Mon, 04 Jan 2010 - 18:30
2010/01/04
The JSE closed up 0.83% at 27895 with value traded at R 2.92 billion.
Declines led advances 162 to 157 with 63 shares unchanged out of 382
active. Mining closed up 2.18% at 34738, while Industrials were off
0.15% at 25949 and financials ended the day off 0.05% at 19316.
The best performing sectors of the day were FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL up 44%
at 2951, FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 up 24.3% at 5801 and Platinum Mining up 3.1%
at 84, while the worst were FTSE/JSE All Africa ex SA 30 with S A Rand
values down 44.7% at 53, FTSE/JSE All Africa ex SA 30 with US$ values
down 31.1% at 59 and FTSE/JSE All Africa 40 Index with S A Rand values
down 21.8% at 68.
There were 9 new 12 month highs today, including Fortressb which closed
up 14.5% at 190, Aquarius up 5.3% at 5050 and Bcx up 3.6% at 570.
Of the major stocks Anglo was up 2.82% at 32850, Mtn ended down 2.76% at
11465, Billiton gained 1.96% at 24165, Gfields gained 1.4% at 9935,
Naspersn was up 0.33% at 30100.
Biggest gainers of the day where Fortressb up 14.46% at 190 , Arb up
7.69% at 210 , some of the losing shares included Comair off 11.67% at
265 and Ips off 10.59% at 152
The Dow was up 1.4% at 10572.47 and the S&P 500 up 1.5% at 1131.38 a few
moments ago.
Gold was up 2.1% at $ 1122.15/oz
The rand was last trading at R 7.29 to the dollar, R 11.71 to the pound
and R 10.52 to the Euro.
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