During Week 1 of 2026, the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) experienced an extraordinary surge in activity as investors aggressively repositioned for the new year, resulting in a massive increase in trading turnover and share volumes. Despite a shortened schedule due to the New Year’s Day bank holiday, the primary stock indices recorded significant gains, maintaining a powerful upward trajectory. MKCB stock recorded the highest appreciation, rising by +27.20%.
Equity Turnover (excluding ETF trades) reached TZS 28.17 billion. This reflects a massive +657.26% increase compared to Week 52’s TZS 3.72 billion. Share volume totaled 26,681,496 shares. This represents a substantial +859.46% increase compared to the 2,780,880 shares traded in Week 52.
CRDB overwhelmingly continued to dominate DSE volume, recording a weekly total of 25,106,108 shares. This was significantly bolstered by two massive block trades: 6.1 million shares on Tuesday and 17 million shares on Wednesday. AFRIPRISE counter finished the week as the second-most-traded stock by volume, recording approximately 280,326 shares across the four trading days. ETF Trading The VERTEX-ETF counter saw substantial activity during the transition into the new year, recording a total unit volume of 1,622,573 units. This marks an increase of +105.44% compared to Week 52’s volume of 789,804 units. Trading generated a total turnover of TZS 651.04 million, reflecting a healthy increase of +103.82% from Week 52’s TZS 319.42 million.
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