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INDUSTRIAL INDEX

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PREVIOUS TODAY

188.84 189.06

MINING INDEX

69.87 71.09

INDUSTRIALS

The industrial index rose 0.22 points (0.12%) to 189.06 points. NATFOODS (NTFD.zw) gained 10 cents to 230 cents, PPC (PPC.zw) added 2 cents to 215 cents and MEIKLES (MEIK.zw) recovered 1.45 cents to settle at 24 cents. ZBFH (ZBFH.zw) traded 1.4 cents firmer at 10 cents and AFRE (AFRE.zw) put on 0.4 cents to close at 11.5 cents.

Amongst the losers was ABCH (ABC.zw) which shed 2 cents to 50 cents. HUNYANI (HUNY.zw) dropped a cent to 2.5 cents and CBZ (CBZ.zw) closed at 13 cents after losing 0.5 cents. TA HLDS (TAHO.zw) retreated by 0.2 cents to trade at 9.8 cents. BARCLAYS (BARC.zw) closed at 3.4 cents after putting off 0.1 cents.

MININGS

The mining index gained 1.22 points (1.75%) to close at 71.09 points due to a firm bid on HWANGE (HCCL.zw). BINDURA (BIND.zw), FALGOLD (FALG.zw) and RIOZIM (RIOZ.zw) were unchanged at previous trading levels.

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