At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
A total of 16,991,000 shares in 1,160 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 1,082,645,967.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Monday, September 20), today’s data shows 187% improvement in volume, 489% improvement in turnover, and 7% improvement in deals.
The current market capitalization of the Nairobi Securities Exchange is KES 2.71 trillion.
In the aggregate, 49 NSE equities participated in trading, ending with 17✅ gainers and 21🔻 losers.
Standard Group Plc [SGL] led the gainers with 8.72% share price appreciation closing at ✅KES 17.45 per share, followed by:
✅ Longhorn Publishers Plc [LKL] (+6.7%)
✅ TPS Eastern Africa Plc [TPSE] (+6.67%)
✅ Nairobi Business Ventures [NBV] (+5.94%).
On the losing side, Unga Group Plc [UNGA]came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of🔻 8.95% at KES 30.00 per share, followed by:
🔻 Eaagads Plc [EGAD] (-7.14%)
🔻Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc [NSE] (-7.13%)
🔻 Umeme Limited [UMME] (-5.71%).
Safaricom Plc [SCOM] recorded the highest volume of 11.4 million traded shares, followed by:
➖ East African Breweries Plc [EABL] (3.21m)
➖Kenya Power & Lighting Company Plc [KPLC] (504,100)
➖ KCB Group Plc [KCB] (361,100)
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] declined
3.44 points to close at 178.20
The NSE 20 Share Index declined 17.78 points to close at 2039.21
The NSE 25 Share Index declined 60.19 points to close at 3934.00
Bonds & Derivatives on NSE
The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange posted a rise in activity with 25 single stock features valued at Kes 961,220 traded during today’s trading session compared to the 15 single stock features valued at Kes596,000 traded during the previous trading session.
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange posted a rise in today’s trading session, with bonds valued at Kes 7.80 billion transacted in 129 deals compared to the Kes 6.67 billion worth of bonds achieved in 163 deals traded at the close of the previous trading session.
