As of market close on 21st October 2025 at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), trading activity went up by 107.8% to KES 992.73 million up from KES 477.82 million in the previous trading session. NCBA Group was the top gainer closing the trade session with a share price of KES 91.25, reflecting a change of 9.6%. The counter has continued to gain in value of the news that Stanbic Holdings is mulling its acquisition. Investment company, Olympia Capital Holdings was the second top gainer, closing with a price of KES 6.98, up 8.7%.
On the other hand, Kapchorua Tea was the top looser, closing at price KES 319.50 showing a 10% change. Manufacturing firm Flame Tree Group was the second top loser, closing with a share price of KES 1.41 which was a 7.2% decline.
NSE Indices in the Green
On the equities front, the market saw an upswing that was underpinned by Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) which closed at 177.72 points, a 0.8% growth which was driven by gains in large cap stocks such as NCBA Group, Equity Group and East African Breweries PLC that gained by 9.6%, 1.3% and 1.3% respectively.
NSE-10, NSE-20 and NSE-25 indices had an uptrend from the previous session reflecting an increase of 0.8%, 0.7% and 1.4% respectively. However, the trading session was weighed down by losses in stock such as Standard Chartered Bank, HF group that lost by 1.3% and 1.0% to KES 285.50 and KES 10.25, respectively. The Banking Sector Index at the NSE declined by 1.50% to close at 159.12 points.
NSE Volume Traded and Turnover
The secondary bond turnover value decreased by 56.4% to KES 2.72 billion. Safaricom was the most traded counter with a turn over of around KES 523.52 million. On the derivatives, the number of traded contracts went up from 318 to 440 while the value of the contracts traded was 684,310.
