Speculation on the Mumias Sugar Company counter by local investors incentivised by its low nominal price has pushed the stock to a six-week high price of Sh2.
Mumias gained 30 per cent over the past week, during which the counter saw heavy trading as bargain hunters and speculators bet on the counter that opened the week at Sh1.55, meaning an investor would only need about Sh1,600 to buy into the stock.
“Mumias Sugar edged up on the back of speculative local investor interest,” said Standard Investment Bank in a market report last week.