The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Kicked off the month on a positive momentum with increased activity and all indices closing the trading session on 2nd February 2026 in the green.
The volume of shares traded surged 120% to 20,178,167 shares in 7,814 deals, while equity turnover rose sharply by 73% to KES 609.23 million from KES 352.18 million recorded in the previous session. Market capitalization rose by 0.7% to KES 3.1 trillion, compared to KES 3.08 trillion in the previous session.
Africa Mega Agricorp led the gainers rising by 8.1%, to close at KES 83.75. Kakuzi Plc ranked the second, rising by 4.9%, followed by Olympia Capital Holdings at 4.3%, WPP ScanGroup at 3.9%, and Nairobi Business Ventures at 3.6%.
On the losers’ side, Automobile firm Car and General led the losers, shedding 8.9% to settle at KES 53.50. Other notable losers included Sanlam Kenya, Absa New Gold ETF, Umeme PLC, and Flame Tree Group. The counters shed 6.5%, 6.3%, 5.1%, and 3.4%, respectively.
NSE Indices
The bench mark index, the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) rose by 0.7%, settling at 196.72 points, from 195.36 points in the last session. The Index’s upturn was mainly driven by gains in large cap stocks including, Co-op Bank, Equity Group, BAT Kenya, and Safaricom PLC, which gained 3.3%, 3.0%,2.7%, and 1.2%, respectively.
The NSE-10 index, which tracks the top 10 listed companies gained the most, up 0.9% to 2,066.17 points, from 2,046.82 points. The NSE-20 and NSE-25 indices rose by 0.4% and 0.7% to close at 3,313.26 points and 5,358.32 points, respectively, while the banking sector index gained 0.9% to 216.93 points.
Derivatives
The total volume of contracts traded rose to 900 from 201 in the previous session, while the value of traded contracts edged higher to KES 32.3 million from KES 310,797. The number of open interest contracts declined by 10.4% to 7,732 from 8,632 in the previous session.
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