BSE in the red as blue chips soften

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Poor performance of large capitalised counters at the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) has pulled down the Domestic Companies Index (DCI) by 4.67% in the first half of the year.

Garry Juma of Motswedi Securities indicated that this is in sharp contrast to the 11.6% gain during the same period in 2015.

He revealed that four of the large cap counters; Letshego, Choppies, First National Bank Botswana (FNBB) and Standard Chartered Bank, whose shares dominate the domestic board, went down by 14.1%, 9.1%, 11% and 27.7% respectively.

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UDC should deliver on promises

President Duma Boko and his government must now hit the ground running to deliver on their promises and meet the high expectations of Batswana. The UDC has pledged to foster a deliberative democracy, where open dialogue and continuous conversations are encouraged. This approach will allow different viewpoints to be heard and strengthen the ideas that shape our nation. The introduction of the long-awaited Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is a...

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