On the 15th of October 2025 trading session at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), Shri Krishana Overseas plc – listed on 24th July 2025, led gainers, recording an appreciation of 10.0% in its share price to KES 8.16. This was followed by NCBA Group, a banking counter, which closed at KES 81.25 – an all-time high closing price, which was up 8.0% relative to the previous trading session, as investors continued to price in yesterday’s news of its acquisition by Stanbic Holdings, the Kenyan arm of Standard Bank Group.
Agricultural firms Kapchorua Tea and Williamson Tea led the losers, recording 10.0% and 9.9% declines in their share prices to KES 355.00 and KES 214.50, respectively. The two firms had their book closures on Monday, the 13th of October 2025, in respect of their 1:1 bonus share issues. Energy firm Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) was the third top loser, shedding 5.8% of its share price to KES 12.15 amidst a downtrend that has been recorded since the release of its results for the fiscal year ended 30th June 2025 where the net profit declined by double digits (18.7%) to KES 24.5 billion.
NSE indices in the green
Indices at the NSE were all green except for the Banking Sector Index which shed 0.90% to 162.74 points. Notably, the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) gained 1.10% to 172.24 points, followed by the NSE 25 Index which appreciated by 0.90% to 4,612.06 points. The NSE 20 index gained 0.40% to 2,950.65 points, while the NSE 10 Index appreciated by 0.20% to 1,740.24 points. The NSE Bond Index gained by a marginal 0.10% to 1,191.12 points.
Across other market statistics, bond turnover at the NSE declined by 31.9% to KES 7.45 billion, while equity turnover rose by 20.80% compared to the previous trading session to hit KES 372..77 million. The total volume of shares traded at the bourse amounted to 17.90 shares, a decline of 10.5% relative to the previous trading session. The overall market capitalization of all the counters traded at the exchange closed at KES 2.7 trillion, marking a marginal 1.10% rise compared to the previous session.
Foreigner buys amounted to KES 98.64M, up 39.0% compared o the previous session, with Safaricom Plc leading the buys with a turnover of KES 66.28 million, followed by KCB Group at KES 11.39 million and Equity Group at KES 8.95 million. In terms of foreigner sales, the ABSA New Gold ETF led, with the turnover at KES 33.07M at a closing price of KES 5,090.00. This was followed by Safaricom Plc with a turnover of KES 29.66 million and KenGen Plc at KES 9.10 million. In aggregate, foreigner sales amounted to KES 62.52 million, up 24.2% relative to the previous session.
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