Daily Market Brief
Stock prices were up 0.3% on average on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, largely driven by price upticks in the telecommunication and the manufacturing sectors. All the other three indices edged down led by NSE 20 with a 0.2% loss followed by NSE 10 and NSE 25 which lost 0.1% each.
The day’s value traded improved 21.7% from KES 844.79Mn to KES 1,028.41Mn despite an 11.4% drop in the shares traded from 27.75Mn to 24.60Mn shares.
Market focus remained in the Banking sector which controlled the market at 78.4% or KES 806.42Mn turnovers from 15.98Mn shares or 64.9% of the market volumes traded. The sector shed 0.7% in prices on average. KCB Group led the market with a KES 324.73Mn value after trading 4.96Mn shares a head of its Q3-2025 financials that was set for 19th November 2025, according to the Group’s investor calendar.
Foreign activity sunk to a low of 5.1% with reduced net foreign outflow of KES 23.95Mn in relation to a 27.7% foreign activity of KES 379.84Mn net foreign outflows recorded on Tuesday, 18th November.
Secondary bonds market value traded dipped 32.1% from KES 7.68Bn to KES 5.19Bn as the number of deals dropped 26.5% from 204 to 150 deals impacted by the day’s auction for FXD1/2018/015 and FXD1/2021/020.
IFB1/2022/14 emerged top mover with KES 1.31Bn as its yield to maturity dropped 19.1bps to 12.2183% against a coupon of 13.938%, reflecting a lower premium to the buyers.
