Showing posts with label Obama's inauguration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Obama's inauguration. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Obama's inauguration has no effect on global markets...

The Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE) opened weaker today with the JSE All Share Index dropping 211.89 points or 1.03% lower to 20 411 points. Just over 122.1-million shares have changed hands in 31 636 deals, worth more than R2.88-billion.

The Top-40 index of blue-chip shares has lost 217.54 points or 1.17% to trade at 18 346 points, the Resource Index has dropped 765.52 points or 2.06% lower to 36 456 points.

The Gold Mining Index was almost unchanged, edging 0.22 points or 0.01% lower to 2 193 points, while the Platinum Index has slipped 1.78% lower.

The banking sector has lost 0.73%, while financials have lost 0.87%.