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| Last traded |
R299.98 |
| Change |
R-0.02 |
| % Change |
-0.01% |
| Cumulative volume |
697,493 |
| Market cap |
R114.78bn |
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Johannesburg - The JSE was flat at noon on Wednesday, failing to hang on to earlier gains as profit-taking came into play. Trading was quiet and volumes were light, an equity dealer said.
By 12:02 local time, the JSE all share index was flat, and so were gold miners and financials. Platinum miners fell 0.58%, industrials lost 0.46% and banks shed 0.51%. However, resources were 0.23% firmer.
The rand was trading at 6.91 to the dollar from 6.86 at the JSE's close on Tuesday. Gold was quoted at US$1 371.07 a troy ounce from $1 369.41/oz at the JSE's previous close, while platinum was at $1 842.50/oz from $1 823.70/oz before.
"There is no major economic or earnings news to drive the market, but there seemed to be some profit-taking" the equity dealer said.
Metal prices have come off a bit, dragging gold and platinum stocks along.
AngloGold Ashanti [JSE:ANG] was the most active stock, due to book building executed from yesterday to today. By 12:00 local time, Anglogold was the highest value traded stock on the JSE.
Dow Jones Newswires reports that European stocks fluctuated between small gains and small losses on Wednesday, unable to make any meaningful headway as weakness in the retail sector weighed on markets, with many traders choosing to sit on the sidelines ahead of some key US earnings releases.
London's FTSE 100 was 0.13% softer.
Asian stock markets were mostly higher on Wednesday, with many technology shares rising around the region after upbeat results from Apple and International Business Machines (IBM).
Japan's Nikkei Stock Average added 0.36%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 climbed 0.7% and South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 0.7%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 1.10%, while China's Shanghai Composite was up 1.1%.