{"id":10284,"date":"2012-04-26T04:31:43","date_gmt":"2012-04-26T02:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/04\/south-african-stocks-boosted-by-resources-rebound\/"},"modified":"2012-04-26T04:31:43","modified_gmt":"2012-04-26T02:31:43","slug":"south-african-stocks-boosted-by-resources-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/south-african-stocks-boosted-by-resources-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"South African stocks boosted by resources rebound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Benchmark blue-chip Top-40 index up 0.66 percent<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* All-Share index closes up 0.61 pct<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">JOHANNESBURG, April 25<\/span> (Reuters) &#8211; South African stocks<br \/>\nedged up on Wednesday in thin trade with resource firms<br \/>\nincluding platinum producer Lonmin leading the charge<br \/>\non expectations demand may pick up in China.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shares of AngloGold Ashanti, Africa&#8217;s largest gold<br \/>\nproducer, ended a five-session drubbing to post a 1.98 percent<br \/>\ngain, closing at 260.57 rand.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Resources had a bit of a bounce today. Industrial<br \/>\nproduction out of China was better than forecast,&#8221; said Andrew<br \/>\nFlavell, a trader from Consilium Capital SA.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The benchmark blue-chip Top-40 index rose 0.66<br \/>\npercent to 30,021.05, while the broader All-Share index<br \/>\nclosed up 0.61 percent higher at 34,028.81.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Shares of Lonmin gained 2.73 percent to 129.04 rand on the<br \/>\nJSE. Lonmin&#8217;s primary listing is in London.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Richemont, the maker of Cartier and Mont Blanc<br \/>\nluxury watches, extended gains to close 2.9 percent firmer at<br \/>\n48.61 rand. Data showed on Tuesday that Swiss watch exports rose<br \/>\nby nearly 19 percent last month, buoyed by strong Asian demand.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Richemont is also listed in Switzerland.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Benchmark blue-chip Top-40 index up 0.66 percent * All-Share index closes up 0.61 pct JOHANNESBURG, April 25 (Reuters) &#8211; South African stocks edged up on Wednesday in thin trade with resource firms including platinum producer Lonmin leading the charge on expectations demand may pick up in China. Shares of AngloGold Ashanti, Africa&#8217;s largest gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-10284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}