Asian markets set a gloomy tone for the JSE on Thursday morning, indicating the all share index may continue Wednesday’s slide.The all share index fell 0.22%, taking it back under 60,000 points for the third time since it first breached that level in early November.Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 index was down 0.42% at 6,071 points and Wellington’s NZX 50 index closed 1.37% lower at 8,250 points.The rand — which swung from R12.34/$ to R12.55/$ after hopes were dashed that the ANC’s new leadership would attempt to oust President Jacob Zuma at their meeting in East London on Wednesday — had settled back to R12.42/$ at 7am.The rand was at R14.84/€ and R16.76/£.An exception to the JSE’s slide on Wednesday were gold miners whose shares were buoyed by a postponement in a class action suit against them from former workers suffering from silicosis.The JSE’s gold mining index closed 2% higher at 1,313 points. Harmony Gold rose 3.71% to R22.11 and AngloGold Ashanti 3.62% to R133.50.Long4Life issued two...
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