In the third week of September 2021 trading on the Lusaka Stock Exchange, fourteen companies’ securities recorded trades in comparison to week three of September 2020 with eight companies recording trades. Thursday’s equities trading was the best performance of the week. Trading activity was recorded in AFRICA EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION LIMITED, AIRTEL, BATA, BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ZAMBIA, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, LAFARGE, NATIONAL BREWERIES, PUMA, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBEEF, ZANACO, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES, ZAMBIA SUGAR and CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,746.58 points.
Monday 13th
In 10 trades recorded today, 9,726 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K66,528. A share price loss was recorded in AIRTEL of K2.48. Trading was also recorded in COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION , LAFARGE, PUMA, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,704.41 points, 1.26% down from its previous close of 4,763.52 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,268,958,777 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,486,273,337 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Tuesday 14th
In 69 trades recorded today, 1,827,377 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K3,325,196. Share price gains were recorded in LAFARGE of K0.04, in ZANACO of K0.10 and in ZAMBIA SUGAR of K0.10. Trading was also recorded in AFRICA EXPLOSIVES CORPRATION LIMITED, BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ZAMBIA, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, PUMA, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES and ZAMBEEF. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,746.58 points, 0.89% up from its previous close of 4,704.41 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,452,992,516 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,670,307,076 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Wednesday 15th
In 24 trades recorded today, 2,004,109 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K2,805,719. Trading was recorded in COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA and in COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) maintained its close at 4,746.58 points, as there were no share price movements. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,452,992,516 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,670,307,076 excluding Shoprite Holdings
Thursday 16th
In 79 trades recorded today, 3,739,776 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K7,802,778. A share price loss of K0.10 was recorded in ZAMBIA SUGAR. Trading activity was also recorded in AIRTEL, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA and ZAMBEEF. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,739.33 points, 0.15% down from its previous close of 4,746.58 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,421,335,377 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,638,649,937 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Friday 17th
In 11 trades recorded today, 246,939 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K374,941 A share price gain of K0.10 was recorded in ZAMBIA SUGAR. Trading activity was also recorded in BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBEEF and CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,746.58 points, 0.15% up from the previous close of 4,739.33 points.
Week two of September remains the best performing week of the month thus far.