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Tue, 20 Apr 2010 - 20:50
2010/04/20 20:38:47
The JSE closed up 0.98% at 29012 with value traded at R 10.31 billion.
Advances led declines 230 to 114 with 75 shares unchanged out of 419
active. Mining closed up 1.02% at 34933, while Industrials were up 0.96%
at 27401 and financials ended the day up 1.05% at 21100.
The best performing sectors of the day were Beverages Index up 4% at 77092, Platinum Mining up 3.1% at 85 and Consumer Goods Index up 2.2% at 22326, while the worst were Venture Capital down 3.2% at 75, Electronic & Electrical Equipment Index down 0.6% at 19842 and Household Goods down 0.5% at 130.
There were 6 new 12 month highs today, including Sabmiller which closed up 4% at 22560, Metltd up 3.7% at 1670 and Hyprop up 1.6% at 5200.
Of the major stocks Anglo was up 0.85% at 32740, Billiton gained 0.61% at 24823, Sasol gained 0.51% at 29650, Sabmiller ended up 3.96% at 22560, Naspersn gained 0.15% at 30547.
Some of the top gainers included Net1ueps up 9.09% at 12000 , Iquad up 9.09% at 252 , some of the losing shares included Wildrness down 8.33% at 550 and Sephaku off 6.85% at 340
The Dow was up 0.2% at 11117.06 and the S&P 500 up 0.6% at 1205.28 a few moments ago.
Gold was up 0.3% at $ 1139.10/oz
The rand was last trading at R 7.39 to the dollar, R 11.31 to the pound and R 9.93 to the Euro.
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