BSE extends losses on tight liquidity
Tuesday, June 06, 2017
Since the beginning of the year, the stock market’s performance, as measured by the Domestic Companies Index (DCI), has lost 0.58% after the index finished last week 0.03% softer dragged by a loss in heavy weight, Letshego.
“Tight liquidity conditions prevailed in the market with thin trades across the board during the greater part of the week. A small relief came on Friday after PrimeTime, Choppies and BIHL traded P10.7 million worth of shares between them,” said analysts at Motswedi Securities.
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