Wednesday, January 28, 2009

A ray of hope on the JSE today...

The JSE ended positive today, due to strong gains in financial shares followed by an opening rally on Wall Street. The Top 40 index ended + 1.94% and the ALSI (All Share index) gained + 1.87% .

Resources were up +1.66%, gold stocks lost - 5.57%.

Banks showed healthy gains of + 4.60% and industrials were up +1.41%.

With the exception of gold stocks, there was green (+) across the board today!