National Bank Defies The Odds To Emerge As Top Gainer on Tuesday

The top gainer of the day at the Nairobi Securities Exchange on Tuesday was the National Bank with 10.00 percent at the price of 5.50 shillings per share. Uchumi Supermarket was the second top gainer with 9.09 percent at the price of 0.60 shillings per share.

Home Africa, TPS Eastern Africa (Serena) and Barclays Bank Kenya gained 7.14, 4.35 and 4.17 percent at the price of 0.75, 24.00 and 11.25 shillings per share respectively.

Total Kenya and Eveready East Africa were first and second losers of the day respectively with 7.89 and 7.41 percent at the price of 26.25 and 1.25 shillings per share.

Stanlib Fahari Income – REIT, Safaricom Plc and Bamburi Cement lost 6.67, 5.26 and 3.33 percent at the price of 9.80, 22.50 and 145.00 shillings per share respectively.

Safaricom was the only stock that sold more than one million shares with the rest among the top five selling less than a million. Safaricom sold 5.45 million shares followed by Equity Group who sold 986,200 shares.

Co-operative Bank Kenya sold 700,000 shares while KenolKobil and Mumias Sugar Company sold 620,800 and 473,300 shares respectively.