At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE),
A total of 10,440,200 shares in 993 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 355,399,316.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Tuesday, January 11), today’s data shows 15% decline in volume, 23% decline in turnover, but 16% improvement in deals.
The current market capitalization of the Nairobi Securities Exchange is KES 2.54 trillion.
In the aggregate, 47 NSE equities participated in trading, ending with nine gainers and 24 losers.
Car and General Kenya Plc [CGEN] led the gainers with ✅9.94% share price appreciation closing at KES 49.20 per share, followed by;
✅Sasini Plc [SASN] (+8.03%)
✅Uchumi Plc [UCHM] (+4.76%)
✅Flame Tree Group Holdings Plc [FTGH] (+3.05%).
On the losing side, Standard Group Plc [SGL] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 🔻9.03% at KES 14.10 per share, followed by;
🔻Trans Century Plc [TCL](-7.35%)
🔻Eaagads Plc [EGAD] (-6.52%)
🔻HF Group Plc [HFCK] (-4.46%).
Safaricom Plc [SCOM] recorded the highest volume of 5.91 million traded shares, followed by;
➖KCB Group [KCB] (2.25m)
➖Kenya Power & Lighting Company Plc [KPLC] (351,800)
➖Longhorn Publishers Plc [LHK] (302,200).
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] shed 
1.74 points to close at 165.84
The NSE 20 Share Index shed 8.73 points to close at 1896.07
The NSE 25 Share Index shed 41.45 points to close at 3706.55
Bonds & Derivatives on NSE.
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange posted an increase in value, compared to Tuesday’s trading, with bonds valued at Kes 4.67 billion transacted in 73 deals compared to the Kes 3.16 billion worth of bonds achieved in 80 deals traded at the close of the previous trading session.
The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a decrease in activity compared to Tuesday’s trading with 1 single stock features valued at Kes 38,500 as compared to 4 single stock features valued at Kes 128,420 traded during the previous trading session.
Also Read: Market Report; January 10, 2022
