Nairobi Stock Exchange

The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) is the stock exchange of Kenya. It began in 1954 as an overseas stock exchange while Kenya was still a British colony with permission of the London Stock Exchange. The NSE is a member of the African Stock Exchanges Association.

Nairobi Stock Exchange is Africa's fourth largest stock exchange in terms of trading volumes, and fifth in terms of market capitalization as a percentage of GDP. The Exchange works in cooperation with the Uganda Securities Exchange and the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange, including the crosslisting of various equities.

The exchange has pre-market sessions from 09:00am to 09:30am and normal trading sessions from 09:30am to 03:00pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.

Market listings

Stock listings as of April 2008:

Main investments market listings

(MIMS)

Agricultural sector

Symbol	Listing	Notes
--	Kakuzi Limited	Coffee, tea, passionfruit, avocados, citrus, pineapple, others
RVP	Rea Vipingo Sisal Estate	Sisal
STC	Sasini Tea and Coffee	tea, coffee
--	Unilever Tea	--

Commercial and Services

Symbol	Listing	Notes
--	Access Kenya Group	internet service provider
--	Car & General Kenya	--
CMC	CMC Holdings	Cooper Motor Corporation; automobile distribution
HBL	Hutchings Biemer Limited	furniture
KAL	Kenya Airways	Kenya's flagship carrier; crosslisted at Uganda Securities Exchange and Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange
--	Marshalls EA	vehicles
--	Nation Media Group	news, politics, regional business news, magazines and sports
--	Safaricom Ltd	Mobile Telephony
--	Scangroup Kenya	advertising and marketing
--	Standard Group Ltd.	newspaper publisher
--	TPS Serena	Tours Promotion Services; hotels
USL	Uchumi Supermarkets	--

Industrial and allied

Symbol	Listing	Notes
ARM	Athi River Mining	cement, fertilizers, minerals; mining and manufacturing
BCC	Bamburi Cement	cement
BOC	BOC Kenya	East African Oxygen
BAT	British American Tobacco Limited	--
--	British Oxygen Kenya	oxygen
CIL	Carbacid Investments	carbon dioxide
CBL	Crown-Berger (Kenya)	paints
ECL	EA Cables	cable manufacture
EPC	EA Portland Cement	portland cement
--	East African Breweries	beer; crosslisted at Uganda Securities Exchange and Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange
--	Eveready East Africa	batteries, disposable shavers
--	Kengen	electricity generation
KOC	Kenya Oil	petroleum
MSC	Mumias Sugar	sugar estates and manufacture
--	Olympia Capital Holdings	vinyl floor tiles; vinyl sheeting; rubber tiles; building materials
--	Sameer Group	High tech, agribusiness, manufacturing, transport
TKL	Total Kenya	petroleum
UGL	Unga Group	flour milling

Finance and investment

Symbol	Listing	Notes
BAR	Barclays Bank of Kenya	--
--	Centum Investment Company	--
CFC	CFC Bank	--
DTB	Diamond Trust Bank of Kenya	--
--	Equity Bank	--
HFC	Housing Finance Company	--
JIC	Jubilee Insurance	crosslisted at the Uganda Securities Exchange
KCB	Kenya Commercial Bank	--
--	Kenya Re-Insurance Corporation	reinsurance
NBK	National Bank of Kenya	--
NIC	National Industrial Credit Bank	--
PAI	Pan Africa Insurance	--
SCB	Standard Chartered Bank	--

Alternative investment markets segment

(AIMS)

Symbol	Listing	Notes
ABC	A Baumann	machinery
CTL	Citytrust Ltd	financial services
EAL	Eaagads	Coffee
EXP	Express Kenya	logistics
KTC	Kapchorua Tea	--
--	Kenya Orchards	fruit, preserves, juice
LTC	Limuru Tea	--
GWK	Williamson Tea Kenya	--