The rand was one of the worst performing major currencies as demand for China’s manufactured goods declined.
In a move unprecedented in its 125-year history, the Johannesburg stock exchange stalled trading for five minutes on Friday in a tribute to Mandela.
The Industrial Development Corporation has issued R1.5-billion in public bonds and plans to launch more in the future.
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Riaan Stassen, dubbed the "heart" of Capitec’s founding management team, will be replaced by Gerrie Fourie as chief executive.
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The Johannesburg stock exchange has started discussions with contractors to begin building a co-location service that will speed up trading.
The JSE continues to break records despite South Africa’s economic woes and gloomy political headlines ahead of the ANC national conference.
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The Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s new chief executive Nicky Newton-King ticked all the right boxes for the job, writes Heather Formby.
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Whether it be through community involvement or payroll giving, institutionalised volunteerism can be leveraged to the benefit of companies.
A group of schoolgirls have won the JSE/Liberty Investment challenge, and were rewarded with real shares for their efforts.
Cosatu has urged the ANC to look at transformation in the JSE, which it says is more than 80% white, capitalist-owned, and increasingly foreign-owned.
The ANC Youth League has dismissed media reports that its president, Julius Malema, is facing imminent arrest as "petty politics".
At dusk on Thursday, thousands of marchers in Sandton contemplated whether to continue their economic march to freedom to Pretoria on foot.
The ANC Youth League march for economic freedom has made slow progress towards the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in Sandton.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange announced a 17% black shareholding in Sandton on Tuesday, but noted the figure may well be higher.
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has launched exotic currency options contracts to give investors greater flexibility in their currency bets.
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/ 30 January 2009
The JSE was flat by noon on Friday with banking stocks coming under pressure.
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/ 28 January 2009
The JSE extended gains by midday on Wednesday, with resources and financials providing firm support.
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/ 27 January 2009
The JSE extended its gains and was more than 300 points firmer by midday on Tuesday.
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/ 26 January 2009
A gold-stocks rally kept the JSE firm by midday on Monday, but banking stocks were lagging.
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/ 22 January 2009
Stocks continued to recover and were more than 300 points firmer by midday on Thursday.
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/ 20 January 2009
The JSE recovered from this morning’s low levels but remained in negative territory by midday on Tuesday.
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/ 19 January 2009
The JSE remained positive by noon on Monday with resources still leading the upside in what a trader said was a "quiet session".
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/ 16 January 2009
Stocks remained in positive territory by noon on Friday, tracking movements in global markets with resources and precious metals holding firmly.
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/ 15 January 2009
South African stocks came off the day’s lowest levels but remained in negative territory by midday on Thursday.
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/ 13 January 2009
South African stocks plunged more than 600 points by midday on Tuesday weighed by falling resource counters and continued global economic worries.
The JSE remained in positive territory in "dull" trade by midday on Friday as market players await the release of jobless figures in the US.
The JSE extended its gains and was more than 300 points stronger by midday on Tuesday with resource counters continuing to offer firm support.
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/ 11 December 2008
The JSE slipped into negative territory by midday on Thursday with resources leading the downside as participants sought to square positions.
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/ 5 December 2008
The JSE remained in the red by midday on Friday weighed by resources and gold stocks, which remained under pressure.
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/ 4 December 2008
The JSE was up more than 3% at midday on Thursday, building on its earlier gains, helped by climbing resource stocks.
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/ 3 December 2008
The JSE came off the morning’s highest levels but remained in the black by noon on Wednesday, despite pressured resource stocks.
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/ 24 November 2008
ArcelorMittal SA has said it will cut prices for a third month running while expecting fourth-quarter earnings to fall.