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Reserve Bank leaves rate unchanged

The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) monetary policy committee (MPC) on Thursday decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 8%. The prime interest rate is therefore to remain…

JSE climbs as rand falters

The JSE Securities Exchange was ensconced in firm territory, with the exception of gold shares, just after noon on Wednesday as the rand faltered off the day’s stronger levels.…

JSE inches up in dull trade

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa inched firmer in listless trade on Friday, with market activity on the subdued side as a result of the Thanksgiving holiday in the United…

JSE stages recovery by noon

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa moved into positive territory at midday on Friday, shrugging off some of the morning’s weakness caused by the surge in the rand to a…

JSE looking sunny by noon

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa (JSE) was looking sunny at midday on Thursday, with the market higher across the board despite the firmer tone in the rand. At midday the…

Players sit on the fence at midday

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was stuck in flat territory, albeit with a more positive bias than this morning, just after midday on Wednesday. Dealers said that…

JSE looking soggy at noon

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was looking soggy at midday, with the continued strength in the rand and damp European equities weighing on the bourse. At noon the…

JSE still stuck in the doldrums

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was still stuck in negative territory by midday on Monday, although off the weaker levels seen at the opening. Dealers said that the…

JSE sitting on the fence at noon

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was stuck in flat territory, albeit with a positive bias, at noon on Thursday. Dealers said activity had been largely rand driven, with…

JSE stuck in doldrums at noon

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was unable to shake off the weakness which emerged at the opening on Wednesday and was stuck in the red at noon. Dealers said the market…

JSE tracks firmer global markets

The strength on the global equities front filtered through to the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa on Wednesday, with the bourse firmly in the black at midday. Slight…

JSE lower at noon; resources weigh

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was lingering in the red at midday on Wednesday, with resources and platinum counters the main culprits on the downside, although gains…

JSE maintains firm tone in thin trade

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa held on to many of the gains made in morning, with the bourse in the black at midday on Wednesday. The market took cheer from strength in…

JSE firm at noon, but golds weigh

The JSE Securities Exchange was in firm territory by midday on Monday, taking cheer from the positive tone on European markets and the strong close in the United States on…

JSE slides on rand, resources

A combination of the stronger currency and weaker resources stocks dragged the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa into the red at noon on Monday.

JSE stuck in the doldrums

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was unable to lift itself out of the doldrums by midday on Friday, with the bourse stuck in flat territory as gains in heavyweight…

Gold stocks pare JSE’s gains

Sharp falls in gold counters pared gains on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa by noon on Wednesday, with the bourse in flattish territory. The weakness in the rand,…

JSE starts the week in the red

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa kicked off the first trading day of the week in the red, with activity subdued at the start.

JSE opens in red, but gold bounces

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa opened in negative territory on Friday, despite a bounce in gold counters. Rand-hedge stocks were under pressure as the currency retained…

JSE in the red, but gold stocks shine

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa followed weaker global markets and opened in the red on Monday, although losses were pared by a rise in gold counters. Gold shares firmed…