The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) closed the trading session on 10th March 2026 in the red with the Benchmark index the Nairobi All Share Index (NASI), recording a 0.1% decline, compared to the previous session.
Trading activity declined. The volume shares traded dropped by 1.1% to 34.94 million shares, while equity turnover edged up 0.6% to KES 1.061 billion from KES 1.05 billion in the previous session. Market capitalization rose by 3.2% to KES 3.37 trillion, highlighting increased investor confidence.
NASI closed the day at 206.80 points, down 0.1% primarily driven by losses in large cap stocks such as BAT Kenya, Jubilee Holdings, Standard Chartered Bank Kenya, and NCBA Group, which lost 3.6%, 1.6%, 1.5%, and 0.3%, respectively.
The NSE 10 index closed at 2,186.33 points, up 0.1%, while the NSE 20 index remained unchanged at 3,613.23 points. The NSE 25 index rose by 0.1% to 5,737.18 points, while the Banking sector index inched upwards 0.2%, to settle at 237.89 points.
NSE Top Gainers
Uchumi supermarket led the gainers, rising 9.9% to close at KES 2.00, followed by Home Afrika which rose 7.6% to KES 1.70. Flame Tree Group, Longhorn Publishers, and Express Kenya gained 5.6%, 3.7%, and 3.3%, respectively.
NSE Top Losers
On the downside, packaging manufacturing firm Shri Krishana Overseas Limited Plc shed the most, declining by 8.8%. Other notable decliners included Car and General, B.O.C Kenya, Sanlam Kenya, and Centum Investments which fell by 5.8%, 3.6%, 3.3%, and 3.1%, respectively.
Derivatives
The total volume of contracts traded increased to 865 from 497 recorded in the previous session, while the value of traded contracts stood at KES 6.2 million, up 64.6% from the previous session. The number of open interest contracts edged higher by 6.3% to 12,453.
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