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JSE reaches new peak

Johannesburg - South African stocks booked their highest close on record on Thursday as shares of Anglo American and its unit Kumba Iron Ore rose on solid first-quarter production.

Shares of MTN Group fell 3.8% to R208.20 after Africa's biggest mobile operator reported slower growth in subscriber numbers for the first quarter.

"We are strong but we won't sustain these sort of levels. The resources are definitely shining and that's purely from the numbers that came out," said Martin Lentsoane, managing director at brokerage Lehumo Capital.

The Top-40 index ended up 0.58% at 43 900.89, after hitting a lifetime record of 44 048.53 in the session. The All-Share index, which hit a record high of 49 069.63 during the day, closed up 0.59% at 48 934.51.

Anglo American rose 1.7% to R278.01, while Kumba gained 2.2% to R382.46. Anglo American posted an increase its copper and iron ore output for the first quarter of 2014, but its platinum output slumped, hit by a strike at is South African operations.

Iron ore producer Assore rose 2percent to R426.27.

Advancers outpaced decliners 182 to 127, as 203 million shares changed hands, according to preliminary bourse data.

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Rand - Dollar
19.00
-0.3%
Rand - Pound
24.09
+0.1%
Rand - Euro
20.60
-0.0%
Rand - Aus dollar
12.37
+0.5%
Rand - Yen
0.13
+0.6%
Platinum
901.60
-0.1%
Palladium
998.41
-0.8%
Gold
2,153.87
-0.3%
Silver
24.93
-0.5%
Brent Crude
86.89
+1.8%
Top 40
65,642
-0.9%
All Share
71,879
-0.8%
Resource 10
52,855
-0.9%
Industrial 25
99,386
-1.1%
Financial 15
16,545
-0.5%
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