Daily Market Brief
Stock prices rose by 0.3% as measured by the Nairobi All Share Index while NSE 10 and NSE 20 counters improved by 0.5% each. NSE 25 recorded a 0.2% gain whereas banks grew by 0.3% on average.
Shares traded surged by 7.9% from 28.14Mn to 30.37Mn constituting to an 18.2% jump in the day’s turnover from KES 814.94Mn to KES 963.11Mn.
Safaricom emerged as the top mover with a turnover of KES 414.84Mn. Equity Group and KCB Group took 2nd and 3rd mover positions with KES 264.19Mn and KES 74.98Mn turnovers, respectively.
Foreign activity contracted to 42.9% from 52.7% as net foreign inflows dropped to KES 81.28Mn from KES 207.87Mn. Net foreign inflows were noted on Equity Group while heavy net foreign outflows happened on Safaricom, KenGen and Jubilee Holdings.
Secondary bonds’ turnover spiked by 559.1% to KES 12.61Bn from KES 1.91Bn despite the primary auction that took place today, Wednesday 7th January 2026. FXD4/2019/10Yr was the most traded with a turnover of KES 3.90Bn.
The Central Bank of Kenya announced a Switch of KES 20.00Bn from FXD1/2016/010 (0.6-years, 15.0390% coupon) to FXD1/2022/015 (11.3-years, 13.9420% coupon).
