Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) Live
| BSE-DCI Index | Year-to-Date | Market Cap. |
|---|---|---|
| 9,957.66 (+39.44) | +1,028.03 (11.51%) | BWP 635.97Bn |
The Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), located in the capital Gaborone, is the country's national stock exchange founded in 1989 to operate and regulate the equities and fixed interest securities market. The Exchange, which provides a gateway for raising capital and accessing investment opportunities in Botswana, is widely reckoned one of Africa's best performing stock exchanges, averaging 24% aggregate return in the past decade. The Botswana Stock Exchange is the third largest stock exchange in Southern Africa in terms of market capitalization.
The BSE, as a statutory body, puts in the effort to maintain a fair and efficient market by means of its surveillance and compliance committees, and the Botswana Stock Exchange Act No 11 of 1994 which ensures the operation of the capital market with the highest due regard to the public interest, protection of investors, and regulation of the affairs of its dealing members. The BSE Domestic Companies Index, which tracks indigenous companies, is the benchmark index for the Botswana stock market. The BSE Foreign Companies Index tracks the performance of shares of foreign companies that are listed on the Exchange.
| Top Gainers (3) | ||
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| TURNSTAR | 2.21 | +5.24% |
| ENGEN | 14.13 | +4.82% |
| SEFALANA | 14.18 | +1.29% |
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| Top Movers (9) | ||
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| TURNSTAR | 2.21 | 121,434 |
| SEFALANA | 14.18 | 54,583 |
| ENGEN | 14.13 | 33,973 |
| BTCL | 1.06 | 26,411 |
| BBS | 0.50 | 15,000 |
| CHOBE | 17.36 | 13,076 |
Listed companies/securities
There are currently over 30 listed companies on the Botswana Stock Exchange including common stock and exchange traded funds. The BSE has a healthy mixture of local and foreign companies.
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BSE TRADING SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2024: At the end of the last weekday of trading on the Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE), a total of 272,956 shares in 30 deals, corresponding to a market value of BWP 1,791,095.34, were traded. Compared with the previous BSE trading day (Thursday, November 21), today's data shows 597% improvement in turnover but 25% decline in deals. The current market capitalization of the Botswana Stock Exchange is BWP 636 billion.
In the aggregate, nine BSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with three gainers and no losers. Turnstar Holdings led the gainers with 5.24% share price appreciation closing at BWP 2.21 per share, followed by Engen Botswana (+4.82%) and Sefalana Holding Company (+1.29%). Turnstar Holdings recorded the highest volume of 121,434 traded shares, followed by Sefalana Holding Company (54,583), Engen Botswana (33,973) and Botswana Telecom Corporation (26,411).
Regarding the performance of BSE market indices, the benchmark BSE Domestic Companies Index (BSE-DCI) climbed 39.44 (0.4%) points to close at 9,957.66, representing a 1-week gain of 0.78%, a 4-week gain of 1.25%, and an overall year-to-date gain of 11.51%. Other remarkable indices that performed were the BSE Foreign Companies Index (+0%; +0.1% 1WK; +5.54% YTD), BSE Domestic Company Total Return Index (+0.4%; +0.78% 1WK; +21.37% YTD), BSE Local Asset Sector Index (+0.03%; +0.16% 1WK; +9.2% YTD), BSE Domestic Financial Sector Index (+0%; +15.01% YTD), and BSE Foreign Resource Sector Index (+0%; +6.9% YTD).
