At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE)
A total of 9,056,500 shares in 934 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 182,741,085.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Monday, September 28), today’s data shows 39% decline in volume, 40% decline in turnover, but 5% improvement in deals.
The current NSE market capitalization is KES 2.1 trillion.
In the aggregate, 44 NSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with 13✅ gainers and 24? losers.
Carbacid Plc[CARB] led the gainers with✅ 3.98% share price appreciation closing at KES 8.36 per share, followed by:
✅ Uchumi Supermarkets Plc [UCHM](+3.33%)
✅ I&M Holdings Plc [IMH] (+2.27%)
✅ East African Breweries Plc [EABL] (+1.19%).
On the losing side, Crown Paints Plc[CRWN] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of? 9.68% at KES 42.00 per share, followed by:
? TPS Eastern Africa Plc [TPSE](-7.21%)
? Trans Century Plc [TCL] (-4.82%)
? East African Cables [CABL] (-3.36%).
Kenya Power & Lighting Company Plc [KPLC] recorded the highest volume of 2.3 million traded shares, followed by:
➖Equity Group Holdings Plc [EQTY] (1.46m)
➖ Britam Holdings Plc [BRIT] (1.33m)
➖ Safaricom Plc [SCOM] (1.22m).
The benchmark NSE All Share Index [NASI] declined? 0.09 points to close at 140.00
The NSE 20 Share Index declined? 5.23 points to close at 1844.99
The NSE 25 Share Index declined ?1.93 points to close at 3252.25
The derivatives market of the NSE had no contracts concluded in today’s trading session.
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange was moderately low , with bonds worth Kes 2.94 billion transacted in 69 deals in as compared to the Kes 4.60 billion achieved in 68 deals posted in the Monday’s trading session
