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We take a look at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) trading statistics for the week ending 4 January 2019 and compare the numbers to that of a year ago.
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The first trading week of 2019 in numbers
Number of trades:
Number of trades (2019): 726 021
Number of trades (2018): 84 169
% change year on year: -22.86%
Value of trades:
Value of trades (2019): R37 856 011 000
Value of trades (2018): R65 264 304 000
% change year on year: -49.61%
Foreign purchase/selling:
Net sales/Purchases (2019): -R2 058 831 000
Net sales/Purchases (2018): -R432 260 000
% change year on year: 376% increase in net sales by foreigners compared to a year ago.
Continued selling of listed shares by foreigners. In 2018 as a whole foreigners were Net sellers of listed shares on the JSE to the value of R52.8 billion, in 2017 foreigners were Net sellers of shares listed on the JSE to the value of R47.5 billion. So in 2017 and 2018 foreigners were strong Net sellers of JSE listed shares and it seems the start of 2019 has seen a continuation of this trend. Foreigners were also strong Net sellers of Bonds, with them being Net sellers to the value of R65.6 billion worth of bonds. A small amount of relief in the 2019 numbers shows that foreigners were net buyers of R5.96 billion in bonds during the first week of 2019
JSE total market capitalisation:
Market Cap (2019): R12.651 trillion
Market Cap (2018): R15.46 trillion
% change year on year: -19.61%
The numbers above shows that its been tough start to 2019 for the South African stock market, with volumes and values being down (partly due to one extra trading day in the first week of 2018 compared to the first week of 2019). But the stock market has not been the greatest investment in recent years and as the numbers show the total market capital of all shares listed on the JSE is down by 19.61% or stated differently the market lost R3 trillion in value of the last 12 months. Thats almost the size of South Africa's whole economy. Net wealth of the average South Africa took a massive dent thanks to the market's performance.
Number of trades (2019): 726 021
Number of trades (2018): 84 169
% change year on year: -22.86%
Value of trades:
Value of trades (2019): R37 856 011 000
Value of trades (2018): R65 264 304 000
% change year on year: -49.61%
Foreign purchase/selling:
Net sales/Purchases (2019): -R2 058 831 000
Net sales/Purchases (2018): -R432 260 000
% change year on year: 376% increase in net sales by foreigners compared to a year ago.
Continued selling of listed shares by foreigners. In 2018 as a whole foreigners were Net sellers of listed shares on the JSE to the value of R52.8 billion, in 2017 foreigners were Net sellers of shares listed on the JSE to the value of R47.5 billion. So in 2017 and 2018 foreigners were strong Net sellers of JSE listed shares and it seems the start of 2019 has seen a continuation of this trend. Foreigners were also strong Net sellers of Bonds, with them being Net sellers to the value of R65.6 billion worth of bonds. A small amount of relief in the 2019 numbers shows that foreigners were net buyers of R5.96 billion in bonds during the first week of 2019
JSE total market capitalisation:
Market Cap (2019): R12.651 trillion
Market Cap (2018): R15.46 trillion
% change year on year: -19.61%
The numbers above shows that its been tough start to 2019 for the South African stock market, with volumes and values being down (partly due to one extra trading day in the first week of 2018 compared to the first week of 2019). But the stock market has not been the greatest investment in recent years and as the numbers show the total market capital of all shares listed on the JSE is down by 19.61% or stated differently the market lost R3 trillion in value of the last 12 months. Thats almost the size of South Africa's whole economy. Net wealth of the average South Africa took a massive dent thanks to the market's performance.