TransCentury Ltd Emerges Top Gainer of the Day

The NSE came to a close today with TransCentury Ltd emerging as the top gainer of the day with 9.57 percent. The following table shows the top five gainers of the day:

See the image below for what went down at the NSE among the top gainers of the day:

Arm Cement Ltd came in as the top loser of the day. The company posted 7.48 percent loss at the price of 34.00 shillings per share. The following table shows what went down among the top losers of the day:

See the image below on how the top five losers of the day fared on:

The table below shows the most traded in shares of the day led by KenolKobil Ltd which posted a volume of 4.57 million and a market capital of 15.82 billion.

In other Stock Market News…

The Kenyan Shilling strengthened against the US Dollar, 1.70 percent year-to-date with the same being replicated against the Sterling Pound where the Kenyan Shilling strengthened 4.02 percent year-to-date.  The shillings however the Kenyan Shilling weakened against the Euro by 2.63 percent year-to-date. 

The market turnover at the bourse recorded 36.7 percent decrease to 264.88 million shillings or simply 2.63 million US Dollars from yesterday’s trading. The NSE 20 index and NASI index lost 0.33 percent and 0.01 percent respectively to close at 3,964.65 and 145.61.

Foreign investors assumed a net buying position by accounting for 67.2% of total market purchases and 45.8 percent of total market sales.

In other EAC markets, the RSE RSI and RSE ALSI of Rwanda remained constant to close at 145.98 and 130.50 respectively while the USE ALSI and USE LSI of Uganda gained 0.55 percent and 2.35 percent respectively to close at 1,772.44 and  390.43 respectively.

Article by Juma Fred.