ZSE maintains a positive momentum…
The ZSE maintained a positive momentum in Thursday’s session as the primary All Share Index put on 0.68% to 497.51pts while, the Blue-Chip Index added 0.62% to 491.54pts. The Agriculture Index firmed up 2.00% to 357.83pts while, the Mid Cap Index advanced 0.88% to 555.85pts. Sugar processor Hippo headlined the top performers of the day on a 14.95% jump to $10.4600, followed by FBC that surged 5.52% to $13.4000. ZB Financial Holdings charged 5.26% to close at $8.0000 while, Turnall firmed up 3.72% to $0.1067. AFDIS capped the best performers of the day on a 1.49% uplift to end the day pegged at $19.2826. Trading in the negative territory was Ariston that fell 3.31% to $0.1200 while, First Mutual Holdings dropped 1.34% to settle at $3.5980.
Activity aggregates were depressed in the session as volumes traded declined 32.78% to $1.68m shares while, turnover shed 85.57% to $11.08m. Top volume drivers of the day were SeedCo (41.86%), TN Cybertech (18.80%) and FBC (10.10%). Delta, SeedCo and FBC were the most traded counters in terms of value after contributing a combined 78.13% to the total. Cass Saddle ETF went up 1.00% to $0.1000 while, MIZ ETF eased 1.50% to settle at $0.1050. Tigere REIT dipped 5.61% to end the day pegged at $1.1176 after 5.58m units exchanged hands in the name.