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EFE Securities

11 months ago

Market Commentary

MARKET COMMENT 11.03.2025

ZSE extends losses in Tuesday’s session… 
The ZSE market extended losses in Tuesday’s session as the All Share Index was 1.28% weaker at 206.65pts. The Mid Cap Index was 0.37% lower at 227.22pts as its constituents clinched the top five spots in the losers’ list. On the contrary, Blue Chip Index was 0.10% up at 207.51pts while, the Agriculture Index was 0.07% up at 181.73pts. Leading the 
worst performers of the day was Turnall that plunged 16.39% to $0.0500 while, property concern Mashonaland retreated 14.29% to $1.1400. First Mutual Holdings eased 10.00% to $3.6000 while, TSL was 1.97% lower at $1.6000 as 399,900 shares exchanged hands in the session. Banking group NMB capped the top five worst performers list of the day as it slipped 0.45% to $3.7025. Telecommunications giant Econet led the risers of the day as it inched up 3.11% to $3.7778 having traded an intraday high of $4.2125 while, beverages producer Delta put on 1.63% to end pegged at a VWAP of $15.3519. Seed technology group SeedCo Limited was up 1.44% to close at $3.8143 having touched a high of $3.8500 in the session. Dairy processor Dairibord added 0.42% to settle at $1.4686 while, Hippo inched up 0.14% to $6.1187.

Activity aggregates improved in the session as volumes traded ballooned 2,456.98% to 16.30m shares while, turnover increased by 631.28% to $15.16m. Top volume driver of the day was Star Africa that claimed 78.74% of the volume traded while, Econet trailed behind with a 16.22% contribution. The duo of Econet and Delta drove the turnover aggregate of the day as they claimed a combined 88.63% of the total traded. In the ETF category, the Morgan & Co MCS trimmed 4.98% to close at $1.9000 while, the Datvest MCS was stable at $0.0300 as 27,382 units traded. The Tigere REIT was 1.20% higher at $1.1349 as 39,385 shares exchanged hands.