Trading on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange started the week on a mixed note as investors make decisions on best possible counters to inject funds.
The all share index opened the week on a positive note adding 0.50 points (0.21%) to close at 238.69 the to 15 rose by 0,51 points to 212,79 points, the small cap were 16,18 points down at 662,47 points, medium cap 1,26 points up to 294,79 points, old industrials advanced by 1,69 points to 795,12 points and the minings were unchanged at 324,13 points.
Meikles gained 5,00 cents to 280,00 cents, innscor rose by 1,66 cents to 365,24 cents and Econet was 1,61 cents higher at 157,61 cents. turnall also increased by 1,50 cents to end at 13,00 cents and mashonaland holdings was 1,28 cents firmer at 9,50 cents.
Trading in the negative; ppc lost 15,93 cents to 392,64 cents, powerspeed eased 4,90 cents to close at 24,50 cents and amalgamated regional trading traded 2,20 cents weaker at 12,30 cents. old mutual limited also decreased by 1,46 cents to end at 3400,00 cents and simbisa was 1,20 cents down to 130,58 cents.
The Johannesburg stock exchange ( jse) advanced by 1,68 percent, the new york stock exchange added 0,29 percent and the london stock exchange was 0,21 percent up.
Eelsewhere around the World stock markets were trading in narrow ranges Monday as investors awaited central bank decisions and earnings reports due out in coming weeks. U.S. stock markets will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
In Europe, France’s CAC 40 declined 0.2% to 6,089, while Germany’s DAX edged up 0.1% to 13,541. Britain’s FTSE 100 dropped 0.3% to 7,654.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.2% higher to close at 24,083.51, while Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.2% to 7,079.50. South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.5% to 2,262.64, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng lost 0.9% to 28,800.63. The Shanghai Composite index gained 0.7% to 3,095.79.
China’s central bank left its one-year loan prime rate unchanged at 4.15%, holding off on easing credit further as it uses other methods to pump up liquidity in the markets ahead of the Lunar New Year.
The rate, based on quotes from major banks, was made China’s benchmark in August. The People’s Bank of China can indirectly influence it through it’s own interest rate decisions, and “appears to have adopted a wait-and-see approach in response to the recent improvement in the economic data,” Julian Evans-Pritchard of Capital Economics said in a commentary.
However, “with growth likely to come under renewed pressure, we think the PBOC will resume its rate cuts before long,” he said.
Elsewhere, investors are looking to a statement from the Bank of Japan when its two-day policy meeting ends on Tuesday. The European central bank will make an interest rate decision later in the week. Markets are also watching for earnings reports expected in coming weeks by companies around the world.
On Friday, Wall Street capped a milestone-setting week with more modest gains that nudged the major stock indexes to all-time highs.
The benchmark S&P 500 index also notched its second-straight weekly gain.
Technology stocks powered much of the market’s broad gains, along with communication services companies and banks. Energy sector stocks were the only decliners. Bond prices fell, sending yields higher.
The latest batch of positive corporate earnings reports and economic data has helped keep investors in a buying mood after the midweek signing of an initial trade deal by the U.S. and China. Progress on trade has eased fears on Wall Street about the potential for the dispute to escalate further.
ENERGY: Benchmark crude oil rose 3 2 cents to $58.86 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude oil, the international standard, gained 45 cents to $65.30 a barrel.
CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 110.18 Japanese yen from 110.13 yen on Friday. The euro slipped to $1.1084 from $1.1191.
On the interbank market, the Zimbabwe dollar maintained its stable trend by trading at 17,14 to the united states dollar, it was pegged at 22,27 with the british pound, trading at 19,02 against the euro, being pegged at 0,843 with the south african rand as well as trading at 1,585 against the Botswana Pula.
Brent crude oil rose by 0,76 percent to us$65,34 cents per barrel, platinum was 0,30 percent up to us$1,025,73 cents an ounce and gold increased by 0,15 percent to us$1,559,52 cents an ounce.
