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/ 30 December 2003
A strong bullion price saw gold stocks continue to find favour on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) in noon trade on Tuesday in a market that was up overall in line with its global counterparts. However, volumes were dismal, with less than R150-million-worth of shares changing hands.
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/ 24 December 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa ended a seven-day winning streak on Wednesday, closing marginally weaker after an abridged Christmas Eve trading day. With a large number of players away, volumes were exceptionally light. When the bourse closed at noon, the all-share index was a marginal 0,13% in the red.
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/ 18 December 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was stronger in noon trade on Thursday, taking succour from the rand, which was weaker on offshore dollar buying. Dealers said the afternoon’s futures closeout was likely to be a quiet one, with many players having already gone on holiday.
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/ 15 December 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa forged ahead on Monday morning after the capture of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein nabbed the attention of world markets. However, with many players away and key data releases due out later in the week, volumes were very light.
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/ 11 December 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was flat in noon trade on Thursday in a market that was quiet ahead of the decision on interest rates by the South African Reserve Bank monetary policy committee due just after 3pm. Gold stocks dominated the market’s downside
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/ 4 December 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was weaker in noon trade on Thursday on the back of a strong rand and futures-related selling. Platinum stocks were particularly hard hit after a profit warning by AngloPlat before the opening. The rand was trading at R6,20 per dollar.
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/ 2 December 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was flat in noon trade on Tuesday, with continued strength in the rand offsetting the positive effect of firmer world markets and the gold price sustaining its break above the $400-an-ounce level. At 11.59am, the all-share index was flat (-0,05%).
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/ 1 December 2003
The South African rand was steady against major currencies in late afternoon trade on Monday in a quiet market. Currency traders said that the local unit’s firming trend was still intact and saw it targeting R6,30 later in the week. Traders expected expected the rand to trade in a R6,35 to R6,41 range overnight.
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/ 1 December 2003
After a choppy start, the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa sailed into positive territory on Monday morning, boosted by stronger world markets and futures-related buying. Just before noon, advancers outnumbered decliners on the all-share index by almost two to one.
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/ 26 November 2003
The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was flat in noon trade on Wednesday, with a rampant rand offsetting the positive influence of stronger world markets. Currency traders attributed the rand’s rally to a new best level against the dollar since March 2000 of R6,46 on Wednesday morning to stop-loss dollar sales.