South African Shares

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…