The day’s clearest contrast on the BRVM stock exchange today came down to one number: ONATEL Burkina Faso rose 1.6% to 2,900 XOF on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, while the BRVM Composite Total Return index fell 1.61% to 215.81. In a session where the utilities index slumped 5.60% and energy dropped 4.14%, the Burkina Faso telecom name stood out as one of the market’s few pockets of resilience.
That outperformance matters because it came in a market that was not uniformly weak on breadth alone: 13 stocks rose, 14 fell, and 20 were unchanged out of 47 listed names. In other words, the sell-off was driven less by broad panic than by pressure in specific sectors and heavyweight counters. ONATEL’s gain suggests investors were still willing to rotate into defensive, cash-generative stories even as the headline indices turned lower.
Key figures
- ONTBF: +1.6% at 2,900 XOF
- BRVM Composite TR: -1.61% at 215.81
- BRVM Utilities: -5.60%
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