In the final week of January and First week of February 2022 trading on the Lusaka Stock exchange, yet another week of no trades. The equities market recorded a score of 100% to 0% on the bond market, which was the complete opposite in the first week of February 2021 as it was the bond market that dominated the equities market. Hoping for more trading activity on the bond market in the month of February.
Equity Market
In the week ended 04th February 2022, a total of 14,301,180 shares were transacted in 544 trades, yielding a market turnover of K28,570,354. Trading activity was recorded in AFRICA EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION LIMITED, AIRTEL, BATA, BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ZAMBIA, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, CHILANGA CEMENT, FIRST QUANTUM MINING, INVESTRUST, MADISON FINANCIAL SERVICES, PAMDOZI, PUMA, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBIAN BREWERIES, ZAMBIA FORESTRY CORPORATION, ZAMBEEF, ZAMBIA METAL FABRICATORS, ZANACO, ZAMBIA SUGAR and CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 6,361.91 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K68,501,645,410 including Shoprite Holdings and K33,718,959,970 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Bond Market
There were no bonds traded this week.