IN the coming week, the market remains firmer, Investors par taking is likely to im prove both local and foreign, and this indicate that the market will remain attractive.
Top active counters such as CRDB, DSE, TPCC and NICOL to continue to outshine the next week’s transactions. During the week, the market closed down on Friday after DSEI closed down
by 0.71 per cent while TSI increased by 0.18 per cent, the decline in DSEI was con tributed by NICOL, EABL and KCB share price decrease.
Market turnover decreased to 778.01m/-from 635.28m/-. The total market size decreased by 106.40bn/- ,while domestic market capitalization increased by 16.31bn/-.
In midweek we expect Treasury bill auction to be held by the central bank.
The yields in short-term and medium-term government instruments are expected to increase, with undersubscrip tion expectation if yields will continue to decline further.
Furthermore, the Government securities yield curve will continue to remain normal, with expectations in the yields on treasuries will improve after reaching a resistance level.
In the interbank money market, notwithstanding the increase in the Weighted average rate (WAR) during the previous week, we still reiterate foresee that WAR will continue to increase and
to be within a range of 3.50 per cent to 4.00 per cent with slight volatility in the high and low rate.
The Bourse Total Market Capitalization decreased by 0.71 per cent to 14.92tri/-from 15.02tri/-
in the previous week, while Domestic Market Capitalization slightly increased by 0.18 per cent to 9.06tri/- from 9.05tri/-.During the week DSEI declined by 0.71 per cent closed the week at 1,797.24 points from 1,810.06 points in the previous week, while TSI slightly increased by 0.18 per cent to close the week at 3,452.88 points from 3,446.67 points in the previous week, Industrial & Allied index increased by 0.07 per cent to close the week at 4,818.31 points from 4,815.12 points.The Bank Finance and Investment increased by 0.73 per cent to close the week at 2,228.85 points from 2,212.67 points.Commercial services index remained flat at 2,141.86 points.ompanies whose share price decreased are as follows; EABL share price decreased by 3.49 per cent to 3,320/- from 3,440/-, KCB share price decreased by 1.28 per cent to 770/- from 780/-, and NICOL share price decreased by 2.94 per cent to 165/- from 170/-.On the other hand, CRDB share price increased by 3.13 per cent to 165/- from 160/-, NMG share price increased by 3.03 per cent to 340/- from 330/- […]
