This archive report was first published on 22 August 2021.
On August 20, 2021, the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) reported a significant surge in equity turnover, rising by 64.34% to KSh 2.45 billion from the previous week's KSh 1.49 billion.
The volume of shares traded at the bourse also experienced a substantial growth of 142.08%, closing with 110.51 million shares exchanging hands compared to 45.65 million in the previous week.
However, the secondary bonds market posted a decline of 2.99%, with KSh 21.99 billion worth of bonds traded against KSh 22.66 billion recorded the previous week.
The NSE Market Capitalization rose by 1.5% to KSh 2.82 trillion when the market closed for the weekend last Friday from KSh 2.78 trillion the previous week.
Local investors dominated Safaricom Plc, Equity Group Holdings, KCB Group Plc, and The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, while foreigners focused on EABL Plc.
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The benchmark NSE All Share Index (NASI) gained 1.5% week on week to close last week at 181.18 points, with a year-to-date performance of 19.11%.
The NSE 20 Share Index fell by 13.39 points or 0.68% to 1961.07 points, while the NSE 25 share index gained 32.97 points or 0.84% to close the week at 3,917.17 basis points.
Telcom giant Safaricom Plc was the week's top mover, closing last week at KSh 43.00 on a volume of 28 million shares and a turnover of KSh 1.2 billion transacted, equivalent to 49.74% of the week's traded value.
