Heavies weigh the market in the last session of October …
Heavies weighed down the market in the last session of the month as the All-Share Index declined 1.09% to 289.12pts. The Blue-Chip was 2.94% weaker at 302.87pts while, the Mid Cap Index was 4.73% firmer at 267.81pts. The Agriculture Index was 4.68% to end higher at 232.42pts. Beverages producer Delta led the laggards of the day as it parred off 7.05% to $20.0363 as 641,800 shares exchanged hands in the name. Trailing was sugar refiner Star Africa that dropped 4.30% to $0.0216 while, retailer OK Zimbabwe eased 3.49% to $0.9458. Seed company SeedCo Limited trimmed 0.54% to close at a VWAP of $5.2495 while, telecommunication company Econet slipped 0.19% to settle at $4.8110.