DAR ES SALAAM, Oct. 6 -- THE Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange (DSE) closed the week ended October 2 this year with a marginal improvement in trading activity, as total turnover increased by 1.47 per cent to 27.87bn/, from 27.47bn/- recorded in the preceding week.

Despite the increase in turnover, the market recorded a decline in the volume of shares traded, which fell by 8.68 per cent to 11.67 million shares from 12.78 million shares.

This suggests that the improvement in turnover was largely driven by trading in relatively higherpriced counters rather than an expansion in overall share volumes.

Net foreign outflow stood at 1.36bn/-, compared with an outflow of 4.63bn/- in the previous week, representing a 70.65 per cent reduction in net o...