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Market Commentary

MARKET COMMENT 13.08.2026

Heavies weigh the ZSE in Thursday’s trades…
Heavy cap counters weighed the ZSE in the penultimate session of the week, as the All Share Index fell by 1.45% to 469.38pts. The Blue Chip Index was 2.20% weaker at 471.90pts mainly weighed down by CBZ and Masimba. On the contrary the Agriculture Index advanced 1.36% to 348.22pts while, the Mid Cap Index was 1.89% higher at 488.64pts. Leading the laggards of the day was banking group CBZ that succumbed 15.00% to end trading at lower circuit breaker level of $34.0000. Packaging company Proplastics was 3.20% weaker ay $1.3400 while, tea producer Tanganda was 0.87% down at $4.5995. Construction group Masimba parred off 0.15% to $2.5000. Partially offsetting the losses was dairy producer Dairibord that is trading under a cautionary as it edged up 14.16% to $4.9000 while, brick producer Willdale advanced 13.77% to $0.0580. ZSE holdings garnered 12.12% to $1.8500 while, banking group TNCI was 12.07% firmer at $0.2803. Hotelier Rainbow Tourism Group rose by 6.42% to $1.6495.