Trading activity at the Nairobi securities Exchange (NSE) on 7th January 2026 maintained an upward momentum with the total number of shares traded increasing by 8% to 30,374,463 shares across 5,670 deals. Equity turnover rose by 18% to KES 963.11 million from KES 814.94 million in the previous session, while market capitalization stood at KES 3.01 trillion, up 0.3%, underscoring increased investor confidence.
Cement producer East African Portland Cement emerged as the top gainer appreciating 7.2% to close at KES 74.25. Home Afrika followed, gaining 7.0%, Umeme 6.0%, Kenya Re-Insurance 5.3%, and Co-operative Bank 4.0%.
On the losers’ side, Packaging manufacturing firm Shri Krishana Overseas Plc led the decliners, shedding 7.6% to close at KES 7.50. Other notable losers included Sameer Africa (-3.6%), Centum Investments (-2.6%), NCBA Group (-1.9%), and Absa Bank Kenya (-1.5%).
Investors’ Participation
Local investors dominated the market, registering a participation of 57%. Foreign investors bought more shares than they sold, recording net inflows of KES 80.93 million, down 61.1% compared to the previous session. Equity Group emerged as foreigners’ top buy stock with a turnover of KES 234.97 million, while Safaricom the top sold stock by foreigners, recording a turnover of KES 344.58 million, with the two counters recording closing prices of KES 69.50 and KES 29.10, respectively.
NSE Indices
The Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) recorded a modest uptick of 0.3%, settling at 191.27 points, representing a 1-week gain of 3.18%, a 4-week gain of 5.05%, and an overall year-to-date gain of 2.51%. Blue-chip stocks including Co-operative Bank, Equity Group, Safaricom, and KCB Group supported the market’s upward trend. The counter posted gains of 4.0%, 0.4%,0.3%, and 0.3% respectively.
The NSE-10 index rose by 0.5% to 2,2025.73 points, while the NSE-20 closed at 3,198.42 points, up 0.5%. The NSE-25 index, which tracks the performance of the top 25 best performing companies at the exchange rose marginally by 0.2%, closing the day at 5,239.13 points, while the Banking sector index gained 0.3% to 210.17 points from 209.60 points in the previous session.
Derivatives
Total volume of contracts traded rose by 394.2% to 4,991, and consequently, the value of traded contracts rose to KES 8.2 million from KES 4.4 million in the previous session. The number of open interest contracts stood at 9,115, up 110% from 4,340 in the previous session.
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