Commercial lender Bank of Kigali Group Plc emerged the top gainer on the October 14, 2025, trading session at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The counter gained 8.4%, closing at KES 41.75. In contrast, agricultural firm Williamson Tea Kenya led the losers, shedding 21.2%, to close at KES 238.00 from KES 302.00, after the 1:1 bonus share book closure yesterday.
NSE indices performance
The market weakened, with the Nairobi All Share Index dropping by 0.5%, closing at 170.34 points, mainly driven by losses in blue-chip stocks such as Safaricom Plc (-2.3%), Co-operative Bank (-1.3%), Equity Group (-0.4%), and East African Breweries (-0.2%).
Similarly, the NSE-10 declined by 0.6%, closing at 1,737.49 points, while the NSE-20 gained 0.1%, closing at 2,939.16 points. The NSE-25 recorded a modest uptick of 0.2%, closing at 4,572.87 points. The Banking index closed at 164.16 points, down 0.9% from 165.59 points in the previous session.
Gains in stocks in the banking sector including NCBA (8.3%), Absa bank (0.5%), KCB Group (0.4%), and StanChart (0.1%), supported the market. Notably, NCBA’s 8.3% gain was mainly driven by the announcement of its acquisition by Standard Bank Group.
Trading and Volume Turnover
Equity turnover rose marginally by 0.2%, closing at KES 308.54 million, while the secondary market bond turnover surged by 96.7%, closing at KES 10.95 billion. Telecommunications giant Safaricom emerged as the most traded equity with a turnover of KES 66.10 million on a volume of 2.54 million shares traded, followed by electricity utility company Kenya Power with a turnover of KES 49.41 million on a volume of 3.83 million shares traded.
On derivatives, total volume of contracts traded reached 2,178 from 5 in the previous session, while the value of the traded contracts increased to KES 2.8 million from KES 13,700 in the previous session. Local investors continued to dominate the market with a 79% participation compared to foreign investors who had a participation of 21%.
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