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Articles By: Standard Investment Bank

Kenya Airways Top Gainer At The NSE As Equity Turnover Expands 42%

The market closed the week in the green with the NASI and N10 rising by 0.5% and 0.2%, respectively. In

Market News

Kenya Airways Resumes Trading At The NSE With A Bang, Price Ups 5.7%

Kenya Airways rose 5.7 percent to KES 4.05 following the Nairobi Stock Exchange notice lifting the suspension in the trading

Market News

Average Lending Rate Slipped To 11.5% Offering Breathing Room For Borrowers

Last week, the average lending rate slipped to 11.5% from 11.8%, offering some breathing room for borrowers in the interbank

Market News

Microsoft To Train 1 Million Kenyans With AI Skills

Microsoft has announced the launch of a new skilling initiative in Kenya, a groundbreaking program aimed at training 1 million

Technology

Kenyans’ Appetite For T-Bills Remain High With A Shift To 91-Day Paper

Demand for T-bills remained elevated, with overall performance climbing to 357.3%, from 337.2%, a new high. Interest shifted to the

Market News

Kenyan Shilling Remains Relatively Unchanged Against The US Dollar

Exchange Rate Performance The Kenyan shilling remained relatively unchanged against the US Dollar to end the day on Monday at 129.20

Market News

Safaricom Accounts For 66.3% Of Thursday’s Turnover As Foreign Investors Turn Bearish

Safaricom was the day’s (Thursday) most traded stock, accounting for 66.3% of the day’s turnover. The counter increased by 2.0%

Market News

The Bourse In A Snippet: CBK Injects Ksh 87.50 Billion Into The Market

During the week, liquidity conditions in the interbank market remained relatively stable with the average lending rate edging up slightly

Market News

Cumulative Tax Revenues Post First Monthly Drop In Recent Memory

The National Treasury published the actual receipts and releases for the first two months of FY 24/25. Total expenditure came

Government and Policy

Equity Group Dominates Monday As Most Traded Top-Mover, Accounting For 41.8% Of The Day’s Turnover

Equity Group was the day’s most traded top-mover on Monday, accounting for 41.8 percent of the day’s turnover. The counter

Market News

August 2024 Consumer Prices: Inflation Ticks 4.4% As Fuel Outpaces Food Prices

In August 2024, the general prices of goods and services increased by 4.4% y/y, a slightly faster increase compared to the

Headlines

Safaricom Dominated The Markets Last Week, Accounting For 60%

Last week, market activity edged upwards to USD 17.78m (+92.6%w/w). Safaricom dominated market activity accounting for 60.5% of the week’s

Market News