The Nairobi Securities Exchange experienced a significant upswing in activity on Thursday, 6th November 2025, as trading volume surged by 82.2% to KES 1.2 billion. Agricultural firm, Limuru Tea emerged as top gainer for the day with a 10% surge to KES 423.50 while banking giant KCB Group followed with a 9.1% gain from the previous trading session to close at KES 69.00.
Across losers, Agricultural firms, Williamson Tea and Kapchorua Tea led witH losses of 8.5% and 5.2% respectively to close at KES 169.50 and KES 214.25, respectively.
NSE Equities Performance
The market was firmly in an uptrend that was reflected by a 1.6% rise in the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) to 192.89 points. This performance was driven by gains in major stocks such as KCB Group, EABL, Safaricom Plc and NCBA which gained by 9.1%, 1.9%, 1.3% and 0.3% respectively. The banking sector index gained by 2.2% to close at 207.72 points compared to 203.18 points recorded in the previous session.
NSE 10, NSE 20 and NSE 25 indices also saw an upturn in the day’s activity and closed at 2,004.64 points, 3,221.23 points and 5,181.22 points to reflect gains of 2.3%, 1.2% and 1.9%, respectively. Despite the overall positive trend, stocks like the Stanbic Holdings, KenGen, HF group and Kenya airways saw losses of 1.8%, 1.0%, 0.5% and 0.3% respectively.
In terms of turnover, Safaricom Plc dominated as the most traded counter at KES 506.38 million, underpinning its pivotal role in the day’s trading activity. While the equities market thrived, the derivatives market saw a dip in the open interest contracts to 5,418 from 6,318 in the previous session despite recording an increase in trading volume to 13,488,700 traded contracts from 6,837,937 traded contracts in the previous session.
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