In the fifth week of March 2020 trading on the LuSE and in the first week of April 2020 trading only four days recorded trades of which Thursday was the best performing for the week.
Eight companies securities recorded trades during the week. Trading activity was recorded in AEL ZAMBIA, AIRTEL, CEC ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK LIMITED, ZAMBEEF, ZANACO and ZAMBIA SUGAR.
Monday 30th
There were no trades recorded today. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) maintained its close at 4,233.35 points, as there were no share price movements. The market closed on a capitalization of K57,245,169,522 including Shoprite Holdings and K23,005,963,542 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Tuesday 31st
In 24 trades recorded today, 579 shares were transacted yielding a market turnover of K2,443. A share price loss of K0.04 was recorded in REIZ. Trading activity was also recorded in AEL ZAMBIA, CEC ZAMBIA and ZANACO. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,232.83 points, 0.01% down from its previous close of 4,233.35 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K57,242,911,114 including Shoprite Holdings and K23,003,705,134 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Wednesday 1st
In 11 trades recorded today, 21,729 shares were transacted yielding a market turnover of K13,828. A share price loss of K0.01 was recorded in STANDARD CHARTERED BANK LIMITED. Trading activity was also recorded in CEC ZAMBIA, ZAMBEEF, ZANACO and CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,229.00 points, 0.09% down from its previous close of 4,232.83 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K57,226,241,314 including Shoprite Holdings and K22,987,035,334 excluding Shoprite Holdings
Thursday 2nd
In 18 trades recorded today, 427,880 shares were transacted yielding a market turnover of K231,660. A share price gain of K1.00 was recorded in AEL ZAMBIA. Trading activity was also recorded in AIRTEL, CEC ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK LIMITED and ZAMBIA SUGAR. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,233.69 points, 0.11% up from its previous close of 4,229.00 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K57,246,647,914 including Shoprite Holdings and K23,007,441,934 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Friday 3rd
In 2 trades recorded today, 33 shares were transacted yielding a market turnover of K40. Trading activity was recorded in CEC ZAMBIA. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) maintained its close of 4,233.69 points, as there were no share price movements. The market closed on a capitalization of K57,246,647,914 including Shoprite Holdings and K23,007,441,934 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
As we come to the end of March 2020 trading on the LuSE, we see that week one by far outperformed all the other weeks in the month in terms of Turnover, Trades and shares as it recorded a staggering 67 trades, 5,087,040 shares which resulted in a market Turnover of K4,360,121. The second-best performing week was week three. Week two and four fell short as they were the least performing weeks of the month of March.
The first week of April 2020 trading on the LuSE, recorded 31 trades, 449,642 shares which resulted in a market Turnover of K245,528.