At the end of today’s trading session on the Nairobi Securities Exchange
A total of 7,935,800 shares in 781 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 424,977,889.00, were traded.
Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Wednesday, October 27), today’s data shows 37% decline in volume, 7% decline in turnover, and 23% decline in deals.
The current market capitalization of the Nairobi Securities Exchange is KES 2.7 trillion.
In the aggregate, 49 NSE equities participated in trading, ending with 19 ✅gainers and 20🔻 losers.
Williamson Tea Kenya Plc [WTK] led the gainers with✅ 6.06% share price appreciation closing at KES 140.00 per share, followed by:
✅ Express Kenya Plc [XPRS] (+5.54%)
✅HF Group Plc [HFCK] (+3.73%)
✅ Britam Holdings Plc [BRIT] (+3.63%).
On the losing side, Liberty Holdings Plc [LBTY] came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of🔻 6.25% at KES 7.50 per share, followed by:
🔻 Eveready E.A Plc [EVRD] (-4%)
🔻 Bank of Kigali Group Plc [BKG] (-3.64%)
🔻 Nairobi Business Ventures [NBV] (-3.33%)
Safaricom Plc [SCOM] recorded the highest volume of 3.65 million traded shares, followed by:
➖Centum Investment Plc [CTUM] (1.24m)
➖East African Breweries Plc [EABL] (1.1m)
➖ Nairobi Business Ventures [NBV] (322,600)
The benchmark NSE All-Share Index [NASI] gained
2.03 to close at 177.85
The NSE 20 Share Index gained 5.07 points to close at 1960.33
The NSE 25 Share Index gained 24.02 points to close at 3849.53
Bonds & Derivatives on NSE
The derivatives market of the Nairobi Securities Exchange recorded a decline in activity with 11 single stock features valued at Kes 382,125 traded during today’s trading session compared to the 18 single stock features valued at Kes 693,385 traded during the previous trading session.
Trading on the secondary bond market on the Nairobi Securities Exchange posted a rise in activity during Today’s trading session, with bonds valued at Kes 6.10 billion transacted in 144 deals compared to the Kes 4.68 billion worth of bonds achieved in 154 deals traded at the close of the previous trading session.
