Nothing happened in the market today
The NSE eased off 14.32 points to settle at 5,128.03 points, with BATK (-9.89%, KES720) and Centum (+5.79%, KES59.50) being the major laggards. The top movers of the day included Safcom (+2.19%, KES16.35), KNCB (+4.07%, KES61.50) and KNOC (-1.11%, KES8.90) as foreigners dominated both sides of the names.
Most indices closed in the red as SBM continued its rally (accounting 64.5% of total market turnover). The latter traded a total of 103.3m shares closing up 1.1% at Rs0.96 while its banking counterpart, MCBG closed flat at Rs198.00 on the back of 199k shares traded.
Tier 1 banking names recovered well today due to increased demand. The sector closed up by +1.04% with most activity taking place in the likes of FBNH (+3.49%, N9.50), GTB (+1.33%, N27.51) and Zenith Bank (+1.72%, N23). Consumers closed up by 2.10% buoyed by trades in Nestle (+5%, N1050.00) and NB (+2.62%, N155.98).
Please note that the index figure above is correct at the time of writing.
Blue chip counters registered some decent volumes today. Afdis (unch, 50c), Delta (+0.04%, 102c) and Econet (unch, 50c) were the most active names accounting for over 70% of total value traded. The stocks traded a total of 539k, 127k and 702k shares respectively.
Country |
Notation |
Currency |
YTD % |
South Africa |
ZAR |
11.85 |
-2.32 |
Nigeria |
NGN |
199.05 |
-7.84 |
Kenya |
KES |
92.77 |
-2.34 |
Mauritius |
MUR |
32.25 |
-12.41 |
Botswana |
BWP |
9.82 |
-3.30 |
Tanzania |
TZS |
1850.00 |
-6.32 |
Uganda |
UGX |
2973.65 |
-6.81 |
Rwanda |
RWF |
715.04 |
-3.53 |
Ghana |
GHS |
3.82 |
-15.88 |
BRVM |
XOF |
615.93 |
-11.97 |
Egypt |
EGP |
7.58 |
-5.64 |
Morocco |
MAD |
9.98 |
-9.14 |
Tunisia |
TND |
1.96 |
-5.24 |