.6% of total buying and 64.6% of total selling). Safaricom recorded the highest net foreign inflows on account of block foreign buying, while E.A. Breweries recorded the highest net foreign outflows for the third consecutive day.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: Kenya Electricity Generating (Kengen) Company Ltd (KEGN), Home Afrika Ltd (HAFR), Nation Media Group Limited (NMG) and KenolKobil Limited (KENO).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Carbacid Investments Limited (CARB), Olympia Capital Holdings Ltd (OCH), Eveready East Africa Limited (EVRD) and Liberty Kenya Holdings Limited (CFCI).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), KenolKobil Limited (KENO) and British-American Investments Company (Kenya) Ltd (BRIT).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index gained 1.81 points to close at 143.71, while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 48.85 points to close at 3932.86.

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