The ZSE ended the first quarter of the year in gains as all the four indices that we review closed in the black. The ZSE All Share Index advanced 3.43% to 873,263.38pts while, the ZSE Top Ten Index charged 3.69% to 398,030.12pts. The Agriculture Index rose 8.45% to 2183.25pts while, the Mid Cap Index added 2.20% to end at 3,176,588.02pts. Hippo Valley headlined the gainers of the day on a 15.00% uplift to $7,590.0000 as TSL surged a similar 15.00% to settle at $2,645.0000. NMB jumped 15.00% to $3,427.0500 as SeedCo Limited was 14.89% firmer at $3,439.0496. Life assurer Fidelity improved 14.89% to $945.0000. Financial services group ZB dipped 15.00% to close at $5,525.0000 as Star Africa let go 11.78% to $14.9029. Telecoms giant Econet trimmed 0.42% to $4,670.1901 while, Proplastics shed 0.02% to set at $1,293.7530. The market closed with a positive breadth of sixteen after twenty-one counters registered gains against five that faltered.
Activity aggregates enhanced in the month-ending session as volumes grew 16.98% to 2.21m shares while, turnover ballooned 68.23% to $5.96bn. Volume drivers of the day were Mashonaland, Star Africa, Econet and Ecocash with a combined contribution of 73.30% to the aggregate. Delta, Econet and Cafca accounted for 35.39%, 26.46% and 20.96% of the value aggregate respectively. The Datvest asset jumped 14.99% to $33.5400 while, the Morgan and Co MIZ advanced 14.78% to $20.0000. The Morgan and Co MCS put on 14.71% to ended at $165.0024. The Tigere REIT inched up 5.70% to end pegged at $969.2399 while, the Revitus Property fund declined 0.17% to $559.0000.