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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.
The nationwide matatu and transport strike that brought parts of Kenya to a near standstill has been called off. After intense negotiations, operators agreed to a one-week suspension starting May 19, 2026, giving the government and stakeholders until around May 26 to find lasting solutions on fuel prices.
Profit up 24% to KES 19.1 billion, and the strategy is now visible in the numbers For the better part of a decade, Equity Group has told investors a particular story about itself. The company would not be a Kenyan bank with a few branches across the border.
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.
Weekly market wrap — 11 to 15 May 2026 It's not often you read a market report where the All-Share Index rose more than 2% in a week and the NSE 20 fell. This was one of those weeks. The reason it happened — and what it tells you about how to read Kenyan equities — is worth a few minutes of your time, whether you own a single share or run a CDS account that pays your school fees.
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.
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