At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
A total of 17,720,500 shares in 1,216 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 545,478,593.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Monday, September 13), today’s data shows 13% improvement in volume, 11% decline in turnover, but 8% improvement in deals.
The current market capitalization of the Nairobi Securities Exchange is KES 2.74 trillion.
In the aggregate, 48 NSE equities participated in trading, ending with 19✅ gainers and 23🔻 losers.
Sanlam Kenya Plc [SLAM] led the gainers with 7.86% share price appreciation closing at✅ KES 10.70 per share, followed by:
✅ Olympia Capital Holdings [OCH] (+3.96%)
✅ Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation [KNRE] (+3.17%)
✅ Home Afrika Plc [HAFR] (+2.56%).
On the losing side, East African Cables Plc [CABL] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 6.33% at🔻 KES 1.48 per share, followed by:
🔻 Nairobi Business Ventures[NBV] (-4.53%)
🔻TransCentury Plc [TCL] (-4.35%)
🔻Uchumi Supermarkets Plc [UCHM] (-4%).
Safaricom Plc [SCOM] recorded the highest volume of 5.67 million traded shares, followed by:
➖Absa Bank Kenya Plc [ABSA] (4.12m)
➖ KCB Group Plc [KCB] (2.08m)
➖ Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation [KNRE] (985,200)
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] declined🔻 0.07 points to close at 180.23
The NSE 20 Share Index declined🔻2.04 points to close at 2059.333
The NSE 25 Share Index declined🔻 3.30 points to close at 3960.07
Bonds & Derivatives on NSE
The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange posted a slump in activity with 23 single stock features valued at Kes 280,710 traded during today’s trading session compared to the 30 single stock features valued at Kes 1.49 million traded during the previous trading session. *Data will be updated*
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange posted a rise in today’s trading session, with bonds valued at Kes 14.95 billion transacted in 89 deals compared to the Kes 1.95 billion worth of bonds achieved in 23 deals traded at the close of the previous trading session.
