In the third week of August 2021 trading on the Lusaka Stock Exchange, thirteen companies’ securities recorded trades. Wednesdays’ equities trading was the best performance of the week, in comparison to week three of August 2020 which recorded six companies securities with ZCCM as the highest priced security. Trading activity was recorded in AFRICA EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION LIMITED, AIRTEL, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, LAFARGE, PAMDOZI, PUMA, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBEEF, ZAMBIAN BREWERIES, ZANACO, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES, ZAMBIA SUGAR and FIRST QUANTUM MININIG ZAMBIA.
Copperbelt Energy Corporation recorded the highest Turnover throughout the week.
Monday 16th
In 53 trades recorded today, 3,830,864 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K5,101,245. Trading activity was recorded in COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, LAFARGE, PUMA, ZAMBIAN BREWERIES, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES and ZANACO. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) maintained its close of 4,662.80 points, as there were no share price movements. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,090,615,597 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,307,930,157 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Tuesday 17th
In 135 trades recorded today, 3,237,544 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K4,846,921. A share price gain of K0.30 was recorded in ZAMBEEF. A share price loss of K0.01 was recorded in STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA. Trading activity was also recorded in AFRICA EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION LIMITED, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, LAFARGE, PAMDOZI, ZAMBIAN BREWERIES and ZANACO. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,679.64 points, 0.36% up from its previous close of 4,662.80 points The market closed on a capitalization of K61,164,119,680 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,381,434,240 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Wednesday 18th
In 60 trades recorded today, 3,651,228 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K6,224,764. Share price losses were recorded in AFRICA EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION LIMITED of K0.60, in LAFARGE of K0.59, and in ZAMBIAN BREWERIES of K0.23. Trading activity was also recorded in AIRTEL, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES, ZANACO and ZAMBIA SUGAR. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,621.01 points, 1.27% down from its previous close of 4,679.64 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K60,908,272,177 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,125,586,737 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Thursday 19th
In 53 trades recorded today, 1,098,414 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K1,456,351. Share price gains were recorded in LAFARGE of K0.58 and in FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS ZAMBIA of K0.20. Trading activity was also recorded in COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, PAMDOZI, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA and ZANACO. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,649.43 points, 0.61% up from its previous close of 4,621.01 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,032,295,321 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,249,609,881 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Friday 20th
In 15 trades recorded today, 47,410 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K67,962. A share price loss was recorded in STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA of K0.01. Trading activity was also recorded in AIRTEL, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, LAFARGE and PAMDOZI. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,645.61 points, 0.08% down from its previous close of 4,649.43 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,015,625,521 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,232,940,081 excluding Shoprite Holdings.