The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Trading session for Nov 13, 2025, saw the total volume of shares traded surge 89% to 28.6 million in 5,141 deals, generating a turnover of KES 849.6 million. The market capitalization increased slightly by 0.1% to KES 2.96 trillion from KES 2.95 trillion in the previous session.
Uchumi Supermarkets led the gainers for the second consecutive day, rising 10% to close at KES 0.44. Co-operative gained 9.5% closing at KES 24.90, supported by its impressive Q3 results and the announcement of its first-ever dividend of KES 1.0 per share which increased investors’ interest in the stock. Other notable gainers include, Crown Paints (5.3%), Jubilee Holdings (3.7%), and HF Group (2.5%).
Absa Bank Kenya led the losers, shedding 6.4% closing at KES 24.2. Other notable losers included Flame Tree Group (5.8%), Nation Media Group (5.2%), CIC Group (4.2%), and Britam Holdings (3.6%).
NSE Indices
The market showed signs of recovery from losses recorded earlier in the week. The Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) recorded a modest uptick of 0.1% settling at 187.34 points, driven by gains in large cap stocks including Safaricom Plc, I&M Group, and Stanbic Holdings which appreciated by 0.9%, 0.1%, 0.1%, respectively.
The NSE-10 share index declined by 0.1% to 1,944.76 points representing a 3.0% drop week-on-week and 49.3% decline year-to-date. The NSE-20 share index tricked 0.3% to 3,174.51 points, recording a 1.5% decline week-on-week and a 57.9% decline year-to-date. The NSE-25 share index fell by 0.3% to 5,047.06 points recording a 2.8% decline week-on-week and a 48.3% decline year-to-date. Similarly, the Banking Sector Index fell by 0.2% to 203.3 points.
Foreign Participation
There was significant foreign trading activity in today’s market, with substantial buying and selling of KCB Group, Equity Group, Jubilee Holdings, and Safaricom stocks. Foreign investors remained net sellers recording net outflows of KES 109.8 million compared to net outflows of KES 11.2 million in the previous session.
Derivatives
On the derivatives front, the volume of contracts traded increased to 1,178 from 256 in the previous session. Consequently, the total value of the traded contracts increased to KES 6.4 million from KES 0.67 million in the previous session.
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