The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) closed in the red for the fifth consecutive trading session of the week on 27th, March 2026, with the benchmark index, the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) shedding 0.5% to close at 195.48 points from 196.42 points in a prior session.
The downturn was mainly driven by losses in blue-chip counters such as Safaricom PLC, EABL, Absa Bank Kenya, and Equity Group, which lost 6.1%, 5.3%,2.2%, and 2.1%, respectively.
Trading activity remained subdued. The volume of shares traded fell by 30% to 27.83 million shares, while equity turnover slumped 53.9% to KES 699.15 million from KES 1.5 billion in the previous session. Market capitalization however, rose marginally by 0.2% to KES 3.24 trillion.
NSE Top Gainers and Flops
Automobile firm Car and General emerged the top gainer advancing by 6.0% to close at KES 66.00. East African Portland Cement (EAPC) ranked second, rising by 5.9%, followed by Rwanda-based lender BK Group PLC at 4.4%. Equity Group edged higher by 2.6%, while KCB Group rose 2.3%.
On the downside, Kenya Re-insurance shed the most, declining by 8.1%. The insurer released its FY2025 earnings recording an 11.6% decline in Net income to KES 3.9 billion. Other notable decliners included Sanlam Kenya (-6.4%), HF Group (-5.3%), Africa Mega Agricorp (-5.3%), and Uchumi Supermarket (-4.7%).
Indices across the board recorded mixed performance. The NSE 10 and NSE- 25 indices rose by 0.6% and 0.4% to close at 2,027.07 points and 5,408.24 points, respectively. Meanwhile, the NSE 20 index inched down 0.8% to 3,418.58 points.
The Banking Sector Index edged higher 0.4%, supported by gains in tier-one lenders such as Equity Group, NCBA Group and KCB Group.
Foreign investors remained net sellers, recording net outflows of KES 232.5 million, compared to inflows of KES 3.1 million in the previous session.
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