The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) concluded Wednesday’s (14th January 2026) trading session with moderate gains across its key indices. Total equity turnover surged by 162.1% to KES 959.87 million, driven by a significant increase in foreign investor sales. Foreign sales went up by 1,039.5% to KES 921.66 million, overshadowing a modest 16.6% rise in foreign purchases, which amounted to KES 48.69 million. Consequently, net foreign flows declined, recording an outflow of KES 872.98 million. This represents a reversal from the previous session’s net outflow of KES 39.12 million.
From the day’s session, select counters on the NSE demonstrated notable gains, with Longhorn Publishers leading the gainers after its closing price rose 7.9%. Uchumi Supermarkets also recorded a strong performance, closing at KES 1.26, up 4.1%, while the ABSA New Gold ETF and BOC Kenya each advanced by 3.5% and 2.5% to KES 5,570.00 and KES 133.0, respectively, reflecting steady investor confidence in these assets. Conversely, Satrix MSCI World Feeder ETF led the losers with a drop of 7.6% in its price, followed by Standard group which registered a drop of 6.2% in its share price closing at KES 5.74.
NSE Equities Performance
The benchmark Nairobi All-Share Index (NASI) registered a marginal increase of 0.1 percent to close at 192.85 points. This upward movement was supported by gains in other major indices; the NSE-20 and NSE-25 Indices, which each advanced by 0.2 percent, settling at 3,251.94 and 5,270.04 points, respectively. The Banking Sector Index went up by 0.4% to 213.13 points. Additionally, this uptrend was supported by stocks such as Standard Chartered Bank, which gained 0.5%.
On the derivatives front, the number of open interest contracts traded increased 8,173 reflecting a surge of 3%.
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