The top movers generally closed higher, with banking stocks dominating the top movers’ list, accounting for 23.1 percent of the total turnover. Equity Group climbed 2.3 percent to a six-week high of 39.20 shillings on sustained foreign demand.
Safaricom reclaimed the top mover position, accounting for 70.2 percent of equity turnover. The telco inched 0.3 percent higher to 17.80 shillings (still an eleven-week high). KCB rebounded 0.5 percent to 29.45 shillings on increased local demand.
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The top movers generally closed higher, with banking stocks dominating the top movers’ list, accounting for 23.1 percent of the total turnover. Equity Group climbed 2.3 percent to a six-week high of 39.20 shillings on sustained foreign demand.
Meanwhile, Stanbic and StanChart rose slightly by 0.4 and 0.2 percent respectively while NMG featured as a top mover on the second day of its share buyback, though remained unchanged at the share buyback price of 20.00 shillings.
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Sanlam was the leading gainer, soaring 9.7 percent to 7.94 shillings while Sameer was the leading laggard, slumping 7.0 percent to 2.51 shillings.
Foreign investors were net sellers for the fourth consecutive session, recording net outflows of USD 0.1m. Safaricom led the selling charge while Equity Group led the buying charge.
At the same time, market activity more than doubled (159.0 percent) to USD 2.9m on increased trading of some large caps. Participation in the market was relatively at par between local and foreign investors.
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