Heavy trading · South Africa stocks
Master Drilling Group Limited (MDI) volume jumps to 3.0 times its average
The price fell 4.6% on the day, to ZAc 1,414.00.
- Close
- ZAc 1,414.00
- On the day
- −4.6%
- Volume
- 3.0× average
- vs 52-week high
- −26.4%
Master Drilling Group Limited closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 8 October 2026. The live chart is on the MDI page.
What happened
Master Drilling Group Limited (MDI) closed at ZAc 1,414.00 on 8 October 2026, down 4.6% from ZAc 1,482.00 the session before.
It was the second lower close in a row. Over 5 sessions the price is down 7.6%, and over 20 sessions it is down 10.5%.
The close is 26.4% below the highest close of the past year (ZAc 1,920.00 on 2 Feb 2026) and 7.0% above the lowest (ZAc 1,321.00 on 8 Jul 2026).
Trading was heavy: volume was 3.0 times its average of the sessions before.
Across the 38 JOHANNESBURG stocks we track, 17 closed higher and 16 closed lower that day, with a median change of 0.00%. MDI's change was −4.6%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | ZAc 1,482.00 |
|---|---|
| Close | ZAc 1,414.00 |
| Change on the day | −4.59% |
| Change over 5 sessions | −7.58% |
| Change over 20 sessions | −10.51% |
| Volume | 192,576 |
| Average volume, up to 20 sessions before | 64,128 |
| Volume against that average | 3.0 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.