Inflation stokes share price surge

Although the pressure has not been persistent or strong enough to warrant a bull run yet, the mainstream DCI has been making good recoveries from the heavy losses it experienced in the last quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of this year.

Inflation, at 14.5 percent for the month of June, has been a strong driver of share prices on the bourse as more and more fund holders chase stocks in a bid to safeguard the purchasing power of their money.