EQUITIES
Trading in the second quarter registered a tremendous increase with a turnover of UGX5.9 bn compared to UGX 3.4bn registered in the first quarter 2021.
Turnover in the three months from April to June 2021 represents a 74% increment, compared to a combined total of UGX3.4 bn that was traded between April & June 2020.
Quarterly turnover performance per counter
Turnover was realized on eight counters, which are summarized as follows; the UMEME counter took the first position, posting UGX 3.4 billion, accounting for 57.73% of the total turnover. Stanbic in second position accounted for 17.37% while Bank of Baroda Uganda, Uganda Clays Limited, CIPLA, and DFCU scooped 15.79%, 8.08%, 0.99% and 0.02%, respectively. The rest of the counters represented by National Insurance Corporation and New Vision Limited had a combined turnover of UGX 1.1mn.
Volume traded per counter During the quarter
Uganda Clays Limited dominated activity, with the counter having 85.4 million shares traded taking 56.79% of the volume, Stanbic Uganda recorded 25.35% of the volume with 38.1 million shares, while UMEME, Bank of Baroda, CIPLA and National Insurance Corporation, posted 16.05 million shares, 10.02 million shares, 677,251 shares and 104,438 shares accounting for 10.67 per cent, 6.66 per cent, 0.45 per cent and 0.07 per cent of the total volume respectively. DFCU, and New Vision Limited recorded marginal positions.
