South African blue chips

The largest stock exchange in Africa is JSE Limited (formerly known as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange). JSE has 472 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US$182.6 billion as of December 2013. The stock exchange is not trading South African stocks only. JSE is planning to trade shares from Ghana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zambia.

FTSE/JSE Africa Top40 Tradeable Index

41 % of this index is constitutioned by banks, 19 % by mining sector, 13 % by Mobile Telecommunications. 10 companies are from South Africa, the rest from other african countries, namely Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia.

Top companies listed in TOP40:IND are as follows:


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CompanyVolume
FirstRand Ltd3 406 899
Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA2 877 278
GROWPNT2 289 187
DLY15MTN2 238 534
DLY15STANBANK1 417 273
Anglo American PLC1 299 815
Bhp Billiton PLC1 253 102
DLY15SHOPRIT1 113 133
Discovery Holdings Ltd1 099 940
IMPLATS936 140
DLY15GFIELDS860 607
Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd645 819
INVPLC530 443
DLY15NASPERS-N-498 451
INTUPROP471 040
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd462 494
MEDICLINIC INTER450 909
DLY15B-AFRICA442 560
Imperial Holding400 414
British American Tobacco PLC398 652
Exxaro Resources Ltd390 384
MONDIPLCPRE382 009
NEDBANK381 623
INVLTD333 591
KIO255 649
MONDI TDPRE228 493
Anglo American Platinum Ltd173 512
African Rainbow Minerals Ltd141 568
MASMART64 032
Assore Ltd44 008

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