MARKET WRAP: JSE falls in risk-averse trade as China virus spreads
The JSE all share lost 1.49%, its biggest slide in more than two months, and the top 40 1.53%
21 January 2020 - 18:12
The JSE’s losses deepened substantially for the week on Tuesday, with global markets falling as investors abandoned risk assets on concern over the outbreak of a deadly virus in China.
The JSE all share lost 1.49% to 57,976.4 points, its biggest slide in more than two months, and the top 40 1.53%. Banks gained 0.33%, while financials relinquished 0.21%, gold miners 3.3% and the platinum index 8.79%...
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