Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Live
J203 Index | Year-to-Date | Market Cap. |
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76,428.33 (+381.48) | -464.82 (0.6%) | ZAR 19.22Tr |
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) is the principal stock exchange of South Africa, located in the affluent municipality of Sandton, Johannesburg. Founded in 1887 during the first South African gold rush, the JSE is today the largest stock exchange on the continent. It is self-described as the engine room of the South African economy, with the primary function of facilitating the raising of primary capital for listed companies while enhancing job opportunities and wealth creation by providing an orderly market for dealing in securities for investors. The JSE upgraded to electronic trading in 1996, and, in 2005, demutualized and listed on its own exchange.
In June 2002, the JSE implemented the FTSE/JSE Africa Index series (a joint venture between the FTSE Group and JSE) to replace the erstwhile JSE Actuaries indices. The series brought with it a change in methodology for calculating indices which complies with the IOSCO recommendations as laid out in the Principles for Financial Benchmarks. The headline indices of the series are the Top 40 (J200), Mid Cap (J201), Small Cap (J202), All Share (J203), Fledgling (J204), and Large Cap (J205). The J203, regarded as the benchmark index, represents 99% of the full market cap of all eligible equities listed on the Main Board, which can be split into the J200-J202 indices.
Top Gainers (185) | ||
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VIS | 0.02 | +100.00% |
TTO | 0.27 | +35.00% |
VUN | 2.60 | +18.18% |
EMN | 3.40 | +15.25% |
APF | 0.62 | +12.73% |
MTU | 0.72 | +10.77% |
Bottom Losers (109) | ||
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EPS | 1.51 | -24.50% |
ACS | 6.20 | -9.22% |
ISB | 0.71 | -6.58% |
TRL | 1.35 | -6.25% |
CPR | 4.52 | -6.03% |
KRO | 515.04 | -5.68% |
Listed companies/securities
In 2003, the JSE launched the Alternative Exchange (AltX, also known as the Growth Board) for small and mid-sized listings, and later the Yield X for interest rate and currency instruments. With the additional acquisition of the South African Futures Exchange (SAFEX) in 2001 and the Bond Exchange of South Africa (BESA) in 2009, the JSE today offers 5 financial markets, namely, Equities and Bonds, as well as Financial, Commodity, and Interest Rate Derivatives.
JSE TRADING SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024: At the end of the last weekday of trading on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), a total of 243,323,864 shares in 335,377 deals, corresponding to a market value of ZAR 20,759,259,359.86, were traded. Compared with the previous JSE trading day (Thursday, May 2), today's data shows 13% decline in volume, 13% decline in turnover, and 20% decline in deals. The current market capitalization of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is ZAR 19.2 trillion.
In the aggregate, 315 JSE listed equities participated in trading, ending with 185 gainers and 109 losers. Visual International Holdings led the gainers with 100% share price appreciation closing at ZAR 0.02 per share, followed by Trustco Group Holdings (+35%), Vunani (+18.18%) and E Media Holdings Ltd -N- (+15.25%). On the losing side, Eastern Platinum came out last with an end-of-day price depreciation of 24.5% at ZAR 1.51 per share, followed by Acsion (-9.22%), Insimbi Industrial Holdings (-6.58%) and Trellidor Hldgs (-6.25%). Sibanye Stillwater recorded the highest volume of 15.1 million traded shares, followed by Netcare (10.6m), Redefine Properties (10.3m) and Old Mutual (10.2m).
Regarding the performance of JSE market indices, the benchmark FTSE/JSE All Share Index (J203) moved up 381.48 (0.5%) points to close at 76,428.33, representing a 1-week gain of 2.82%, a 4-week gain of 1.4%, but an overall year-to-date loss of 0.6%. Other remarkable indices that performed were the FTSE/JSE Large Cap Index (+0.63%; +2.66% 1WK; +0.83% YTD), FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index (+0.51%; +2.72% 1WK; -0.28% YTD), FTSE/JSE Fledgling Index (+0.42%; +3.13% 1WK; +2.82% YTD), FTSE/JSE Mid Cap Index (+0.32%; +3.39% 1WK; -3.47% YTD), and FTSE/JSE Small Cap Index (-0.05%; +2.05% 1WK; -1.36% YTD).