KCB Group kicked off the week as the top mover of the day after selling 4.41 million shares with a market capitalization of 118.25 billion shillings followed by Safaricom with 2.24 million shares with a market capitalization of 1.28 trillion shillings. East African Breweries and Equity Group sold 827,100 and 669,500 with a market capitalization […]
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Who Were The Top 5 Gainers, Losers, And Movers Of The Day?
November 9, 2020: Sameer Africa was the top gainer of the day on Monday at the Nairobi Securities Exchange with 9.71 percent at the price of 3.39 shillings per share. The East African Cables and Sanlam Kenya gained 9.29 and 7.06 percent respectively at the price of 1.53 and 13. 65 shillings per share respectively. […]
Loss-making firms rule NSE list of top gainers
Nairobi Securities Exchange. FILE PHOTO | NMG Loss-making firms have dominated the top 10 list of stocks on the Nairobi Securities Exchange #ticker:NSE (NSE) that recorded price gains since the start of the year despite Covid-19-related economic disruptions. A review shows that stocks of firms such as Kenya Airways #ticker:KQ, Uchumi Supermarkets #ticker:UCHUM, Sameer Africa […]
Companies take the path of extreme makeover
Kenyan firms are joining the global trend of complete reinvention in seeking to seize opportunities presented by the fast-changing customer needs. For 25 years, Magana Flowers Kenya Limited has been synonymous with flowers, just as its company name indicates. But it is now ditching the floriculture industry in a major restructuring of its business operations […]
Sameer shuts tyre business, dismisses its 73 employees
Sameer Africa #ticker:FIRE has shut down its tyre distribution business, a move that will see it sack 73 employees at the end of this month. The Nairobi Securities Exchange-listed firm had recently retrenched 52 workers, with the upcoming downsizing set to raise the total jobs lost to 125. Sameer says the tyre business has continued […]
PwC now controls third of audits on firms listed at NSE
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) now controls nearly a third of audits of the Nairobi bourse firms, in latest rotations of auditors that looks set to take its fees above Sh398 million. The audit firm has won three additional clients— KCB Group #ticker:KCB, HF Group #ticker:HFCK and CIC Insurance #ticker:CIC— as several listed firms moved to change auditors […]
PwC now controls third of audits on firms listed at NSE
PwC executive Muniu Thoithi. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) now controls nearly a third of audits of the Nairobi bourse firms, in latest rotations of auditors that looks set to take its fees above Sh398 million. The audit firm has won three additional clients— KCB Group , HF Group and CIC Insurance […]
Companies take the path of extreme makeover
In April 2020, Sameer Africa dropped shocker. After 50 years in tyre business, it called it quits. FILE PHOTO | NMG Kenyan firms are joining the global trend of complete reinvention in seeking to seize opportunities presented by the fast-changing customer needs. For 25 years, Magana Flowers Kenya Limited has been synonymous with flowers, just […]
Sameer Africa Emerges As Top Loser At The NSE On Thursday
The top loser of the day at Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) ON Thursday was Sameer Africa with a loss of 10.00 percent at the price of 3.60 shillings per share. Unga Group was the second top loser with 9.09 percent at the price of 30.00 shillings per share followed by Trans-Century with 8.82 percent at […]
Sameer Africa Carries Thursday With 10% Gain At The NSE
The top gainer of the day at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) on Thursday was Sameer Africa with 10.00 percent at the price of 3.85 shillings per share followed by Express with a gain of 7.66 percent at the price of 4.50 shillings per share. Umeme was the third gainer of the day with 6.34 […]