Daily Market Brief
Stock prices were up 0.4% on Thursday, October 2, 2025, led by NSE 20 counters which attracted a 0.6% growth followed by NSE 10 and NSE 25 with 0.5% each.
Shares traded improved 12.6% from 20.25Mn to 22.81Mn shares. The market turnover however dropped by 8.1% to KES 442.61Mn on heavy transactions on low priced companies to defy the above surge in volumes traded.
Safaricom retained the top mover position followed by Kenya power and KCB Group.
Foreign activity dropped from 55.4% to 38.9% with focus on Safaricom and KCB.
Secondary bonds value traded still shrunk by 32.9% from KES 8.16Mn to KES 5.47Bn further impacted by the re-opened FXD1/2018/015 (7.7 years) of 12.65% coupon and FXD1/2021/020 (15.9-years) of 13.444% coupon for October’s primary auction, set for 15th October 2025.
The primary auction for FXD1/2018/015 and FXD1/2021/020 is scheduled for 15th October for a value payment on 21st October 2025.
