The JSE ended a volatile trading session on Monday in positive territory as industrials and miners gained on the weaker rand, while gold shares retreated. The JSE all share closed 1.54% higher at 51,615 points and the blue-chip top 40 gained 1.95%. Food and drug retailers rose 2.40%, resources 2.02%, industrials 1.93%, platinums 1.01%, financials 0.46% and banks 0.24%. The gold index shed 3.42% while property was flat. Industrials were firmer on a strong performance from Naspers, whose share price jumped following an earlier subdued response to a trading update indicating an expected annual 4%-10% rise in headline earnings per share to end-March. Core headline earnings per share are set to rise between 33% and 39%. The share closed 3.88% higher at R2,594.91. Sasol rose 1.84% to R369.56. Brent crude was 0.17% higher at $47.35 a barrel at the JSE’s close. Rand hedge British American Tobacco jumped 3.23% to R919.90. Barclays Africa lost 1.12% to R144.86 while Capitec jumped 3.5% to R78...
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