Daily Market Brief
On Tuesday 21st October 2025, the equities market recorded a 0.8% rise, as measured by the Nairobi All-Share index (NASI). NSE 25 registered the highest gain of 1.4% followed by NSE 10 with 0.8% and NSE 20 with 0.7% .The recently added banking sector index recorded a 1.5% drop.
The shares traded nearly doubled at 96.3% from 15.51Mn to 30.44Mn to push the market turnover up from KES 477.82Mn to KES 992.73Mn.
The top mover of the day was Safaricom with a turnover of KES 523.13Mn attributable to an increase in volume trade from 2.16Mn to 18.72Mn.The second and third movers of the day were Stan-Chart with a turnover of KES 165.06 and EABL with a turnover of KES 123.96Mn.
Foreign activities improved significantly from 21.3% to 45.5% with an increase in net foreign outflows from KES 77.34Mn to KES 374.47Mn. Major foreign activities were noted on Safaricom, Kenya Power, KenGen and I&M Group.
Secondary bonds recorded a drop in the value traded from KES 6.246Bn to KES 2.723Bn due to the primary bond value settlement that happened in the day. The market is expected to shift back to normal as from tomorrow as investors settle back into the secondary market.
