DSE All-Share
4,157.76
As at DSEI · 11 Aug close · latest verified
Permanent edition · Vol. I · No. 224
The Brief
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
A frozen reading of Tanzania's markets, capital and policy. Figures remain bound to their stated observations; this archive never inherits a newer market tape.
Tanzania Share Index
9,169.38
As at TSI · 11 Aug close · domestic board
USD / TZS
2,644.50
As at BoT mean · 12 Aug sheet
BoT rate
6.25%
As at CBR · Q3 2026
Inflation
4.2%
As at NBS · July 2026 headline
USD / TZS in this edition: BoT mean · 12 Aug sheet. Source: Bank of Tanzania daily rates ↗
This edition in 60 seconds
- 01Both headline indices fell; two banks still carried 87.6% of turnover
- 02Both headline indices reversed into the same downward direction
- 03NMB and CRDB supplied 87.6% of the equity tape
Market direction and concentration
Both headline indices fell; two banks still carried 87.6% of turnover
Signal
4,157.76 fell 0.65% and 9,169.38 0.41%; the board counted 10 decliners against seven advancers.
Why it matters
NMB and CRDB supplied TZS 3.469bn, or 87.6%, of TZS 3.960bn equity turnover.
What to watch
The 12 August close tests whether breadth and turnover distribution recover together.
Did the domestic market and the headline index move together or apart over the covered quarter?
The domestic market against the headline index
As at 11 Aug 2026 · Source: Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange. Exact values and method remain in the static evidence table below.
Index direction
Both headline indices reversed into the same downward direction
Signal
4,157.76 fell 0.65% and 9,169.38 0.41% at the verified 11 August close.
Why it matters
The synchronized decline replaced Monday’s shared advance; one session does not establish a trend.
What to watch
The next verified close tests whether both indices remain aligned or separate again.
Money traded
NMB and CRDB supplied 87.6% of the equity tape
Signal
NMB supplied TZS 2.026bn and CRDB TZS 1.443bn of TZS 3.960bn equity turnover.
Why it matters
Twenty counters traded, but the two-bank share kept capital distribution much narrower than participation.
What to watch
The next session tests whether value spreads beyond the two banks while traded-counter breadth holds.
Mover dispersion
The largest decline outweighed the leading gain
Signal
MKCB rose 3.48%, while SWIS fell 10.69%; verified movers occupied both sides of zero.
Why it matters
Ten decliners against seven advancers made the board decline-led even as three traded counters gained more than 1%.
What to watch
The next verified board tests whether the negative tail narrows and participation broadens.
Market infrastructure
BoT logged a sovereign curve and an FX-regulation amendment
Signal
BoT’s notice register dates the sovereign-curve launch to 5 August and the FX amendment to 6 August.
Why it matters
The curve improves price reference; unreadable operative FX clauses leave easing or tightening undetermined.
What to watch
The next legible official instrument must establish the FX amendment’s scope, thresholds and effective mechanics.
The Ghost · edition context
The model-book allocation read
The Ghost’s hypothetical TZS 500m model ledger is +8.51% since inception at its 11 Aug mark. Decline-led breadth and two-bank turnover concentration update the observable terrain; not trades.
Open the current Ghost tracker →What this edition watched
DSE direction and turnover distribution
Both headline indices fell on 11 August while NMB and CRDB supplied 87.6% of equity turnover.
after the 12 Aug session
Bank of Tanzania Treasury-bill auction result
A new official result would refresh short-end auction yields; auction observations remain separate from the fitted curve.
12 Aug 2026 · result not posted at morning cutoff
Foreign Exchange Regulations amendment
The notice register confirms an amendment, but its direction, thresholds and operative mechanics remain unavailable.
next legible official instrument · date not announced
Zambia general election
The observer statement is the dated regional-governance checkpoint; no result is assumed in advance.
13 Aug 2026 · SADC preliminary statement 15 Aug
Next Tanzania inflation release
July transport inflation reached 13.8%; the next release tests whether that pressure broadens or eases.
8 Sep 2026
Compiled from public sources for information and education only; not investment advice, a forecast or a recommendation. Equity, index, breadth, mover and turnover figures reconcile to the DSE verified close (11 Aug 2026). The 12 August USD/TZS mean and Q3 2026 CBR are separately dated Bank of Tanzania records. July inflation is the National Bureau of Statistics release dated 10 August. The current Wire handoff was read first: its official TRA trucker-commendation item was dated 7 August and carried no published policy mechanics, so it was not promoted. Its FX-amendment candidate is reflected only to the extent that the official BoT notice register confirms the instrument; no easing, tightening, threshold or effective-date claim is inferred. The sovereign-curve launch is a price-reference record, not a funding event, and auction observations remain separate from fitted curve points. No foreign-flow split, 12 August auction result or same-day DSE close is inferred. Undated checkpoints remain explicitly undated. For live levels, see Markets.