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Johannesburg - The JSE traded flat at noon on Friday, as worse-than-expected economic data out of Europe and China this week stoked fears about global growth prospects.
By 12:03 local time, the JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index traded 0.18% lower at 33,491.54 points; resources shaved off 0.39%, gold miners gave up 0.89%, while platinum miners edged 0.17% higher.
Industrials were down 0.15%, while banks added 0.63% and financials 0.13%.
The rand had firmed to 7.67 to the US dollar, from 7.74 at the JSE's close on Thursday. Gold was quoted at US$1,650.99 a troy ounce from $1,636.18 at the JSE's previous close, while platinum was at $1,625/oz from $1,614.50/oz.
A local trader said the market was taking cues from international markets, in absence of any major economic data.
European stocks traded flat as nervousness about the health of peripheral eurozone economies resurfaced.
The worse than expected data out of China on Thursday, that indicated manufacturing activity in the world's second biggest economy had hit a four-month low, weighed on Asian stocks this morning.
Tokyo's Nikkei fell by 115.61 points or 1.14% to 10,011.47 and Hang Seng slid by 1.11%.
