At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
A total of 16,264,100 shares in 1,068 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 664,803,036.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Wednesday, January 8), today’s data shows 78% improvement in volume, 98% improvement in turnover, and 98% improvement in deals.
The current NSE market capitalization is KES 2.6 trillion.
In the aggregate, 46 NSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with 21 ✅gainers and 19 ?losers.
Car and General (Kenya) [CGEN] led the gainers with ✅8.33% share price appreciation closing at KES 26.00 per share, followed by:
✅Kenya Airways [KQ] (+6.60%)
✅Kakuzi Plc [KUKZ](+5.88%)
✅Diamond Trust Bank Kenya [DTB] (+5.79%).
On the losing side, Express Kenya Plc [XPRS] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of ?9.94% closing at KES 6.16 per share, followed by:
?Kapchorua Tea Plc [KAPC] (-6.25%)
?Nairobi Securities Exchange [NSE] (-5.74%)
?Sanlam Kenya Plc [SLAM] (-5.28%).
Equity Group Holdings Plc [EQTY] recorded the highest volume of 5.4 million traded shares, followed by:
➖Safaricom Plc [SCOM] (4.16m)
➖NCBA Group Plc [NCBA] (1.95m)
➖KCB Group Plc [KCB] (1.77m).
➡️The benchmark NSE All Share Index [NASI] gained ✅ 3.62 points to close at 170.95
➡️The NSE 20 Share Index gained ✅22.34 points to close at 2692.40
➡️The NSE 25 Share Index gained ✅74.68 points to close at 4189.66
The Derivatives Market had no activity in today’s trading session.
The secondary Bond market at the NSE had 62 deals worth Kes 2.47 Billion, indicating a continued growth in activity on the Fixed income segment as compared to Yesterday’s 55 deals valued at Kes 1.04 Billion.
Source: NSE
Data Compiled by Trading Room.
