ZSE ends the week in black…
The ZSE market ended the week in black as the primary All Share Index put on 0.38% to 499.40pts while, the Blue Chip Index rose 0.31% to 493.04pts. The Agriculture Index added 0.75% to 360.50pts while, the Mid Cap Index firmed up 0.67% to 559.56pts. Brick maker Willdale headlined the best performers of the day on a 8.33% jump to $0.0650, followed by Tanganda that went up 7.85% to $4.0444. Sugar processor Hippo edged up 6.35% to close at $11.1241 while, TN Cybertech inched up 0.84% to $0.8500. FBC Holdings capped the gainers of the day on a 0.72% uplift to $13.4961. Trading in the negative territory was Star Africa that plunged 11.03% to $0.0562. BAT dropped 3.61% to end the day pegged at $220.0000.
Activity aggregates were mixed in the session as volumes traded declined 3.36% to 1.62m shares while, turnover grew by 77.00% to $19.60m. Top volume drivers of the day were FBC (31.61%), Star Africa (27.59%), Delta (18.35%) and FML (16.49%). Delta and FBC were the top traded counters in terms of value after contributing 56.24% and 35.38% respectively. The Tigere REIT closed 5.35% firmer at $1.1774 after a total of 1,994 units exchanged hands in the session. No trades were recorded in the ETF category.