HIGHEST VOLUMES Safaricom was the highest performer again with 33.65 million shares traded. In second place was Equity bank with 3.09 shares changing hands, roughly one-tenth that of Safaricom. Third spot went to Kenya Commercial Bank which closed at 3.03 million stocks traded, a small…

The 2 banks under our watch yesterday did not yield much material movement despite release of their Q3 results. Each of the banks (Co-operative Bank and Standard Chartered) did not get much action in the course of the day. It is more sad than unfortunate really.

Performance in the Nairobi Securities Exchange was generally down after a feisty start to the day. The NSE 20-Share Index closed at 4113.96, down 0.56 points from yesterday. The All-share index followed suite closing at 91.36, down 0.08 points from yesterday. This basically means that the combined performance of gains…

The 20-share index took a beating yesterday as it closed at 4124.53 points. The All-share maintained improved performance and closed at 91.44 points. We shall focus on Equity Bank and Kenya Airways. Both listed companies are to make an announcement on their results thus far and it could lead to…