#BusinessNews: AFEX Commodities Index maintain positive run

The AFEX indexes (ACI & AEI) have maintained a positive performance year to date, returning to investors exposed to these basket of securitized commodities 20% and 3% respectively.

The ACI was up 0.66%, closing at 386.27 points, as a result of the slight increase in soybean price while the prices of other commodities in the index remained unchanged.

The AEI, for the second consecutive week, remained flat at 146.57 points as there were no trades on the underlining commodities. Cocoa is still out of season while players shunned ginger during the trading week.