THE JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) followed international bourses higher across the board on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve surprised global markets with a 50-basis-point interest rate cut. Information technology counters led the upsurge, adding more than 7.4% at the opening, as London-listed South African networking services firm Dimension Data leaped R2.90, or 8.61%, to R36.60. Shortly after the 9am opening, the benchmark JSE all-share index was up 1.68%; the industrial index added 2.34%; the financial index advanced 1.78%; the resources index ticked up 1.24%; the IT index jumped 7.42%; the all-gold index was 0.99% firmer; and the platinum index was 0.56% higher.