By ETimes
It was another positive day for the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange on Tuesday as it closed higher by 1.48% lifted mostly by CBZ and select medium-cap stocks.
This comes as the Zimbabwean dollar lost ground again against the greenback at Tuesday’s auction. It depreciated 0.35% to $5,738.72 to the US dollar in Tuesday’s trade.
At the close of business, the ZSE All-Share Index (ASI) appreciated by 2,490.23 points to 170,207.41, and the market capitalisation increased by $196.93 billion to $13.59 trillion.
Foreigners mostly sold at $176.44 million against buys of $38.30 million.
During the session, investors transacted 4.44 million shares worth $2.23 billion in 193 deals.
Investor sentiment remained at the stock exchange as there were 15 price gainers and 4 price losers, indicating a positive market breadth.
CBZ was the top blue-chip performer, gaining 6.29% to $2,072.72. The Top 10 jumped 1.63% to close at 76,166.64 points.
Conversely, SeedCo Limited topped the losers set, plunging 14.83% to close at $860.18.
The Medium Cap Index went up 1.18% to end at 674,602.15 points on TSL, which was 15% higher at $787.55.
The Small Cap Index was flat at 5,336,399.65 points.
Morgan & Co Multisector ETF was $16.3162 up at $286.0000.
Cass saddle Agriculture ETF, Datvest Modified Consumer Staples ETF and Morgan & Co Made In Zimbabwe remained unchanged at $7.2507, $7.3000 and $6.7900 respectively.
OLd Mutual Top 10 ETF shed $0.3269 to $34.6731-HARARE