Africa-Press – Malawi. By Benadetta Chiwanda Mia:
The Malawi Stock Exchange (MSE) maintained a buoyant run in July 2025, registering notable increases in both the total volume and value of traded shares.
According to a MSE Monthly Report released on Tuesday, the market recorded a positive return on index, as reflected in the upward movement of the Malawi All Share Index (Masi), which rose from 329,922.87 points in June 2025 to 386,281.85 points in July 2025.
This represents a month-on-month return of 17.08 percent.
Year-to-date, the Masi posted a return of 124.53 percent.
Several counters recorded significant share price gains, including FDH Bank at 50.64 percent, TNM at 36.21 percent, Sunbird at 31.42 percent, Standard Bank at 24.93 percent, FMBC Capital Holdings at 21.76 percent, NITL 20.48 at percent and Nico Holdings at 15.03 percent.
These gains outweighed the minimal loss posted by Illovo Sugar Malawi, whose share price declined by just 0.003 percent, resulting in the overall upward movement of the Masi.
Both the Domestic Share Index and the Foreign Share Index also moved upwards—rising by 16.21 percent (from 248,718.38 to 289,041.04 points) and 21.53 percent (from 57,277.29 to 69,606.94 points), respectively.
Driven by share price gains, equity market capitalisation increased from K17.96 trillion in June to K21.03 trillion in July.
Market capitalisation, as a percentage of gross domestic product, rose to 85.02 percent, up from 72.63 percent the previous month.
In total, the market recorded 52.04 million shares traded at a value of K28.84 billion in 4,501 transactions.
This marks a 23.53 percent increase in traded share volume and a 14.15 percent rise in traded value compared to June 2025, which saw 42.13 million shares traded at K25.27 billion across 2,883 deals.
The average daily turnover for July also rose by 14.15 percent, reaching K1.37 billion, up from K1.20 billion in June.
NBS Bank led in traded volumes, accounting for 40.6 percent of the total shares traded during the month.
In the secondary market, all 52.04 million shares were transacted at a total value of K28.84 billion across 4,501 deals.
MSE Chief Operating Officer Kelline Kondowe said the increase in traded volumes and traded values signifies growing interest and participation from the public.
Kondowe said much of the performance has been propelled by increasing demand from retail investors as well as a positive outlook on performance of listed companies.
“Our focus is on bringing more companies to the market so that we are able to meet the increasing demand on the market,” she said.
Stockbrokers Malawi Limited Equity Investment analyst Kondwani Makwakwa attributed the market’s buoyancy to growing investor confidence and positive sentiment.
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