Daily Market Brief
Stock prices were relatively stable on the last trading day of September, 30th September 2025, as measured by the all shares index which stabilized at 174.74 points. NSE 10 however attracted 0.4% as NSE 20 and NSE 25 also gained 0.3% each.
Shares traded further doubled up from 12.17Mn to 24.85Mn shares to push the day’s value traded 255.7% up from KES 151.47Mn to KES 535.80Mn. Market attention shifted to the telecommunication sector, Safaricom, which moved KES 317.28Mn or 59.2% of the market turnover from 10.98Mn shares, to emerge the day’s top mover. The telco’s price however, dropped marginally at 0.3% from KES 29.00 to KES 28.90 per share.
Foreign activity accelerated up from 7.3% to 34.7% with a spike in net foreign outflows from KES 5.54Mn to KES 249.55Mn. Heavy net foreign activity happened on Safaricom, KCB Group, Equity and DTBK.
Secondary bonds value traded further dropped 15.0% from KES 13.97Bn to KES 11.88Bn still impacted by the re-opened FXD1/2018/015 (7.7 years) of 12.65% coupon and FXD1/2021/020 (15.9-years) of 13.444% coupon for October’s primary auction, set for 15th October 2025.
IFB1/2022/19 (15.6-years) re-opened in August 2025, emerged the day’s top mover with KES 1.88Bn after its yield to maturity improved by 14.7bps from 12.9708% to 13.1176%.
