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Blue chips drag BSE southwards

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The performance of the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) took a knock in the first quarter of the year largely on the back of decreases in share prices of heavyweight companies.

Trading in the domestic bourse depreciated in the first quarter of 2017, reaching 9225.22 points, down 1.9% on the previous quarter.

According to a BSE market performance report, the domestic company index (DCI) shed 1.9% to 9225.22 points with the market slowing in the first two months of 2017 before recovering in March.

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