According to the Weekly Market Report of the trading week ended on 5th July 2013 issued by CORE Securities, a leading Tanzanian licensed stockbroker, the Dar Es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) total turnover increased by +43% to TZS 2,5801.36 million from TZS 1,809.00 million.
Both local and foreign investors participated in the market. Foreign Investors participated by 57.46% while Local Investors by 42.54%
The Market Commentary shows the DSEI (ASI) and TSI were flat edging Up by +0.39% and +3.30% to 1,600.30 and 1,951.34 respectively, compared by 1,594.07 and 1,889.01 of last week.
Most of activities were seen on NMB, CRDB & DCB counters.
Government Securities
Last Treasury Bills auction was done on 17th July 2013 with a total of 38 successful bids.
Government Bonds
A Five year T-bond worth 5.3186 billion was recorded in secondary market, no T-bond for 10, 7 and 2 years were recorded in secondary market.
Unit Trust of Tanzania
Both Net Asset Value schemes (NAV) and fund size were flat edging up in comparison to last week activities.
Gold
Spot gold was TZS 2.099 million per ounce (1 ounce = 31.10 grams) on Friday 19th July.
Forex
In comparison to previous week Average, the shilling lost ground against the USD, EUR,GBP and ZAR while gained against UGS and KES.
Inflation
The annual headline inflation for the month of June 2013 decreased to 7.6% from 8.3% as of May 2013. However inflation will decrease to a single digit in three month to come (IMF report).
The full copy of the Market Report is made available by TanzanaInvest.com following a partnership with CORE Securities:
http://tanzaniainvest.com/downloads/Tanzania-Weekly-Market-Report-15-19-Jul-2013.pdf