Trading activity at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on 23rd January 2026, the last trading day of the week recorded minimal improvement with the number of shares traded increasing by 2% to 17,446,539 shares from 6,170 deals.
Equity turnover declined by 17% to KES 640.59 million from KES 675.72 million in the previous session, while market capitalization stood at KES 3.071 trillion, up 0.1% reflecting improved investor confidence.
Market Movers
Agricultural firm Eaagads Plc led the gainers, rising by 9.4%, to close at KES 21.60. The counter was followed by Standard Group, Eveready Plc, Longhorn Publishers, and Flame Tree Group, which gained 7.7%, 7.2%, 3.6%, 3.6%, to close the week at KES 6.16, KES 1.34, KES 2.90, and KES 1.74, respectively.
BOC Kenya led the losers, shedding 8.5%, to settle at KES 120.75. Other notable losers included BK Group Plc, WPP ScanGroup, Nairobi Business Ventures, Home Afrika, which lost 4.8%, 3.4%, 2.8%, and 2.3%, respectively.
Equity Group emerged as the most trading counter, with a turnover of KES 178.96 million, followed by Safaricom PLC with a turnover of KES 128.16 million. Equity closed the day as the top buy stock by foreign investors while Stanbic Holdings recorded the highest foreigner sales.
NSE Indices Performance
The market recorded modest gains, evidenced by a 0.1% uptick in the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) to close the session at 194.60 points, underpinned by gains in blue-chip stocks including Absa Bank Kenya, Co-operative Bank, Safaricom and StanChart, which gained 1.7%, 1.1%, 0.2% and 0.2%, respectively.
The NSE-10 index gained 0.19% to 2,028.78 points, while the NSE-20 index fell by 0.11% to 3,267.15 points from 3,270.85 points in the previous session. The Banking Sector Index, which tracks the performance of listed banks, rose by 0.21% to 215.78 points from 215.33 points in the previous session.
Derivatives
The total volume of contracts traded decreased by 230 to 10, while the value of traded contracts decreased to KES 93,900 from KES 1.8 million. The number of open interest contracts declined by 0.15% to 7,100.
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