Daily Market Brief
Equities prices reversed down on Tuesday, 16th September 2025, shedding 0.5% on average as all the price tracking indices turned down. NSE 20 stocks lost faster at 0.9% followed by NSE 10 and NSE 25 with 0.5% and 0.3% losses, respectively.
Shares traded however jumped 40.6% up from 16.22Mn to 22.80Mn shares to nearly double the day’s value traded from KES 377.53Mn to KES 741.35Mn. KCB Group emerged the day’s top mover with KES 250.53Mn turnover after changing hands 4.21Mn shares whose price stabilized at KES 54.00 per share. Equity Group took second top mover position with KES 227.11Mn from 4.21Mn shares as Safaricom closed third, see below.
Foreign activity further improved from 20.3% to 32.4% with a 66.8% decline in net foreign outflows from KES 111.11MN to KES 36.88Mn.
Secondary bonds market value traded improved 62.9%% up from KES 9.87Bn to KES 16.08Bn largely driven by the recently re-opened papers. See page 2 for top bond movers.
The primary auction for FXD1/2018/020(12.5-yrs) of 13.20% coupon and FXD1/2022/025(22.2-Yrs) of 14.188% coupon is due on Wednesday, 17th September 2025. Find our bidding guidance on page 2 and on the first page of the earlier shared pre-auction note.
