Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Live
| NASI Index | Year-to-Date | Market Cap. |
|---|---|---|
| 148.28 (+0.00) | +7.85 (5.59%) | KES 2.23Tr |
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), established in 1954 as Nairobi Stock Exchange, is the leading stock exchange in East Africa. It is based in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya - one of the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa. The NSE, which demutualized and self-listed in 2014, operates under the jurisdiction of the Capital Markets Authority of Kenya, and is governed by an 11-member board of directors. The Exchange offers a world class trading facility for both local and international investors looking to gain exposure to the country's rising economy. In 2008, in order to provide a comprehensive measure of the performance of the stock market, the NSE introduced the NSE All Share Index (NASI) as a market capitalization-weighted index, with a base value of 100, consisting of all listed securities, effectively making it the benchmark index for the Kenyan stock market. The NSE 25 Share Index measures the top 25 companies.
| Top Gainers (23) | Bottom Losers (15) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C&G | 22.00 | +10.00% | SASN | 15.05 | -9.34% |
| NIC | 31.95 | +9.61% | LKL | 6.98 | -6.18% |
| UNGA | 34.50 | +9.52% | NMG | 40.75 | -5.23% |
| HAFR | 0.54 | +8.00% | KNRE | 3.00 | -3.85% |
| EGAD | 12.15 | +7.05% | LIMT | 460.00 | -2.13% |
| I&M | 48.95 | +6.41% | FAHR | 8.52 | -2.07% |
Listed companies/securities
The NSE maintains four market listing categories, namely, the Main Investment Market Segment, Alternate Investment Market Segment, Fixed Income Securities Market Segment, and Growth Enterprises Market Segment. The first three were created in 2001 to cater for stocks of large and medium-sized companies, and corporate and government bonds. In 2013, the Growth segment was launched to give small enterprises an opportunity to also access the capital markets.
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NSE TRADING SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019: At the end of the last weekday of trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE), a total of 28,326,200 shares in 919 deals, corresponding to a market value of KES 1,004,699,075.00, were traded. Compared with the previous NSE trading day (Thursday, October 17), today's data shows 45% decline in volume, 49% decline in turnover, and 8% decline in deals. The current NSE market capitalization is KES 2.23 trillion.
In the aggregate, 45 NSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with 23 gainers and 15 losers. Car and General (Kenya) led the gainers with 10% share price appreciation closing at KES 22.00 per share, followed by NIC Bank (+9.61%), Unga Group (+9.52%) and Home Afrika (+8%). On the losing side, Sasini Tea and Coffee came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 9.34% at KES 15.05 per share, followed by Longhorn Kenya (-6.18%), Nation Media Group (-5.23%) and Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd (-3.85%). Equity Group Holdings recorded the highest volume of 18.3 million traded shares, followed by Safaricom (3.18m), KCB Bank Kenya (3.1m) and Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation Ltd (2.19m).
Regarding the performance of NSE market indices, the benchmark NSE All Share Index (NASI) did not see any change, closing at the same mark as it opened at 148.28, representing a 1-week gain of 0.43%, a 4-week gain of 2.82%, and an overall year-to-date gain of 5.59%. Other remarkable indices that performed were the NSE 25 Share Index (+0%; +0.82% 1WK; -0.71% YTD), and NSE 20 Share Index (+0%; +0.04% 1WK; -13.32% YTD).
