Car & General (K) closed the week as the top gainer of the day at the Nairobi Security Exchange (NSE) followed by Eveready East Africa.
Car & General gained 9.78 percent at the price of 25.25 shillings per share while Eveready East Africa gained 6.67 percent at the price of 2.40 shillings per share.
Longhorn Kenya and Sameer Africa gained 6.25 and 5.17 percent respectively at the price of 5.95 and 3.05 shillings per share respectively while Jubilee Holdings gained 5.10 percent at the price of 495.00 shillings per share.
The top losers’ circle on Friday was dominated by East African Portland Cement, Kapchorua Tea Company, Home Africa, National Bank and Kenya Airways.
The East Africa Portland Cement lost 8.57 percent at the price of 24.00 shillings per share followed by Kapchorua Tea Company which lost 5.41 percent at the price of 70.00 shillings per share. Home Afrika and National Bank lost 4.35 and 3.83 percent respectively at the price of 10.05 and 5.65 shillings per share respectively. Kenya Airways featured among the top five losers of the day after losing 2.59 percent at the price of 5.65 shillings per share.
Safaricom Limited was the top mover of the day. This is despite the call by the opposition NASA on its supporters to boycott the products offered by the telecommunication giant. The company posted a volume of 8.03 million shares followed by Kenya Electricity Generating Company with a volume of 2.37 million shares.
NIC Bank and Sanlib Fahari Income-REIT posted 2.00 and 1.09 million in volumes while Kenya Commercial bank posted 993,500 in volume.
The Nairobi Security Exchange has remained resilience amid the prevailing economic turmoil precipitated by the current political uncertainty in the country. The bourse has lost more than 130 billion shillings as a result.