Daily Market Report: 2nd March 2015

By / Published March 3, 2015 | 8:03 am

Kenyan Stock Market

The NSE 20 Index gained 8.27 points to close at 5,499.64. The NASI Index declined by 1.00 points to close at 174.70. The top gainer today was Pan Africa Insurance which went up by 7.50 percent to close at KES 129.00. The day’s loser was BOC Kenya which shaved off 9.33 percent to close at KES 136.00.

Today’s volume of shares traded closed at 21.39mn, declining 32.45 percent from Friday’s trading. Turnover was recorded at KES 1,097.43mn, an increase of 22.38 percent on Friday’s turnover. The top mover was E.A. Breweries with a turnover of KES 626.33mn, representing 57.07 percent of the day’s total market turnover.

Foreign buys stood at 60.93 percent of total turnover, while foreign sales stood at 49.09 percent of total turnover.

EAC Markets

Uganda: The USE ALSI and the USE LSI both declined today by 1.62 percent and 2.97 percent respectively to close the day at 2,032.78 and 323.65 respectively. The top loser was Stanbic Bank Uganda which dropped 5.71 percent to close at UGX 33.00. Today’s total volume was recorded at 8.83mn shares and total turnover was recorded at UGX 754.39mn.

Rwanda: The RSE ALSI and RSE RSI recorded no change to close at 137.33 and 234.63 respectively. Total volume stood at 50,500 shares while total turnover stood at RWF 14.95mn.

Tanzania: The DSEI went down by 0.24 percent to close the day’s trading at 2,694.83 as the DSE TSI gained 0.10 percent to close at 4,929.76. Tanzania Breweries gained 1.47 percent to close at TZS 14,500.00, while CRDB Bank shed off 5.88 percent to close at TZS 400.00. Today’s volume was recorded at 239,400 shares. Total turnover was recorded at TZS 164.62mn.

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