BSE bears carryover into 2017

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Choppies lost almost half of its value on the BSE in 2016

After losing 11.33% in 2016, the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) looks to continue its bearish streak with sellers outweighing buyers again in the first week of trading of 2017.

The Domestic Companies Index (DCI) shed a further 0.12% in the three days of trading last week and closed the first week of the year 11.37 points lower. Opening the year on a losing note were Stanchart, Turnstar, Barclays and BIHL.

Stanchart, which opened the year trading on a cautionary, was one of the biggest losers for the week, softening 1.9% or 15 thebe to close the week’s trading at P7.60, a new 12-month low.

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