This archive report was first published on 7 August 2020.
On Friday, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) recorded a turnover of KSh 211.2 Million, marking a flat performance compared to the previous day's KSh 211.9 Million. Despite this, trading volumes showed a 5% improvement.
Standard Group led the gainers, with its share price increasing by 8.70% to KSh 25.00 from KSh 23. Nation Media, on the other hand, was the worst performer, with its share price dropping 14.31% to KSh 9.04 from KSh 10.55.
The most active counter was Safaricom, with 2.1 Million shares traded. KCB followed closely, with 2.05 Million shares traded, while ABSA and Co-operative Bank of Kenya trailed behind with 1.91 Million and 943,200 shares traded, respectively.
The benchmark NSE All Share Index (NASI) rose by 0.99 points to settle at 130.58, while the NSE 20 Share Index gained 1.20 points to end at 1758.08.
Derivatives market activity saw 8 contracts valued at KSh 284,400 traded, a slight increase from the 7 contracts valued at KSh 190,500 traded on the previous day. The secondary bond market also experienced a significant increase, with bonds worth KSh 4.01 Billion traded in 73 deals, compared to KSh 1.95 Billion in 96 deals on Thursday.
The NewGold ETF was a notable performer, increasing by 6.06% to KSh 2,100 and moving 16,000 units valued at KSh 32.5 Million.
