JOHANNESBURG Dec 30 (Reuters) – South African stocks
posted their first annual loss in three years on Friday,
declining 0.6 percent for 2011 as concern about the euro zone
crisis helped spark selling in miners and other companies
sensitive to global growth.
Johannesburg’s benchmark Top-40 index finished the
day down 0.06 percent at 28,469.81. The annual decline is its
first negative yearly performance since 2008.
(Reporting by David Dolan; Editing by Jon Herskovitz)
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