South Africa Market Watch | 7 July 2015: South African equities cover in blood, All Share falls 2.69%, losses led by resources

South Africa Market Watch | 7 July 2015: South African equities cover in blood, All Share falls 2.69%, losses led by resources

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — South African equity markets extended its bearish runs. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share dropped by 2.69 percent or 1383.43 points to land at 49,997.79 points. The JSE Top 40 index also plunged by 2.96 percent or 1,355.42 points to settle at 44,377.00 points and JSE Financial sector index tumbled by 2.45 percent or 1,069.24 points at 42,544.54 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index…

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South Africa Market Watch | 6 July 2015: South African JSE falls 1.13%, industrial shares led losses

South Africa Market Watch | 6 July 2015: South African JSE falls 1.13%, industrial shares led losses

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) —South African equity markets began the week bearish. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share closed 1.13 percent or 585.86 points lower to close at 51,381 points. The JSE Top 40 index also plunged by  1.34 percent or 623.18 points to end at 45,732.42 points and JSE Financial sector index went down by 0.55 percent or 242.50 points at 43,613.78 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index…

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South Africa Market Watch | 3 July 2015: South African JSE falls 0.48%, losses led by resources but gold index adds 2.15%

South Africa Market Watch | 3 July 2015: South African JSE falls 0.48%, losses led by resources but gold index adds 2.15%

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) —South African equity markets returned to negative at end of today’s trading session. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share finished 0.48 percent or 248.39 points lower to close at 51,967.08 points. The JSE Top 40 index also declined by  0.58 percent or 272.17 points to end at 46,355.60 points and JSE Financial sector index lost 0.97 points at 43,855.98 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index…

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South Africa Market Watch | 2 July 2015: South African equity sustains uptrend, All share index gains 0.63%

South Africa Market Watch | 2 July 2015: South African equity sustains uptrend, All share index gains 0.63%

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — South African equity markets maintained the bullish momentum. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share finished 0.63 percent or 327.43 points higher to close at 52,215.47 points. The JSE Top 40 index surged by  0.68 percent or 314.41 points to end at 46,627.77 points and JSE Financial sector index gained 0.49 percent at 43,856.95 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index grew by 0.58 percent (to…

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South Africa Market Watch | 1 July 2015: South African equity all share index closes 0.16% higher as industrial shares led gains, gold miners lost 2.41%.

South Africa Market Watch | 1 July 2015: South African equity all share index closes 0.16% higher as industrial shares led gains, gold miners lost 2.41%.

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — South African equity markets on Wednesday ended on a upward momentum. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) All Share closed 0.16 percent or 81.09 points higher to close at 51,888.04 points. Likewise, the JSE Top 40 index added 0.37 percent or 171.77 points to end at 46,313 points and JSE Financial sector index surged by 0.05 percent at 43,643.48 points. Both Industrial sector index and industrial 25 index…

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South Africa Market Watch | June 23rd 2015: South African equities up as Greece hopes improve sentiment

South Africa Market Watch | June 23rd 2015: South African equities up as Greece hopes improve sentiment

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) — The South African equities rally maintained on Tuesday, amid of investor hopes on Greek debt crisis. With resource shares leading the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) upwards, the All Share index ended 0.77% higher on Tuesday with gains across the board. Equally, the Top 40 index which was 0.91% stronger on Monday added another 0.74% on Tuesday to trade at 46 934 points. The financial sector, which gained about 2% on Monday,…

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South Africa Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: South African stocks edge higher on Greece hopes

South Africa Market Watch | June 22nd 2015: South African stocks edge higher on Greece hopes

Johannesburg, South Africa (Capital Markets in Africa) – Financial shares were the big winners on Monday on the  Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) as the local market was lifted by a wave of optimism that Greece and its international creditors would strike a last-minute deal that will see the Greek government avert default. The Financial index has been under pressure lately despite being oversold. This is because any fallout over the Greek crisis will hit this…

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