BSE heads for first positive year since 2015

By Wednesday, the DCI was up 1.8 percent for the year, helped by the robust performances of financial counters such as Letshego Holdings (up 94%), Standard Chartered (up 35%) and First National Bank (up 14%).

By comparison, the DCI shed 8.2 percent last year, -4.6 percent in 2019 and -11.4% in 2017. The platform, which comprises the cream of locally listed companies, last turned a positive annual performance in 2015 when it closed that year up 11.6%.