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Market Commentary

MARKET COMMENT-27.01.2026

Losses persist on the ZSE… 
Losses persisted on the ZSE to see the All-Share Index losing  a further 0.76% to 359.51pts while, the Blue-Chip Index shed 0.90% to 369.79pts. The agriculture Index slipped 4.19% to 187.33pts while, on the contrary the Mid Cap went up 0.06% to 331.32pts. Cigarette producer BAT led the fallers of the day on a 14.33% decline to settle at $96.8191 as NMB Holding followed on a 2.91% loss to end pegged at $5.0000. Beverages producer Delta parred off 1.16% to $29.3410 while, TN Cybertech Bank fell by 0.51% to $0.1400. Turnall Holdings capped the top five losers list of the day on a 0.50% loss to settle at $0.0995. Trading in the negative was ZSE Holdings that edged up 4.87% to close at $0.7500, followed by Zimre Holdings that added 0.61% to end pegged at $1.1470. Banking group CBZ Holdings ticked up 0.20% to $13.5000 while, the duo of Afdis and SeedCo gained an identical 0.01% to end pegged at $9.3010 and $4.6010 respectively.  
 
Activity aggregates faltered in the session as turnover dropped 14.17% to $9.12m while, volumes traded plunged 33.48% to 3.94m shares. Ariston was the top volume driver that claimed 82.20% of the total traded. Delta, Econet and BAT drove the value traded contributing a combined 95.54%.  Cass Saddle ETF notched up 8.60% to $0.1200 on 500 units while, the Tigere Reit rebounded 1.03% to $1.8000 as 1,000 units exchanged hands.