NSE (Nairobi Securities Exchange) had Kenya Airways as the leading price gainer, rallying by 25.9% to KSh 6.90 as speculators descended on the counter on the back of recent changes to the listed firm’s Board of Directors and the impending entry of a foreign investor.
Kenya Airways is also the top gainer year-to-date at 95.5%, followed by Uchumi 94.2%, Africa Mega Group at 61%, Flame Tree Group at 59.2% since the year began and Sasini at 59.4% to KSh 27.20.
Kenya Airways begun the year with a share price of KSh 3.53 and has since gained 95.5% in that price valuation, raking it at the top at the top in terms of year-to date performance. The counter has gained blue chip status at the NSE owing to restructuring of its board and executive structure and the share’s relatively high liquidity.
KQ is the third most traded counter at the NSE between January 9th and April 10th 2026, with a traded volume of 169 million shares in 36,438 deals valued at KSh 930 million over the period, averaging a volume of 2.68 million valued at KSh 14.8 million per trading session. A high volume of 37.9 was achieved on February 23rd 2026
The top losers since the year begun are led by Eveready East Africa, WPP Scan group, Williamson Tea, Olympia Capital and EABL whose share prices have declined by 13.1%, 9.8%,7.4%, 6.3% and 4.5% respectively.
NSE was East African Portland Cement, which was down 7.9% to close the week at KSh 75.50.
Other top price gainers at the NSE included TPS Serena, whose share price was up 8.5% to close the week at KSh 16.55, Shri Krishana Overseas which gained 8.0% to KSh 9.46, Total Kenya which was up 7.9% to close the week’s trading at 43.10 and Sasini which rose 7.7% to KSh 27.20.
The NSE closed the week on a rally, with the benchmarks NASI, N10, NSE 20 and NSE 25 gaining 3.9%, 4.8%, 3.2% and 4% to 207.01, 2170.69,3590.25 and 5742.68.
Equity Group dominated the week’s turnover, with the counter rising in price 7.2% to KSh 74.25 followed by KCB Group whose share price was up 4.09% to KSh 71.00; Safaricom 4.4% to KSh29.75; EABL 0.5% to KSh 251.25 and Coop Bank 7.7% to KSh 30.90 with turnovers of US$ 6.767,000; US$ 3,513,800, US$ 773,500 and US$ 753,200 respectively.
Market activity at the NSE remained steady at US$ 21.4m, an increase of 1.9% as activity of foreign investors declined to 35.1% from 38.6% in the prior week.
Other top losers at the NSE last week included Standard Group, which fell 3.5% as investors reacted to the ongoing tussle with Communication Authority of Kenya over unpaid broadcasting fees and levies. CAK has already threatened to unplug 6 of its broadcasting licenses while Standard has said it will seek legal redress of unpaid advertising services rendered to various Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
Kakuzi was also among the losing counters, its share price plunging by 3% to KSh 412.50, WPP ScanGroup which declined by 2.5% to KSh 2.30 and Home Africa whose share price declined during the week by 2.0% to close at KSh 1.44.
Foreign Net inflows were in NCBA, DTB, I&M, BK Group and KenGen while foreign investors took profits in Equity Group, Safaricom, KCB, EABL and ABSA Bank Kenya.
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