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/ 18 September 2007
The JSE’s all-share index came out of the morose state it was in earlier, edging up into positive territory by midday on Tuesday driven by the turnaround in the United Kingdom’s FTSE 100. Shortly before midday, the FTSE 100 was at 6 224,10 points, 0,67% better than Monday’s close as the Bank of England added liquidity to the United Kingdom market,
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/ 17 September 2007
The JSE was sharply lower at midday on Monday as rekindled credit fears continued to spill over on to world markets. The JSE opened in negative territory and weakened further during the morning session on last week’s news that the United Kingdom’s fifth largest mortgage lender, Northern Rock, used the Bank of England as a lender of last resort.
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/ 13 September 2007
Shares in information and communications technology group Datatec dipped by almost 8% on Thursday after the company issued a pre-close statement for the six months ended August. The group said its trading during the first half of the financial year had been in line with the board’s expectations, with one exception
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/ 13 September 2007
The JSE drifted sideways during the course of the morning on Thursday in directionless trade as it waited to see how Wall Street opened. At 11.59am, the all-share index added 0,18%, with resources up 0,59%, the platinum mining index flat (+0,03%) and the gold-mining index little changed (-0,04%).
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/ 12 September 2007
South Africans spend most of their time on news and weather internet sites when they are online, a study done in August by global internet media and market researcher NetRatings has revealed. News and weather sites account for 23% of the time that South Africans spend online, which translates into about 1,1-million hours.
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/ 12 September 2007
The JSE continued to move sideways at noon on Wednesday as investors preferred the sidelines prior to the United States opening. One trader said that with the possibility of an interest-rate cut in US markets next week, markets are busy consolidating. "Although the Dow was up last night, US futures are down," he said.
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/ 10 September 2007
The JSE continued to hold on to its earlier gains by noon on Monday as miners gained speed after a rally in the gold and platinum price. Shortly before midday, the rand was bid at 7,19 to the United States dollar from 7,25 when the JSE closed on Friday, while gold was quoted at $703,75 a troy ounce from $703 at the JSE’s last close.
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/ 7 September 2007
The JSE all-share index gave up earlier gains of just over 0,5%, trading at just 0,21% in the black shortly before midday on Friday. "It hasn’t been an exciting day, we are up slightly. We initially saw gold stocks up on the stronger gold price, which supported the rest of the market," said a local trader.
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/ 5 September 2007
The JSE was in the red at midday on Wednesday after vacillating between positive and negative territory during early trade as investors took profits on stocks that have recovered from last month’s losses. The JSE’s all-share started in the red, but inched into positive territory within the first 15 minutes of trade, and by midday it had fallen back into the red.
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/ 4 September 2007
The JSE was a bit firmer by midday on Tuesday as a number of local deals buoyed sentiment for buyers. The local bourse was also getting positive direction from the FTSE, which was down in early trade, but recovered during the morning. By midday on the JSE, the all-share index was up 0,30%.