On 31st October 2025, investor enthusiasm sent trading activity at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) soaring significantly, with equity turnover edging higher by 210.9% to KES 886.73 million, marking a highly active trading session. The market surge was led by NCBA Group, the day’s top performer which gained 8% to close at KES 88.00. Carbacid Investments followed with a 4.5% rise to KES 27.80, alongside an interim dividend improvement of KES 2.50 per share.
Conversely, Africa Mega Agricorp and Shri Krishana experienced significant declines of 8.1% and 7.4%, to KES 59.75 and KES 7.46, respectively.
NSE Equities Performance
The overall market momentum had an upturn performance underscored by a 1.8% gain in the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) which closed at 188.29 points. This was largely anchored by performances from banking and telecom giants such as Equity Group, Safaricom PLC and KCB Group which had gains of 4.3%, 2.4% and 1.2%, to close at KES 66.25, KES 30.25 and KES 61.50, respectively.
NSE-10, NSE-20 and NSE-25 closed at 1,910.77, 3,116.69 and 4,998.39 points reflecting gains of 1.8%, 0.8% and 2.0% respectively. The banking sector index closed at 152.1 points compared to 155.02 points in the previous trading session recording a 1.9% decline.
Volume Traded and Turnover at the NSE
Investor confidence in Equity Group was particularly evident, as it became the most traded stock of the day closing with a turnover of KES 313.36 million, after reporting impressive nine-month results with net profit growing 32% to KES 54.1B. The counter was followed by I&M Group which closed with a turnover of KES 183.58 million.
On the derivatives front, the number of open interest contracts dipped by 10.6% to 3,063, while the value of traded contracts rose by 51% to 3,964,180 from 2,625,500 recorded in the previous trading session.
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