Williamson Tea Kenya Limited Top Gainer as Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd Declines

Williamson Tea Kenya Limited (WTK) was the top gainer of the day. It gained 8.82% to close at KES 185.00 which was a KES 15.00 gain in share price.

Kapchorua Tea Company Ltd (KAPC) was the top loser of the day. It had a loss of 9.9% to close at KES 182.00 which was a KES 20.00 drop in share price.

Safaricom Limited (SCOM) was the most traded share at the NSE. It traded 4,885,900 shares which was 30.71% of all shares traded in the market.

Market turnover increased by 3.5% to USD 5.5m (KES 566.8m). Foreign investors dominated trading with 82.5% participation to emerge net sellers (79.3% of total buying and 85.7% of total selling). DTB Bankrecorded the highest net foreign inflows while WPP Scangroup had the highest net foreign outflows.

The winners

The other top gainers of the day were: East African Breweries Limited (EABL), Kenya Electricity Generating (Kengen) Company Ltd (KEGN), Crown Paints Kenya Limited (BERG) and Barclays Bank Kenya Ltd (BBK).

The losers

The other top losers of the day were: Limuru Tea Company Limited (LIMT), Standard Group Limited (SGL), Unga Group Limited (UNGA) and Flame Tree Group Holdings Limited (FTGH).

Most Traded Shares

The other most traded shares of the day were: Kenya Commercial Bank Ltd (KCB), Equity Group Holdings Limited (EQTY), WPP Scangroup Limited (SCAN) and Barclays Bank Kenya Ltd (BBK).

Indices

The NSE All Share Index shed 0.11 points to close at 136.55, while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 14.48 points to close at 3759.86.

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