Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange Week 2, 2025: Turnover Up 130%, EABL Leads Gains

The trading week ending Friday, 10th January 2025, at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) saw a significant recovery in market activity.

Turnover and Volume

The Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) recorded a total turnover of TZS 8,190.81 million from 8,823,558 shares traded during Week 2 of 2025. This marked a +130.56% increase in turnover and a +193.50% surge in trading volume compared to Week 1, 2025, which had a turnover of TZS 3,552.61 million from 3,006,329 shares traded.

Market Capitalization

At the end of Week 2, 2025, the total market capitalization at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) stood at TZS 18,097.51 billion, reflecting a +0.81% increase compared to TZS 17,951.19 billion at the end of Week 1, 2025.

Meanwhile, the domestic market capitalization decreased slightly to TZS 12,215.56 billion, marking a -0.24% decline from TZS 12,244.72 billion in the previous week.

Bond Market

The bond market at the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) recorded a total turnover of TZS 6.33 billion across 37 deals during Week 2, 2025.

This represents a significant decline of -81.40% in turnover and -61.86% in the number of deals compared to Week 1, 2025, which saw a turnover of TZS 34.04 billion from 97 deals.

Key highlights included:

• 20-year government bonds with a coupon rate of 15.49% were the most actively traded, with prices ranging from 100.0000% to 108.7000%.
• 25-year government bonds with coupon rates of 12.56% and 15.95% also saw significant activity, traded at prices between 90.0000% and 105.3000% across multiple deals.

There was no activity in the corporate bonds segment during the week.

Indexes

The All Share Index (DSEI) was the only index to post a gain this week, driven primarily by improved performances in cross-listed stocks. Conversely, the Tanzania Share Index (TSI) saw a slight dip, while the Banks, Finance & Investment Index (BI) and the Commercial Services Index (CS) experienced modest declines. The Industrial & Allied Index (IA) remained steady throughout the week.

Stock Performances

Week 2 of 2025 witnessed notable stock movements with significant gains and losses: EABL emerged as the top gainer, rising by 4.31%, supported by increased demand from investors. DCB and KCB also performed positively, gaining 3.70% and 2.50% respectively.

On the downside, SWIS recorded the largest loss of the week, declining by -9.09%, reflecting weaker investor interest.

Meanwhile, AFRIPRISE, CRDB, and NMG also saw slight declines.

The majority of stocks, including TPCC, NICO, TOL, and others, remained stable.

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