MARKET WRAP: Aspen boosts JSE gains with biggest rise in 20 years on vaccination deal

Pharmaceutical manufacturer Aspen and gold miner AngloGold Ashanti led the JSE higher on Monday with the local bourse getting a boost from positive economic data, while investor focus now shifts to the US elections on Tuesday.

Shares in Aspen Pharmacare rose the most since April 2000, up 11.45% to R117.64, after the group said it hadreached a preliminary agreement to produce US drugmaker Johnson & Johnson’s (J&J) candidate Covid-19 vaccine at its facility in Port Elizabeth.