BSE among top African performers

The BSE's main index climbed by 11.85 percent between January when trade resumed and March 28 when the markets closed for the Easter weekend. The Domestic Companies Index gained 7.4 percent in 2012 and was among Africa's top performers.

In the first quarter, the BSE is well above the giant Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), whose key index rose 1.56 percent and the Namibian Stock Exchange, which added 4.78 percent over the same period. The BSE also outperformed the Mauritian Stock Exchange, which gained 11.17 percent in the first quarter. Yesterday, data within a basket of 10 established African stock exchanges compiled by BusinessWeek indicated that the BSE was in the top half of the table in Africa in the first half of the year.