Daily Market Brief
Stocks prices maintained an up-trends attracting additional gains of 1.1% on Tuesday, 26th August 2025, as measured by the Nairobi all shares index. Major upticks were noted in the Insurance, commercial services and the manufacturing sectors with gains of 4.1%, 2.4% and 1.9%, on average, respectively.
Shares traded improved 827.6% up from 23.56Mn to 30.06MN shares to push the day’s turnover 47.5% up to KES 47.5Mn. Safaricom emerged as the day’s top movers with KES 285.15Mn from9.97Mn shares, accounting for 49.7% and 33.2% of the day’s value and volumes traded. Foreign activity turned up from 38.3% hit the 50.5% mark mainly supported by increased foreign activity on Safaricom, Equity Group and KCB Group.
Secondary bonds value expanded 488.7% up from KES 3.64Bn to KES 21.41Bn largely supported by the August primary papers that full entered secondary trading on Tuesday, 26th August.
The re-opened papers IFB1/2022/19 of 12.965% coupon and IFB1/2018/15 of 12.500% coupon emerged the day’s top movers with KES 10.48Bn and KES 8.22Bn to account for 48.9% and 38.4% of the day value.
The National Treasury announced three papers, FXD1/2018/020(12.5-years) of 13.2% coupon, FXD1/2022/025(22.2-years) of 14.188% coupon and SDB1/2011/030(15.5-years) of 12.000% coupon for September’s primary auction where the government seeks KES 60 billion in two separate auctions.
