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Market Commentary

MARKET COMMENT -2025-08-14

ZSE falters in the penultimate session of the week.... 
The ZSE market faltered in Thursday’s session to see primary the All-Share Index falling 0.77% to 201.89pts while, the BlueChip Index retreated 0.98% to 197.41pts. On the contrary, the Agriculture Index added 0.16% to 173.70pts while, the Mid Cap grew a negligible 0.01% to 238.94pts. Banking group FBC Holdings headlined the fallers of the day on a 9.09% decline to end pegged at $7.0000 while, retailer OKZIM lost 8.01% to $0.1932. Meikles Limited parred off 1.41% to close at $3.5000 while, telecoms giant Econet completed the worst performers list of the day on a 0.06% loss to land at $4.5969. Partially mitigating today’s losses was Ariston Holdings that jumped 21.15% to finish at $0.0389, on paltry 100 shares. Brick manufacturer Willdale climbed 3.45% to settle at $0.0350 as Nampak followed on a 3.09% uplift to settle at $1.0000. RTG Limited rose 0.07% to $0.8125 while, SeedCo Limited concluded the top risers list on a 0.06% gain to close at $3.6920.  
  
Activity aggregates stumbled in the session as turnover plunged 83.01% to $4,623,678.79 while, volumes traded plummeted 90.39% to 594,100 shares. The duo of Delta and 
Econet were top aggregate drivers of the day after claiming a combined  97.27% of the volume and 99.37% of the value total. In the ETF category, Datvest MCS inched up 2.93% to $0.0309 as 11,280 units were traded in the session. The Tigere REIT fell 0.04% to $1.2943 as 1,974 units exchanged hands. There was no foreign participation registered in today’s session.