Daily Equity Report

The JSE closed down 0.84% at 27655 with value traded at R 4.41 billion. Declines led advances 160 to 139 with 63 shares unchanged out of 362 active. Mining closed down 1.14% at 34061, while Industrials were off 0.63% at 25943 and financials ended the day down 0.82% at 19249.

The best performing sectors of the day were FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL up 42.7% at 2925, FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 up 23.2% at 5750 and FTSE/JSE AFRICA ALTX 15 up 2.9% at 331, while the worst were FTSE/JSE All Africa ex SA 30 with S A Rand values down 44.3% at 54, FTSE/JSE All Africa ex SA 30 with US$ values down 31.3% at 59 and Development Capital down 22.5% at 259.

There were 19 new 12 month highs today, including Bowcalf which closed up 11.7% at 670, Brimston up 8% at 810 and Kap up 4.3% at 240.

Of the major stocks Anglo was off 1.08% at 32298, Mtn was down 1.01% at 11800, Naspersn moved down 2.83% at 29050, Billiton was off 0.33% at 23850, Sasol moved down 0.25% at 30000.

Some of the top gainers included Anooraq up 13.22% at 685 , Bowcalf up 11.67% at 670 , while the major losers were Fortressb down 8.84% at 165 and Metrofile down 7.14% at 130

The Dow was up 0.5% at 10573.91 and the S&P 500 up 0.3% at 1129.52 a few moments ago.

Gold was off 0.5% at $ 1102.22/oz

The rand was last trading at R 7.38 to the dollar, R 11.76 to the pound and R 10.64 to the Euro.