ZSE extend gains…
The market extended gains in Tuesday’s session as the primary All Share Index put on 0.43% to 479.72pts while, the Blue Chip Index added 0.62% to 470.68pts. The Agriculture Index advanced 0.30% to 349.16pts while, on the contrary the Mid Cap Index lost 0.31% to 550.79pts. Brick maker Willdale headlined the top performers of the day on a 3.17% rise to $0.0550, followed by SeedCo Limited that grew 2.70% to $3.8000. VFEX bound logistics group Unifreight that went up 2.11% to close at $2.4200 while, beverage concern Delta ticked up 1.20% to $35.0002. Tea producer Tanganda capped the top five winners of the day on a 1.04% lift to $3.6425. Trading in the negative territory was Nampak that dropped 14.29% to $0.9600 while, General Beltings came off 4.12% to $0.0909. Ariston tumbled 0.63% to settle at $0.1292 while, FML slipped 0.58% to $3.4299. TN Cybertech completed the worst performers of the day on a 0.13% retreat to $0.8317.
Activity aggregates enhanced in the session as volume traded ballooned 263.41% to 975,400 shares while, turnover grew by 211.78% to $5.04m. Top volume drivers of the day were Nampak (52.49%), Unifreight (19.29%) and FBC (12.62%). Delta and FBC were the most active counters in terms of value after contributing 45.26% and 28.12% respectively. The Datvest ETF exchanged 172,500 units at a stable price of $0.0800. The Tigere REIT eased 0.03% to end the day pegged at $1.1850 after a total of 363,011 units exchanged hands in the session.