At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
A total of 8,686,700 shares in 772 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 103,718,301.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Tuesday, March 16), today’s data shows 52% decline in volume, 85% decline in turnover, and 18% decline in deals.
The current Nairobi Securities Exchange market capitalization is KES 2.46 trillion.
In the aggregate, 47 NSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with 25✅ gainers and 17? losers.
Longhorn Publishers Plc [LKL] led the gainers with✅ 7.51% share price appreciation closing at KES 4.58 per share, followed by:
✅Sasini Plc [SASN] (+4.96%)
✅Diamond Trust Bank Kenya Plc [DTK] (+4.42%)
✅CIC Insurance Plc [CIC] (+4.15%).
On the losing side, Standard Group Plc [SGL] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of ?8.6% at KES 18.60 per share, followed by:
?Sameer Africa Plc [SMER] (-6.56%)
?Uchumi Supermarkets Plc [UCHM] (-3.85%)
?Nation Media Group Plc [NMG] (-3.81%).
KenGen Plc [KEGN] recorded the highest volume of 5.1 million traded shares, followed by:
➖Uchumi Supermarkets Plc [UCHM] (937,100)
➖Absa Bank Kenya Plc [ABSA] (408,200)
➖KCB Group Plc [KCB] (307,200)
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] gained
0.51 points to close at 163.33
The NSE 20 Share Index gained 7.36 points to close at 1930.06
The NSE 25 Share Index gained 9.98 points to close at 3637.24
Bonds & Derivatives on NSE
The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a decline in activity during today’s trading session, with 30 single stock futures contracts valued at Kes 1,122,950 concluded, compared to the 43 SSF contracts valued at Kes 1,495,000 million concluded on the previous session
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a decline during today’s trading session with bonds worth Kes 2.41 billion transacted in 57 deals as compared to the Kes 3.35 billion worth of bonds achieved in 110 deals in the preceding session.
