In Week 43 of 52, equity trading volume at the NSE totaled 134.4 million shares, up by 82% from 74 million shares traded in the previous week, bringing aggregate market turnover to KES 4.2 billion, which was more than double the turnover recorded in week 42. The top five companies by market turnover were Safaricom PLC, Equity Group, East African Breweries PLC, KCB Group and Standard Chartered Bank Kenya, which collectively recorded a turnover of KES 3.4B, representing 81% of the total turnover at the market in the week. Across fixed income, Bond market turnover closed the week at KES 54.5 billion, up a whopping 80.40% from KES 30.2 billion recorded in the previous week.
Market capitalization closed the week at KES 2.8T which represented a growth of 1.94% as compared to the previous week.
Kapchorua Tops Losers at NSE as Bonus Issue Prices In
The top performer in the week was investment firm Olympia Capital Holdings which gained 21.81% to KES 7.82. KenGen Plc was the second top gainer, up 9.43% to KES 9.98. Notably, in the week, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) halted trading on the energy firm following circulation of unverified financial information claiming to represent the audited financial results for the fiscal year ending 30th June 2025. Kapchorua Tea Company extended losses, closing the week at KES 234.00, a decline of 34.1% as compared to the previous week, leading losers.
Across NSE Indices
The Nairobi All Share Index (NASI) closed the week at 179.81 points, marking a change of 1.94% compared to the previous week. NSE 25, NSE 10 and NSE 20 indices were all in the green, up by 2.36%, 2.12% and 1.90% to 4,792.90, 1,805.26 and 3,041.37 points, respectively. The NSE Bond Index was flat at 1,191.12 points, while the recently launched banking sector index recorded a 2.29% decline to 157.91 points.
NSE records KES 1.6 billion Net Foreign Outflows
Foreign buys at the exchange in the week were KES 1.031B in aggregate as compared to foreign sales amounting to KES 2.674B, resulting in net foreign outflows of KES 1.6B. A significant amount of the outflows was recorded on Friday 24th October 2025. The foreign net sales were KES 1.379 billion as compared to KES 188.54 million in foreign buys, bringing the net foreign outflow to KES 1.190 billion, which singly accounted for more than 70% of the net foreign outflows recorded in the week.
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