Johannesburg - Platinum stocks helped push JSE All Share
[JSE:J203] and Top 40 - (Tradeable) [JSE:J200] indices to fresh record intra-day highs‚ amid
positive global market sentiment.
At 12:40‚ the All share index was up 0.24% to 38 280.84
points‚ with the Top 40 index edging up 0.23% to 34 006.42. Platinum stocks
rallied 2.17%.
Andrew Kinsey‚ head of risk at GT247.com‚ said the continued
strength of the market continued to confound investors. “Since January‚ the
ALSI has risen consistently‚ seemingly unfazed by poor economic growth numbers‚
strike action and political uncertainty.”
He added there had been very few‚ short lived pull-backs for
clients to buy into. “As a result the average age of the positions is
lengthening substantially.”
European markets were higher at noon‚ with London’s FTSE 100
gaining 0.28%.
There was a positive change of sentiment regarding the talks
to avert the US fiscal cliff‚ said Devin Shutte‚ a trader at stockbrokerage‚ News
trading.
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