At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE),
A total of 13,643,000 shares in 1,064 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 315,565,099.00, were traded. Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Wednesday, June 15), today’s data shows 32% decline in volume, 38% decline in turnover, and 15% decline in deals.
The current market capitalization of the Nairobi Securities Exchange is KES 1.91 trillion.
In the aggregate, 45 NSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with 17✅ gainers and 22🔻 losers.
Sameer Africa Plc [SMER] led the gainers with ✅9.58% share price appreciation closing at KES 3.43 per share, followed by;
✅Nairobi Business Ventures Plc [NBV](+6.58%),
✅ScanGroup Plc [SCAN] (+6.08%)
✅Uchumi Supermarkets Plc [UCHM] (+5.88%).
On the losing side, Trans Century Plc [TCL] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 🔻10% at KES 0.90 per share, followed by;
🔻East African Cables Plc [CABL] (-10%),
🔻Nairobi Securities Exchange Plc [NSE](-7.67%)
🔻Stanlib Fahari Income REIT Plc [FAHR] (-7.67%).
Kenya Power & Lighting Company Plc [KPLC] recorded the highest volume of 5.07 million traded shares, followed by;
➖Safaricom Plc [SCOM] (4.43m),
➖KCB Group Plc [KCB] (1.46m)
➖East African Breweries Plc [EABL] (808,800).
➡️The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] shed🔻2.17 points to close at 123.98
➡️The NSE 20 Share Index shed🔻15.03 points to close at 1629.62
➡️The NSE 25 Share Index shed🔻44.75 points to close at 2910.63
Bonds & Derivatives Performance on the NSE.
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange posted a decline in activity as compared to Wednesday’s trading, with bonds valued at Kes 4.99 billion transacted in 228 deals compared to the Kes 5.10 billion worth of bonds achieved in 304 deals traded at the close of the previous trading session.
The derivatives of the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NEXT) had 5 single stock futures valued at Kes 106,550 transacted compared to the 21 single stock futures contracts valued at Kes 622,640 concluded in the previous trading session.
