Innscor was the only counter to trade lower on Monday and managed snap the mainstream Industrials' 3-day record setting run, closing a modest 0.15% off its all-time high of 212.08 but overall trading remained uninspiring.
The
Industrials Index eased by 0.32 or 0.15% to 211.76 points with heavyweight
Innscor shedding 1c to 92c.
Blue chips
Delta and
Econet traded unchanged at 145c and 70c respectively while
OK Zimbabwe closed sellers only at 28.5c.
The
Minings Index gained 0.44 or 0.59% to 74.58 points as
Bindura closed as one of the top 5 risers on the market adding 0.05c or 1.72% to 2.95c.
Total market turnover dropped to $627 762 on a volume of 1.807 million shares against Friday's $1.316 million on a volume of 3.325 million shares.
ZHL led the top risers for the day adding 0.20c or 16.67% to 1.4c while bankers
ZBFH were 1c or 10.53% firmer at 10.5c.
Afdis advanced 0.50c or 1.96% to its best level in 2 years of 26c while
DZHL added 0.20c or 0.68% to 29.4c.
Masimba added a marginal 0.01c or 0.12% increase to 8.11c.
Clothing retailer
Edgars closed 2.46% higher at 12.5c ahead of its AGM on Wednesday.
ABC and
Pearl Properties remained stable at 60c and 3.25c each ahead of the two counters AGM tomorrow.
Cigarette manufacture
BAT closed buyers and sellers only at 810c and 825c amid reports that the golden leaf is expected to earn the country over $ 1 bin this year benefiting from thousands of small-scale farmers.
African Sun closed buyers and sellers only at 1.8c and 1.9c respectively after reports that the group has started a soft refurbishment exercise were it would spend at least $1.2 million at the Elephant Hills Hotel in Victoria Falls.
The
Datvest All Share Index was largely unchanged after adding a modest 0.01% to 143.74 while the
FBC ZSE-10 Index eased 0.11% to 153.31.
Gains in
ZHL helped the
Insurance Index to add 2.54 points or 2.08% to 124.83.
- zfn
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