Revenue resilience, not headline excitement, defined trading on the Nairobi Securities Exchange on Thursday, June 11, 2026. Car & General Kenya released its audited FY2025 results showing sales growth despite margin pressure, yet the stock fell 1.3% to 91.75 KES. At the same time, the NSE 25 surged 12.92% to 5,749.28, underlining how sharply index performance can diverge from the reaction to a single earnings release.
That split matters for anyone tracking NSE Kenya today. Investors rewarded parts of the market for resilience and liquidity, but they did not automatically chase every company that reported. In Car & General’s case, stronger revenue was not enough to offset concerns around profitability in a year when imported input costs, financing conditions and currency sensitivity remained central to the investment case.
Key figures
- NSE 25: +12.92% to 5,749.28
- NSE 20: +2.97% to 1,037.6
- Car & General Kenya: -1.3% to 91.75 KES after FY2025 results
- Safaricom turnover: 649.3 million KES
- USD/KES: 129.35, up 0.77%
Market context: strong indices, weaker breadth underneath
The headline move in the Kenya stock market was powerful. The NSE 20 rose to , while the jumped to . But market breadth told a more nuanced story, with , and counters out of tracked names. In other words, the rally was real, but it was not broad-based.