Marginal gains on the ZSE…
The ZSE market ended the day in marginal gains as the
mainstream All Share Index rose 0.03% to 386.06pts. The Blue
Chip Index improved 0.27% to end the day at 380.60pts. The
ZSE Agriculture Index declined 1.22% to 321.64pts while, the
Mid Cap Index slid 0.87% to 436.67pts. Leading the gainers’
pack was First Mutual Holdings that surged 15.00% to $1.9040.
Trailing was ZSE Holdings that jumped 8.72% to $1.1980 as
Star Africa improved 5.28% to settle at $0.0371. Beverages
concern Delta gained 0.19% to end at a VWAP of $29.2376
while, SeedCo Limited added 0.05% to $4.0200. Trading in the
negative territory was agriculture concern Ariston which
tumbled 12.38% to $0.0600 while, tea company Tanganda
plummeted 4.94% to $5.6647. General Beltings shed 4.55% to
$0.1050 as Proplastics trimmed 2.58% to $1.2007.
Mashonaland Holdings retreated 2.26% to land at $1.2709.
Activity aggregates were mixed in the session as volumes
ballooned 406.93% to 3.42m shares while, turnover went
down 2.66% to $7.64m. Volume leaders of the day were
Willdale (29.29%), TNCI (24.83%) and ART (23.97%). Delta
claimed the lion’s share of the total value traded contributing
79.21%. The Tigere REIT edged up 1.64% to $1.0454 on 58,000
units. The Datvest MCS ticked up 0.50% to $0.0600 on 1,000
units while, the Morgan and Co MCS was stable at $1.5500 on
100 units.