KenGen Sells, Equity Buys As Markets Remain Bullish
KEY POINTS
Bamburi was the day’s best performer on a 9.1% rally to KES 28.90 while NBV shed 6.9% to KES 2.42, closing as the leading laggard.
Foreign investors were net sellers, recording net outflows of USD 66.3K. KenGen led the selling charge while Equity led the buying charge.
Safaricom was the top traded stock – accounting for 65.0% of the day’s turnover. The counter eroded 0.4% in the day to KES 13.45.
Investors remained bullish on banking stocks with Co-op, Equity Group, KCB Group, and StanChart gaining 3.1%, 0.1%, 1.3%, and 0.8% to KES 11.60, KES 38.00, KES 19.35, and KES 156.50 respectively.
Co-op was the day’s best-performing top mover on the back of yesterday’s 3Q23 results in which EPS rose by 7.6%y/y.
Read Also: Co-op Bank EPS Ups 7.6% Year-on-Year, Deposits Decline Over The Quarter
We believe the activity levels on KCB Group and Equity Group are on the back of their 3Q23 results expected on Wednesday and Monday respectively.
Bamburi was the day’s best performer on a 9.1% rally to KES 28.90 while NBV shed 6.9% to KES 2.42, closing as the leading laggard.
The former has gained 28.4% since the announcement of the sale of Hima Cement – its Ugandan subsidiary. We forecast a further c. 23.4% upside in the near term.
The market closed the week on a high note with the benchmark indices closing in the green. The NSE 25 and N10 gained 0.6% each while NASI and NSE 20 rallied 0.4% and 0.5% respectively.
Market activity soared 15.9% to USD 1.0m. Foreign investors were the dominant players accounting for 52.5% of the day’s turnover, up from 49.5% in the prior session.
Read Also: Safaricom Gives Banks A Run At The NSE, Sweeps The Counter With 41% Of All Activities
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