Turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) rose to Ksh1.3BN from the previous session’s Ksh773M, with the number of shares traded rising to 34M against 18M posted yesterday. The NSE 20 Share Index ended 26.16 points lower to stand at 4790.50, while the All Share Index (NASI) was down 0.02 points to stand at 164.23.
Sasini Tea was 2.1% up to Ksh15.95 for 5,400 shares. The Banking Sector had 8.7M shares traded and represented 25.62% of the day’s traded volume. Equity Group Holdings actively moved 6.2M shares at a stable price of Ksh47.75. Co-op Bank of Kenya declined to Ksh21.50 on a volume of 789,000 shares, down from Ksh21.75 posted the previous session. KCB moved 904,000 shares and closed the day at Kes.58.50.
Commercial & Services Sector had 332,000 shares traded and accounted for 0.97% of the day’s traded volume. Nation Media was up two shillings to Ksh196 for 217,000 shares.
Energy & Petroleum Sector moved 1.6M shares, which accounted for 8.58% of the day’s traded volume. KenolKobil Ltd saw 1.2M shares changing hands at between Ksh7.90 and Ksh8.50. KenGen was unchanged at Ksh9.15 moved 309,000 shares. Uchumi Supermarket moved 40,200 shares to close at Ksh10.90.
Investment Sector moved 237,000, which accounted for 0.69% of the day’s traded volume. Home Afrika moved 159,000 shares and closed at Ksh3.00. Centum Investment up fifty cents to Ksh60.50 moved 41,000 shares.
Manufacturing & Allied Sector moved 1.7M shares, which represented 5.07% of the day’s traded volume. East African Breweries Ltd up 3.6% to Ksh314.00 moved 939,000 shares. Mumias Sugar moved 735,000 shares and closed at a stable price of Ksh2.00.
In telecommunication and technology, Safaricom was down 0.6% to Ksh16.40, Safaricom for 17M shares moved.
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