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being the best performer after jumping 536 percent to US14c from US2c.
Fidelity maintained the pole position since the first half of the year, buoyed by increasing profitability and fundamentals.
The share price closed at US14c as of Friday last week and it was forecast to close the year at about US22c.
There is a small gap between Fidelity and second position TN Holdings that rewarded investors a 413 percent increase from their opening price of US0,80c to US3,30c.
Cafca and furniture group Pelhams were in the same range, putting up 347 percent and 317 percent respectively.
Pelhams started the year trading at US0,18c to close on Friday at US0,75c while Cafca had started strong US16c and closed at US71,50c.
Cafca had always been a solid counter since dollarisation.
Investors are also interested in the counter after management succeeded in repaying all its borrowings in 2010 and is expected to resort to short-term borrowing to finance working capital.
Hotel group RTG moved from just US1,3c to US3c representing a 131 percent increase and another clothing retail firm Truworths followed after weighing in with 129 percent after gaining from US3,50c to US8c.
ZBFH led the financial counters in the top 10, climbing 100 percent from US8c as pharmaceutical side MedTech went with the same range to help the price to US0,20c from US0,10c.
Regional banking group ABCH started the year at US45c and the price went up as far as US95c before falling to close last Friday at US84c, representing an 87 percent increase.
FBC Holdings anchored the bottom top 10 after growing its share price 66 percent to US5,80c from US3,50c.
Shareholders of these counters are counting their profits while others are counting losses.
RioZim shareholders were the worst affected as they had to watch their savings shrink 82 percent in the 50-week period.
The mining giant, dogged by recapitalisation issues, saw its price fall from a healthy US190c to a disappointing US34c.
Its price was in freefall after shareholders rejected the proposed recapitalisation plan, which included a US$59 million rights issue and a debt swap of US$29 million.
starafrica fell from US7c to US1,30c, representing 81 percent.
Art, ZDR and Chemco were in the same range, dropping 79 percent and 78 percent respectively from US1,40c to US0,30c and from US45c to US10c. Hotel group African Sun was down from US2c to US0,70c.
Celsys lost 63 percent from US0,8c to US0,03c, Gulliver from US0,21c to US0,08c (62 percent), Bindura from US13c to US5c (60 percent) and brick-moulders Willdale lost 60 percent from US0,30 to US0,12c.
Banking group Interfin lost US11c from its opening price of US20c representing a 55 percent loss.
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