The JSE dipped a little on Wednesday, as investors further trimmed their exposure to the recently high-flying resources sector.The resources index shed almost 2%, pulled down by the larger diversified miners. Weaker iron ore and copper prices, coupled with broker downgrades of some of the shares, dented sentiment in the sector.As a result, the all share was off 0.14% to 59,434 points by lunchtime, its weakest point in nearly two weeks.A strong performance by industrial heavyweight Naspers, however, kept losses in the overall market in check. Naspers rose 2.98% to a record R3,698.50, following gains by Hong Kong-listed Tencent, in which it owns about a third.The buoyant market reaction followed third-quarter results from Tencent, which reported a 69% rise in net profit to $2.71bn on a year-on-year basis.Sentiment elsewhere in the local share market was mostly weaker, though part of it came from trading updates.Netcare was a case in point, with its shares falling 6.3% to R23.66, after...
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