Kenya Power & Lighting Company closed the Tuesday, 7 April 2026 session down 1.8% at 16.7 KES, making it one of the more visible laggards on the Nairobi board. Yet that pullback came after a 6.0% five-session rise from 15.75 KES to 16.7 KES, which matters because it points more to a pause after a sharp move than to a clean reversal.
Key figures
- KPLC: 16.7 KES, down 1.8% on the day
- Five-day move: +6.0% from 15.75 KES to 16.7 KES
- P/E ratio: 1.3
- Dividend yield: 6.59%
- Traded value: 8,042,669.9 KES
Market context: flat indices, active stock rotation on NSE Kenya today
The broader market was directionless on the surface. The NASI closed at 706.42, the NSE 20 at 3,448.73, and the NSE 25 at 5,189.97, with all three benchmarks unchanged at 0.00% on the day. But the internals were more active than the index prints suggest, with 26 gainers, 25 losers and counters across listed names.