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The Nairobi Securities Exchange closed higher on Friday, July 3, 2026, with the NASI rising 1.19 points (0.53%) to 227.17. The NSE 20-Share Index gained 0.45%. Turnover reached KES 855.8 million across 17.19 million shares traded in 11,005 deals, up from the previous session. Market capitalization stood at KES 3.85 trillion.
The NSE 20-Share Index rose 0.67% to close at 3,780.42 points on Wednesday, July 1. The NSE All-Share Index (NASI) gained 0.25% to 224.70. Turnover reached KES 730 million across 20.3 million shares traded in 11,770 deals, down sharply from the previous session.
The Nairobi Securities Exchange closed higher on Thursday, July 2, 2026. The benchmark NASI rose 1.28 points (0.57%) to 225.98. The NSE 20-Share Index gained 0.78%, while the NSE 25-Share Index advanced 0.89%. Market turnover reached KES 800.28 million across 10,834 deals and 16.99 million shares traded, down 16% in volume from the prior session.
Nairobi Securities Exchange indices closed higher on Wednesday, with the NASI posting a strong gain. The NASI rose 8.34 points or 3.94% to close at 219.91. The NSE 20 Share Index advanced to 3,568.33 points.
Nairobi Securities Exchange ended Tuesday on a subdued note, with the NASI posting a modest gain of 0.46 points to close at 211.57, representing a 0.22% increase. The session lacked broad market conviction, as reflected in the narrow breadth where only 20 counters advanced against 23 decliners out of 57 active stocks.
NSE wrap Tuesday, 26 May 2026 Kenyan equities edged higher on Tuesday as the NSE 20-Share Index added 17.72 points to close at 3,485.51, a 0.51% gain that extended its year-to-date advance to 11.03%. The broader NASI rose 0.29% to 205.87, while the NSE 25 added 6.19 points to 5,638.81 and the Banking Index ticked up 0.28 to 231.97. Market capitalisation closed at roughly KES 3.44 trillion, up KES 9.70 billion on the session.
The NSE 20-Share Index closed at 3,467.79 on Monday, down 20.66 points or 0.59%, as a sharp pullback in banking names dragged the benchmark off its recent highs. The broader NASI eased 0.45% to 205.28, while the Banking Sector Index shed 3.36 points to settle at 231.69 — the day's clearest weak link.
The Nairobi bourse closed Friday's session marginally higher, with the NSE 20 Share Index inching up 3.22 points (+0.09%) to settle at 3,488.45. The broader NASI added 0.45 points to finish at 206.21, a 0.22% gain. Despite Friday's modest advance, the benchmark NSE 20 ended the week 1.03% lower, though it remains up 11.13% year-to-date.
The NSE 20-Share Index closed at 3,485.23, down 5.51 points (-0.16%), as the benchmark eased into another soft session without breaking trend. The broader NASI slipped just 0.06 to 205.76 (-0.03%), while the NSE 25 lost 6.30 to settle at 5,667.82. Despite the red close, the 20-share remains 11.02% higher year-to-date, with the day's move looking more like consolidation than rotation out of the market.
The NSE 20-Share Index closed firmer at 3,499.80, advancing 11.53 points (+0.33%) on the day, while the broader NASI was flat at 205.76 (-0.01). The NSE 25 added 3.05 points to 5,662.72 and the NSE 10 climbed 9.56 to 2,155.85. Beneath the headline gains, breadth was actually negative: 23 counters rose, 28 fell, and 6 closed unchanged out of 57 equities traded — a clear sign that index-heavy large caps did the lifting while the mid- and small-cap end of the tape leaked.
MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026 the NSE 20-Share Index slipped 1.03% on Monday while the broader market eked out a slim gain, leaving the session split between heavy-cap banking weakness and resilience further down the board.
The Nairobi bourse closed marginally lower on Friday as a quiet session ended a soft week, with the benchmark NSE 20-Share Index slipping 7.38 points to 3,524.70, a 0.21% retreat from Thursday's 3,532.08 close. The broader NSE All-Share Index (NASI) eased 1.04 points to 205.60, a 0.5% decline that signalled wider weakness beneath the blue-chip surface.