ZSE record modest gains in the penultimate session of the month…
The market recorded modest gains in the penultimate session of the month as the All-Share Index rose by 0.04% to 196.61pts while, the Agriculture Index advanced 1.67% to 188.87pts. The Mid Cap Index edged up 0.56% to 247.17pts while, on the contrary the Blue-Chip Index fell 0.14% to 189.23pts. TSL Limited led the gainers of the day on 11.54% jump to settle at $2.9000 with Proplastics trailing behind on a 6.17% gain to
$1.2000. First Mutual Holdings ticked up 5.99% to $4.1321 while, dairy producer Dairibord added 3.09% to end pegged at $1.6500. Telecommunications company Econet capped the top five performers of the day on a 2.60% increase to end at a VWAP of $2.9446. Partially weighing the market was ART Holding that tumbled 14.93% to $0.1701 while, banking giant CBZ slipped 8.61% to end pegged at $7.1282. Sugar possessor Star Africa retreated 5.25% to $0.0578 while, Ecocash dropped 2.43% to $0.1405. RTG capped the top five laggards of the day on a 0.47% decrease to settle at $0.6370.
Activity aggregates enhanced in the session as volume traded soared 212.91% to 7.03m shares while, turnover heightened by 37.56% to $14.40m. OK Zimbabwe, ART Holdings and Delta drove the volume aggregates after contributing a combined 88.45%. Delta Corporation dominated the turnover aggregate after accounting for 76.63% of the value traded. The Datvest MCS fund was the only ETF to record trades in the sessions as 7,200 units worth $216.0000 exchanged hands. Tigere REIT dipped 2.26% to $1.2004 as 2.48m units traded in the name.