Did the headline index match the direction of most covered shares that traded?

Yes. The index fell, and declining shares formed a majority of those that traded. Index weights and a count of shares remain different measures.

Index direction and a traded-share majority

20 Oct 2026 to 21 Oct 2026

Covered share names, count; DSEI change, percent in a separately labelled field

DSEI change: -0.543 percent

Rising traded shares5

Declining traded shares11

Unchanged traded shares4

No trade, excluded from denominator8

DSE official closes and executed equity trades. Unchanged traded shares remain in the majority denominator; no-trade names are separate.

Count rising, falling and unchanged covered shares with executed trades. Keep unchanged names in the majority denominator and exclude names with no trades. Agreement in direction does not prove that every share fell or identify why the index moved.

Traded-share majority

Traded-share majority / Wingi wa hisa zilizofanyiwa biashara
A majority means more than half of the covered companies whose shares traded, counting each company once and keeping unchanged share prices in the denominator. No-trade names are excluded.

DSE official closes and executed equity trades. Unchanged traded shares remain in the majority denominator; no-trade names are separate.

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Closing-session evidence21 Oct 2026 / DSE

What sat behind the equity headline

Shared historical comparison: 18. 23 Sep 2026 to 19 Oct 2026.

Leading counter’s turnover share

Moved higher in the historical range

20 Oct 2026: 41.49%2/18 below
21 Oct 2026: 49.02%8/18 below

Position counts historical observations strictly below each record. It does not measure the size of the change; equal values do not count as lower.

Advancing share of traded movers

Moved lower in the historical range

20 Oct 2026: 37.50%6/18 below
21 Oct 2026: 31.25%5/18 below

Position counts historical observations strictly below each record. It does not measure the size of the change; equal values do not count as lower.

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Source and method

Source: After the Bell. Position shows the share of prior observations strictly below the close, not the size of the difference. Both measures and both displayed dates used the same complete cohort. Both displayed dates were excluded when a prior comparison was available. Ties counted in the denominator but not as lower observations. This held sample was not the full available archive.

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