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Stocks in South Africa slipped during early trading Friday, as the FTSE/JSE All Share Index declined 0.7% to 109586.50.
Among local companies with a market cap of at least 15 billion South African rand ($910.7 million), Naspers is the biggest early laggard, declining 2.8%, followed by shares of Fortress Real Est Invts B, which declined 2.7%. Shares of Sasol dropped 2.4%.
Premier Group is the biggest leader this morning, rising 1.6%, and DRDGOLD added 0.6%.
On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index was flat at 97.03. The dollar strengthened 0.4% against the rand to 16.47 rand.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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July 17, 2026 03:26 ET (07:26 GMT)
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