BSE in the red as blue chips soften
Friday, July 08, 2016
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.
According to both the acting director of Veterinary Services, Kobedi Segale and acting Lands and Agriculture minister, Edwin Dikoloti, the virus currently raging through the North-East mostly likely first entered the country during the festive season.From the “unprecedented” number of cases picked in testing last week, it is likely that cattle and other livestock could have been infected last year, without being reported.Animal health...