Off the wire
• Food poisoning sickens 60 children in Ukraine  • India releases 39 Pakistani prisoners, fishermen  • JSE trades firmer after Donald Trump's address  • Ukraine needs 9.2 bln USD to rehabilitate road infrastructure: minister  • Macedonia improves food safety standards  • 1st Ld-Writethru: Cypriot former deputy attorney-general receives 3.5-year jail term for corruption  • China's growth enterprises post strong profit growth  • U.S. manufacturing activity continues expansion in February  • 26,000 civilians flee western Mosul amid heavy clashes against IS  • Nearly 775,000 Swiss lives abroad in 2016: report  
You are here: 　 Home

Nairobi bourse key index declines further amid slight rise in turnover

Xinhua, March 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

Turnover at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) rose slightly to 2.3 million U.S. dollars on a volume of 13 million shares from the previous session's 8 million valued at 1.4 million dollars amid further decline in the benchmark 20 Share Index.

The index dropped some 28 points to stand at 2,966.16 as it decelerated for the second consecutive trading session due to erosion of large stock share prices.

Electricity generator KenGen was the day's best top trader, supplanting Safaricom from the top position after moving 5.9 million shares at 0.06 dollars.

Safaricom, Kenya's leading telecom, moved 3 million shares at a low of 0.16 dollars and a high of 0.17 dollars. The share went down a massive 4 percent pulling the benchmark index lower.

The All Share Index (NASI) ended 2.24 points lower to settle at 122.65 and the NSE 25 Share Index shaved-off 43.21 points to stand at 3,221.32.

The bond market witnessed improved activity with bonds worth 25 million dollars transacted from 11 million dollars in the previous session. Endit