The JSE remained slightly weaker at midday on Monday, as healthcare stocks as well as platinum and gold shares came under pressure. The all share index was down 0.19% at 51,406.4 points, with gold and platinum miners losing 3.43% and 0.51% respectively. Resources were down 0.58%. Miners were under pressure from both rand strength and lower commodity prices. AngloGold Ashanti lost 2.86% to R133.19, Gold Fields 4.91% to R44.38, Sibanye 2.78% to R15.75 and Harmony 3.71% to R20.76. Gold itself was down 1.14% to $917.81 an ounce and platinum 1.21% to $1241.4. Kumba Iron Ore gained 4.55% to R152.65 and Assore 2.44% to R171.50. The blue-chip top 40 lost 0.23%, industrials 0.21% and property 0.73%, while banks gained 1.1%. Standard Bank was up 2.21% to R143.46 and Nedbank 1.45% to R209. Healthcare stocks were the main drag in the industrial sector, which has a large weighting in the all share. Mediclinic lost 2.93% to R121.94, Life Healthcare 0.94% to R26.27 and Netcare 1.01% to R25.44. Asp...
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