The top gainer of today on the Nairobi Securities Exchange was Standard Group Limited which posted a positive deviation of 9.73 percent at a price of 31.00 shillings per share.
Standard Group edged out yesterday’s top gainer Express Limited which emerged today’s top loser of the day, recording a negative deviation of 9.09 percent at a price of 4.50 shillings per share.
The second top gainer for today was Atlas Development with a price of 2.30 shillings per share and a positive deviation of 9.52 percent.
What has been interesting this week is that Home Africa has been among the top losers for the whole week, today registering a negative deviation of 8.11 percent and a price of 1.70 shillings per share.
The top gainers of the day are as follows:
| GAINERS | PRICE | CHANGE (%) |
| SGL | 31.00 | 9.73 |
| ADSS | 2.30 | 9.52 |
| EGAD | 25.00 | 8.70 |
| LKL | 5.35 | 7.00 |
| CFCI | 19.50 | 5.41 |
The top losers of the day were as shown below:
| LOSERS | PRICE | CHANGE (%) |
| XPRS | 4.50 | 9.09 |
| HAFR | 1.70 | 8.11 |
| SASN | 17.50 | 6.67 |
| NMG | 176.00 | 5.38 |
| HFCK | 21.75 | 4.40 |
Kenya Commercial Bank Limited was the top mover of the day with a total volume of 26.52 million and a total market capitalization of 127.05 billion.
Other movers of the day are as shown in the table below.
| MOVERS | VOLUME | MARKET CAPITAL |
| KCB | 26.52M | 127.05B |
| SCOM | 6.27M | 657.07B |
| EQTY | 5.39M | 149.06B |
| MSC | 1.64M | 2.52B |
| COOP | 1.51M | 1.51B |
Article by Juma Fred.