Standard Group share leads NSE performers with 82per cent price jump

Standard Group Commercial Department staff sell the paper along Haile Selassie Fred Kirui (Business Manager, Digital) Irene Kimani (Commercial Director), Tim Riungu (Business Manager, KTN NEWS) Keegan Alusa (Business Manager, Radio PHOTO:STANDARD

Standard Group’s increased returns in 2016 and relaunch of the newspaper in March this year have pushed its share to Sh30, making it the best stock on the Nairobi bourse year to date.

Having closed last year with the share valued at Sh16.50, the stock of the country’s second-largest media house climbed to a 19-month high, offering investors positive returns.