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JSE hits records, but platinum shares drop

Reuters - South African stocks scaled record highs on Tuesday for a second straight session but shares of platinum mining firms fell after talks to end a five-month wage strike in the sector deadlocked.

Lomin was the biggest decliner among the top-three platinum producers affected by the walk out, falling 2.17% to 43.78 rand. Anglo American Platinum lost 1% to R467.74.

"The platinum stocks are still struggling because of the impasse and continued uncertainty with the labour issues on the platinum mines," said Ferdi Heyneke, portfolio manager at Afrifocus.

The mining minister pulled out of the negotiations on Monday, deepening concerns that the strike could stretch on for months more. [ID:nL5N0OR251]

The benchmark Top-40 index gained 1.31% to 45 730.62, after a 45 737.82 record achieved earlier. The broader All-share index ended up 1.2% at 50 736.42, also a record high.

"We are seeing some good buying despite the rand being weak and the concerns that South Africa could see a negative rating coming through," Heyneke said.

Fitch and Standard and Poor's are due to release their latest credit reviews on South Africa on Friday, with analysts expecting at least one downgrade after the economy contracted in the first quarter of the year, hit by the platinum strike.

Gainers included brewer SABMiller, adding 5.58% to R615.34, and e-commerce and media giant Naspers, which ended 4.02%  higher at R1 243.01.

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Rand - Dollar
19.01
-0.5%
Rand - Pound
24.01
-0.5%
Rand - Euro
20.52
-0.3%
Rand - Aus dollar
12.35
+0.0%
Rand - Yen
0.13
-0.6%
Platinum
900.15
+0.4%
Palladium
1,000.00
-0.2%
Gold
2,209.40
+0.7%
Silver
24.58
-0.3%
Brent Crude
86.09
-0.2%
Top 40
68,189
+0.8%
All Share
74,373
+0.6%
Resource 10
57,035
+2.5%
Industrial 25
103,662
+0.4%
Financial 15
16,492
-0.2%
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