An update on how companies listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) have performed as at 12.00pm today
The winners
Olympia Capital Holdings, Eaagads, Express Kenya limted, Kakuzi and Sasini are the companies whose share price has appreciated the most in the morning.
The losers
BAT Kenya limted, Eveready East Africa, Jubilee Insurance, BOC gases and the Standard media Group, have declined the most in share price as at noon today. This is the second morning in a row, in which BAT Kenya, Eveready and Standard Group are making the list of top five losers. BAT fell behind Limuru tea as the most highly priced share at the NSE.
Market snapshot
As at noon today
Most shares traded
Equity Bank, Safaricom, Cooperative bank, Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), and CIC Insurance have been the five most traded shares this morning. Over four million equity shares had changed hands by noon.
Bids and Asks
Asks are prices quoted by prospective sellers while bids are prices quoted by prospective buyers. Pending bids/asks are those that are yet to get a match. They (pending bid/asks) can be used as an indicator of the direction the price of a share will take.
Eveready’s pending asks/bids are given below:
