Daily Market Brief
The overall market was down marginally on Tuesday 18th November, 2025 shedding 0.1% on average. NSE 20 stocks lost the most at 0.3% while NSE 10 and NSE 25 counters stabilized at 1952.74 and 5064.84 points respectively. Banks marginally dropped by 0.1% on average.
Shares traded grew by 90.3% from 14.58Mn to 27.75Mn shares pushing the day’s turnover up by 115.3% from KES 392.41Mn to KES 844.79Mn. The market focus was in the telecommunication sector which moved KES 396.05Mn in turnover.
Safaricom was the top mover of the day with KES 396.05Mn in turnover after 13.66Mn shares were traded. The second and third top movers were Equity Group and KCB Group with KES 161.81Mn and 106.95Mn in turnover respectively.
Foreign activity surged by 27.7% as net foreign outflows jumped to KES 379.84Mn. Major net foreign inflows happened on Jubilee Holdings and Diamond Trust Bank Kenya while net foreign outflows happened on Safaricom and KCB Group.
Secondary bonds’ turnover rose by 18.1% from KES 6.47Bn to KES 7.65Bn despite the ongoing primary sale of reopened FXD3/2019/015 (8.7 years) of 12.340% coupon and FXD1/2022/025 (21.9-years) of 14.188% coupon. The primary auction is set to happen tomorrow, 19th November 2025.
Find our pre-auction advisory note shared earlier for the above auction due tomorrow.
