A few equities changed hands at the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) yesterday, the RSE daily market report for Tuesday indicates. Bank of Kigali shed Rwf2 during the session to close at Rwf243, from Rwf245 on Monday. Bralirwa, however, gained by the same margin, closing at Rwf140, up from Rwf138. The BK counter recorded a total turnover of Rwf654,800 from 2,700 shares traded in two deals, while the Bralirwa realised Rwf459,400 from 3,300 shares traded in three deals. The gains by Bralirwa bolstered both the Rwanda Share Index and the All Share Index that went up 0.26 and 0.03 points, closing at 121.65 and 127.48 points, respectively. The bond market and other equity counters were quiet. Crystal Telecom closed at Rwf70, Equity Bank was at Rwf334, NMG Rwf1,200, while KCB closed at Rwf330, and Uchumi Supermarkets at Rwf104. At the end of the formal trading hours, Bank of Kigali recorded outstanding offers of 2.92 million shares between Rwf243 and Rwf260, but there were no investors. On the Bralirwa counter, there were outstanding offers of 11,900 shares between Rwf140 and Rwf143 and an outstanding bid for 700 shares at Rwf138, while Crystal Telecom had 112,000 shares on offers at Rwf70, but investors were ready to buy 100,000 shares at Rwf65. On the bond market, there was an outstanding bid for Rwf45 million worth of bonds between Rwf100.5 and Rwf104. However, there were no offers during yesterday’s trading session.
