CHAMWE KAIRA
The Namibia Stock Exchange (NSX) recorded gains across its broader market during the week ending 12 June, with the Overall Index rising 2.44% to close at 2,359.13 points from 2,302.94 points in the previous trading session.
The increase of 56.19 points pushed the Overall Index’s year-to-date performance to 10.17%, compared to its closing level of 2,141.33 points at the end of December 2025.
The index reached a 2026 high of 2,408.59 points and a low of 2,070.30 points during the year.
The NSX Local Index remained largely unchanged, edging up 0.04% to 839.51 points from 839.19 points.
The local market has gained 3.93% since the start of the year, compared to its December 2025 level of 807.75 points.
Among sector indices, Consumer Discretionary stocks posted the strongest daily performance, rising 6.03% to 2,605.44 points.
Despite the gain, the sector remains 2.89% below its December 2025 level of 2,682.89 points.
Financial stocks advanced 3.93% to 735.14 points, lifting the sector’s year-to-date gain to 3.02%.
Consumer staples also performed strongly, increasing 3.37% to 1,441.31 points and recording a year-to-date gain of 9.27%.
The real estate sector climbed 2.43% to 2,550.18 points but remains 5.58% lower than its December 2025 level of 2,700.75 points.
Basic materials rose 0.39% to 875.08 points and continued to be the best-performing sector year-to-date, with gains of 22.31% since the start of the year.
Telecommunications stocks were largely flat, slipping marginally by 0.01% to 303.49 points, while utilities remained unchanged at 1,084.09 points.
On the regional front, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s All Share Index gained 1.30%, rising by 1,445.83 points to close at 112,721.27 points.
However, the benchmark remained 2.69% below its December 2025 level of 115,832 points.
The recorded total trading activity was worth N$72.7 million during the week, with the financial sector accounting for the bulk of the market turnover.
According to the latest NSX trading statistics, a total of 818,452 shares were traded across 99 deals during the reporting period.
The market’s free float capitalisation stood at approximately N$1.94 billion.
The financial sector was the most active segment on the exchange, contributing N$59.4 million in traded value from 711,047 shares across 68 transactions.
The sector’s free float market capitalisation was reported at N$1.36 billion, highlighting its dominant position on the NSX.
The consumer staples sector generated trades worth N$6.84 million from 23,726 shares across 10 deals. The sector’s free float market capitalisation was N$148.7 million.
Meanwhile, the basic materials sector recorded N$3.63 million in traded value from 4,287 shares over eight deals, with a free float market capitalization of N$376.2 million.
The consumer discretionary sector posted trades valued at N$1.91 million from 35,735 shares across six transactions. The sector’s free float market capitalisation stood at N$20.2 million.
The real estate sector recorded N$981,466 in traded value from 42,925 shares over six deals, while the telecommunications sector saw minimal activity, with only 732 shares traded for N$8,996 in a single deal.
The NSX’s local market segment recorded 91,554 shares traded for a value of N$1.91 million across 18 deals during the week.
Year-to-date, the local market has seen 7.21 million shares traded with a cumulative value of N$149 million over 641 transactions.
For the broader NSX overall market, year-to-date trading volumes reached 49.3 million shares, with total traded value amounting to N$3.29 billion across 2,288 deals.
Exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded year-to-date trading volumes of 2.27 million shares worth N$384.5 million across 135 deals.
The Development Capital Board (DevX), which caters to smaller and growth-oriented companies, reported year-to-date trading of 447,779 shares valued at N$16.9 million over 23 transactions.
When combining the overall market, ETPs and DevX, the NSX has recorded total year-to-date trading volumes of 52.1 million shares, with cumulative traded value reaching N$3.69 billion across 2,446 deals.
