The JSE ended the week lower in choppy trade on Friday, as the rand was boosted by a weaker dollar environment, which lifted banks and industrials. After hovering near its best level in two years at midday, the all share ended the day 0.23% lower at 54,162.7 points, and the blue-chip top 40 0.23% down. However, the all share is up 1.05% since Monday, its fifth consecutive week of gains. Food and drug retailers lost 1.53%, resources 1.44%, banks 0.13%, platinums 0.58% and general retailers 0.13%. Gold miners and industrials both added 0.16%. Diversified miner BHP lost 1.52% to R218.67, Glencore 2.61% to R52.69 and Anglo American 1.35% to R184.50. Petrochemical group Sasol was off 3.17% to R367.89. ArcelorMittal lost 3.73% to R4.91. Earlier this week it warned that its headline loss per share for the six months to the end of June would be up to three times higher than that of the previous comparable period. Truworths was off 1.26% to R77.51, after reporting earlier that it expected it...
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