At the end of the first weekday of trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) this week.
A total of 10,367,500 shares in 1,070 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 334,104,281.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Friday, December 3), today’s data shows a 38% decline in volume, a 51% decline in turnover, and a 5% decline in deals.
The current market capitalization of the Nairobi Securities Exchange is KES 2.41 trillion.
In the aggregate, 48 NSE equities participated in trading, ending with 13 gainers and 25 losers.
Diamond Trust Bank Kenya [DTK] led the gainers with ✅5.88% share price appreciation closing at KES 58.50 per share, followed by:
✅Eveready East Africa Plc [EVRD] (+5.21%)
✅Sameer Africa Plc [SMER] (+4.33%)
✅CIC Insurance Group Plc [CIC] (+3.24%)
On the losing side, TPS Eastern Africa Plc [TPSE] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 🔻9.09% at KES 14.00 per share, followed by:
🔻Standard Group Plc [SGL] (-7.51%)
🔻HF Group Plc [HFCK] (-5.37%)
🔻Total Kenya Plc [TOTL] (-4.00%).
Safaricom Plc [SCOM] recorded the highest volume of 5.03 million traded shares, followed by:
➖Equity Group Holdings Plc [EQTY] (2.1m)
➖KenGen Plc [KEGN] (1.01m)
➖KCB Group Plc [KCB] (668,200).
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] declined
0.97 to close at 159.06
The NSE 20 Share Index declined 17.21 points to close at 1822.26
The NSE 25 Share Index declined34.20 points to close at 3499.54
Bonds & Derivatives on NSE.
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange was higher compared to Friday’s trading, with bonds valued at Kes 2.18 billion transacted in 63 deals compared to the Kes 0.89 billion worth of bonds achieved in 74 deals traded at the close of the previous trading session.
The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a decline in activity with 12 single stock features valued at Kes 428,100 traded during today’s trading session compared to the 40 single stock features valued at Kes 1.52 million traded during Friday’s trading session.
