ZSE closes Friday’s session in the black…
The ZSE market ended the week in the black as the All-Share
Index put on 1.14% to 404.30pts while, the Blue-Chip Index
added 1.66% to 402.83pts. The Agriculture Index went up
4.81% to 338.94pts while, the Mid Cap lost 0.95% to
438.13pts. Cigarette processor BAT headlined the top
performers of the day on a 15.00% jump to $218.1300,
followed by CBZ Holdings that surged 6.46% to $19.3535.
Sugar processor Hippo charged 4.26% to close at $8.6000
while, NMB edged up 2.52% to $5.4847. Star Africa completed
the top performers of the day on a 0.83% uplift to end at
$0.0403. Trading in the negative territory was Meikles that
dropped 6.72% to $2.7000 while, AFDIS fell 5.00% to $15.0100.
Zimre Holdings slipped 2.93% to settle at $0.6600 while,
Ariston trimmed 1.46% to $0.0640. FBC completed the
laggards of the day on a 0.38% retreat to $10.9569.
Activity aggregates were mixed in the session as volume
traded declined 96.09% to 596,000 shares while, turnover
grew by 11.97% to $14.38m. Delta and Turnall were the most
traded stocks in terms of volume after contributing 33.57%
and 32.05% respectively. Top value drivers of the day were
BAT (52.95%) and Delta (41.75%). Cass Saddle ETF inched up
0.17% to settle at $0.0700. The Tigere REIT declined 2.04% to
end the day pegged at $1.1413.