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ARTICLE · 12 OCTOBER 1998

Monthly Stock Exchange Report (August 1998)

JSE Securities Exchange South Africa
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TURNOVER ON THE JSE EQUITIES MARKET
                         Month ended    Year to    Year to    %
                         Aug 1998       date       date       Change
                                        1998       1997       Year to
                                                              date
Excluding Abitrage 

     Value (R Million)    28,785       221,474    220,131     +0.6

     Number of Deals     336,736     2,551,628    2,536,579   +0.6

     Volume (Million)      3,051        22,378     22,245     +0.6

Arbitrage

     Value (R Million)     8,565        65,160     39,185     +66.3

     Number of Deals       8,794        71,907     75,467      -4.7

     Volume (Million)        507         2,925      1,962     +49.1



                           *1997          1996      1995
Excluding Abitrage 

     Value (R Million)   206,542       117,099    63,247

     Number of Deals   2,343,957     1,440,240   762,091

     Volume (Million)     17,850

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