Dar es Salaam, Aug. 26 -- E QUITY market activity slowed sharply in the week ending 22 August 2025, signaling a marked change in investor behaviour after several weeks of steady rallies.

Turnover fell dramatically to 9.38bn/-, down 74 per cent from the prior weeks 36.89bn/-, while the number of shares traded declined 63.75 per cent. Both the All-Share Index and the Tanzania Share Index mirrored this cooling, losing 20.16 and 65.27 points respectively.

The correction, while steep, is not unusual in a market that had been overheated, investors who had benefited from the run-up appear to have stepped back, locking in gains and triggering profit-taking across the board, hence the sharp reversal in sentiment and momentum shifting from aggres...