Trading activity on Tuesday, 4th November 2025 at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) saw equity turnover plummet 66.8% to KES 302.59 million from the previous session’s KES 886.73 million. From the day’s trading session, notable outperformers included the bourse’s own stock, Nairobi Securities Exchange, which surged 9.0% to KES 19.30 to become the top gainer, followed by Crown Paints, which advanced 6.9% to close at KES 58.00.
On the losing end, Insurance firm Sanlam Kenya led losers with a 5.0% drop to close at KES 8.30, followed by ABSA New Gold ETF which dropped 2.5% to close at KES 4,965.00.
NSE Indices Performance
The market had a negative sentiment with the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) which falling by 0.6% to 189.08 points. This performance was pressured by sell-offs in major cap stocks such as Safaricom Plc, British American Tobacco, ABSA Bank and Standard Chartered Bank which declined 2.0%, 0.8%,0.2% and 0.1% respectively.
NSE 10 and NSE 25 closed at 1,929.88 points and 5,049.63 points reflecting losses of 0.2% and 0.1% respectively. NSE-20 however posted a modest gain of 0.2% closing the trading session at 3,160.49 points. Firms such as NCBA Group, KenGen, Equity Group and KCB gained by 1.1%, 1.0%, 0.7% and 0.4% respectively.
NSE Trading Volume and Turnover
Safaricom Plc was the days most traded stock with a turnover of around KES 67.83 million, followed by Equity Group which had a turn over of KES 59.00 million.
On the derivatives market front, the number of open interest contracts increased to 5,243 from 5,238 recorded in the previous session. However, the volume and value of traded contracts dipped in the days trading session.
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