SA stocks steady as Naspers gains
South Africa’s main stock benchmark was little changed in early trading as weakness in banks was offset by gains for index giant Naspers.
The FTSE/JSE Africa All Shares Index was up 0.1% at 10:11 a.m. in Johannesburg, but has fallen 0.7% in the past seven days, heading for its first weekly loss of November.
- Index for bank stocks retreats for a second day, down 1% as the rand weakens.
- Capitec -1.7%, Standard Bank -1.4%, FirstRand -0.9%, Nedbank -0.8%.
- BHP and Anglo American pull the index for mining stocks down 0.1%.
- BHP -0.5%, Anglo American -0.3%.
- Tiger Brands falls for a third day, down 3.4% to the lowest in more than two weeks after publishing full-year earnings.
- Naspers gains 1.9% to provide the biggest boost to the benchmark as partly owned Tencent recovers in Hong Kong; Naspers holds a 31% stake in the tech giant, through its subsidiary Prosus NV, which is up 1.4%.
- Foreigners were net sellers of South African stocks for a fourth day Thursday, disposing of R156 million worth of shares, according to exchange operator JSE Ltd.
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Source: moneyweb.co.za