At a time of great volatility in capital markets caused by recent global events, the JSE recorded the highest value of trades executed in its history on the exchange yesterday.
The Equity Market recorded trades valued at R53.7 billion. This breaks the previous record of R38.1 billion traded on 14 September 2012 by 41%.
“This is a wonderful milestone for the JSE and we believe that this record can be attributed to positive global equity sentiment coupled with an active Equity Derivatives Futures Close Out yesterday,” says Leanne Parsons, Director of Trading and Market Services at the JSE.