In the Final week of August 2021and beginning of September trading on the Lusaka Stock Exchange, fourteen companies’ securities recorded trades. Wednesdays’ equities trading was the best performance of the week with Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines as the highest priced security in comparison to the final week of August which recorded nine companies’ securities with Zambian Breweries as the highest priced security. Trading activity was recorded in AFRICA EXPLOSIVES CORPORATION LIMITED, AIRTEL, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, INVESTRUST, LAFARGE, PAMDOZI, PUMA, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBEEF, ZAMBIAN BREWERIES, ZANACO, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES, ZAMBIA SUGAR, FIRST QUANTUM MINING and CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier.
Monday 30th August
In 27 trades recorded today, 8,972 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K15,099. Trading activity was recorded in AIRTEL, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, INVESTRUST, LAFARGE, PAMDOZI, ZAMBIAN BREWERIES, ZANACO and COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) maintained its close at 4,647.11 points, as there were no share price movements. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,020,561,159 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,237,875,719 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Tuesday 31st August
In 35 trades recorded today 368,490 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K543,822. A share price gain of K0.91 was recorded in ZAMBIA SUGAR. Trading activity was also recorded in AIRTEL, COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, LAFARGE, PAMDOZI and COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,713.13 points, 1.40% up from its previous close of 4,647.11 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,308,641,120 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,525,955,680 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Wednesday 1st September
In 65 trades recorded today 937,922 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K1,262,435. A share price gain of K1.21 was recorded in ZAMBIA SUGAR. A share price loss of K0.01 was recorded in ZANACO and in FIRST QUANTUM MINING of K0.10. Trading was also recorded in LAFARGE, PAMDOZI, PUMA, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT ZAMBIA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES, ZAMBEEF and CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,796.69 points 1.74% up from its previous close of 4,713.13 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,673,254,995 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,890,569,555 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Thursday 2nd September
In 35 trades recorded today 194,753 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K274,893. A share price gain of K0.01 was recorded in ZANACO. Trading was also recorded in COPPERBELT ENERGY CORPORATION, LAFARGE, PUMA, STANDARD CHARTERED ZAMBIA and in CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) closed at 4,800.00 points, 0.07% up from its previous close of 4,796.69 points. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,687,692,496 including Shoprite Holdings and K 26,905,007,056 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Friday 3rd September
In 29 trades recorded today 68,742 shares were transacted resulting in a turnover of K80,592. Trading was recorded in AIRTEL, LAFARGE, ZAMBIAN BREWERIES, ZAMBIA CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES, ZANACO, ZAMBIA SUGAR, ZAMBIA FORESTRY and FOREST CORPORATION and CEC AFRICA on the quoted tier. The LuSE All Share Index (LASI) maintained its close at 4,802.81 points, as there were no share price movements. The market closed on a capitalization of K61,699,936,456 including Shoprite Holdings and K26,917,251,016 excluding Shoprite Holdings.
Week three of August was the best performing week of the month.