Cape Town - The JSE rose to record highs, in line with a surge in global markets, after the US Federal Reserve said it will not taper its asset-buying programme for now.
The surprise decision by the US Federal Reserve to keep its $85bn stimulus programme intact had a positive effect on emerging market currencies.
Both the benchmark Top-40 (Tradeable) [JSE:J200] index and the All Share [JSE:J203] index were up nearly 2% in early trade on Thursday, hitting all-time highs of 39 612.64 and 44 179.84, respectively.
Resources saw the biggest gains with Harmony Gold [JSE:HAR] up 10.71% at R38.97, Anglogold Ashanti [JSE:ANG] up 9.66% at R137.18, and Gold Fields [JSE:GFI] up 6.62% at R50.11.
Among the biggest losers were Aveng [JSE:AEG] dropping 0.67% to trade at R25.33 and Adcock Ingram losing 0.32% to trade at R68.80.
In other markets, gold was up 4.67% at $1 364.63 an ounce, while the rand was trading near four-month highs at RR9.5660/$
The surprise decision by the US Federal Reserve to keep its $85bn stimulus programme intact had a positive effect on emerging market currencies.
Both the benchmark Top-40 (Tradeable) [JSE:J200] index and the All Share [JSE:J203] index were up nearly 2% in early trade on Thursday, hitting all-time highs of 39 612.64 and 44 179.84, respectively.
Resources saw the biggest gains with Harmony Gold [JSE:HAR] up 10.71% at R38.97, Anglogold Ashanti [JSE:ANG] up 9.66% at R137.18, and Gold Fields [JSE:GFI] up 6.62% at R50.11.
Among the biggest losers were Aveng [JSE:AEG] dropping 0.67% to trade at R25.33 and Adcock Ingram losing 0.32% to trade at R68.80.
In other markets, gold was up 4.67% at $1 364.63 an ounce, while the rand was trading near four-month highs at RR9.5660/$