In en effort to increase access to the market by investors, improve market liquidity and deepen the markets, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) will extend trading hours by a further 2½ hours with effect from 1 July 2018, the bourse said in a statement.

A new upgraded Debt Module system, which caters for various security types both Government and corporate, is set to go live today on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.Acting chief executive Martin Matanda said the ZSE has worked with the Automated Trading System supplier (Infotech) in the enhancement of the Debt Module within the system. The exchanged re-launched the fixed income market last year after a two-decade hiatus but it faced challenges mainly due to its compatibility with the central depository system.

The Zimbabwe Stock exchange rampaged again yesterday taking its year-to-date gain to an unprecedented 140 percent gain and its market capitalisation much closer to the $10 billion mark.

THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange continued to rally unabated with total market capitalisation reaching fresh highs of $8 billion last Friday.