Big move · South Africa stocks
Master Drilling Group Limited (MDI) rises 5.7% to ZAc 1,599.00
Its biggest one-day rise in 6 weeks.
- Close
- ZAc 1,599.00
- On the day
- +5.7%
- Volume
- 0.1× average
- vs 52-week high
- −16.7%
Master Drilling Group Limited closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 29 September 2026. The live chart is on the MDI page.
What happened
Master Drilling Group Limited (MDI) closed at ZAc 1,599.00 on 29 September 2026, up 5.7% from ZAc 1,513.00 the session before.
It was MDI's biggest one-day rise in 6 weeks. Over 5 sessions the price is up 4.5%, and over 20 sessions it is up 3.2%.
The close is 16.7% below the highest close of the past year (ZAc 1,920.00 on 2 Feb 2026) and 21.0% above the lowest (ZAc 1,321.00 on 8 Jul 2026).
Trading was light: volume was 11% of its recent average.
Across the 39 JOHANNESBURG stocks we track, 24 closed higher and 13 closed lower that day, with a median change of +0.38%. MDI's change was +5.7%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | ZAc 1,513.00 |
|---|---|
| Close | ZAc 1,599.00 |
| Change on the day | +5.68% |
| Change over 5 sessions | +4.51% |
| Change over 20 sessions | +3.16% |
| Volume | 5,000 |
| Average volume, up to 20 sessions before | 44,581 |
| Volume against that average | 0.1 times |
| Highest close in the past year | ZAc 1,920.00 (2 Feb 2026) |
| Lowest close in the past year | ZAc 1,321.00 (8 Jul 2026) |
The full chart and history are on Master Drilling Group Limited (MDI). More from this market: JOHANNESBURG news today.