At the end of the first weekday of trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).
A total of 8,977,800 shares in 684 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 353,853,616.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Friday, December 27), today’s data shows 61% improvement in volume, 42% improvement in turnover, and 62% improvement in deals.
The current NSE market capitalization is KES 2.51 trillion.
In the aggregate, 44 NSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with 13 ✅gainers and 17 ?losers.
British American Tobacco (Kenya) Plc [BAT] led the gainers with ✅7.22% share price appreciation closing at KES 505.00 per share, followed by:
✅STANLIB Fahari Income REIT [FAHR] (+5.62%)
✅Home Afrika Plc [HAFR] (+5.56%)
✅I&M Holdings Plc [IMH] (+1.89%).
On the losing side, Diamond Trust Bank Kenya [DTK] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of ?8.40% closing at KES 109.00 per share, followed by:
?Nairobi Business Ventures [NBV] (-5.41%)
?Trans Century Plc [TCL] (-5.30%)
?Kenya Airways Plc [KQ] (-5.29%).
Safaricom Plc [SCOM]recorded the highest volume of 5.2 million traded shares, followed by:
➖KCB Group Plc [KCB] (979,000)
➖Diamond Trust Bank Kenya [DTB] (605,000)
➖Cooperative Bank of Kenya [COOP] (380,900).
➡️The benchmark NSE All Share Index [NASI] dropped ?0.04 points to close at 165.37
➡️The NSE 20 Share Index dropped ?13.13 points to close at 2633.01
➡️The NSE 25 Share Index gained ✅5.90 points to close at 4069.05
The Derivatives Market had no activity in today’s trading session.
The secondary Bond market at the NSE had 48 deals worth Kes 743.59 Million, indicating a decline in activity on the Fixed income segment as compared to Friday’s 49 deals valued at Kes 281.26 Million.
Data Compiled by Trading Room.
