Africa Stock Market Closing Report | South African stock market closed up about 1.1%, led by precious metal mining stocks such as Platinum Group Metals

Wallstreetcn
2025.12.22 15:43

On Monday (December 22), the South African FTSE/JSE Africa Top 40 Index closed up 1.09% at 108,000 points. The Johannesburg market initially surged straight up, breaking through 108,800 points before retreating, oscillating around the "halfway point" for most of the time. Constituent stocks included Impala Platinum Holdings (IMP.SJ) rising 8.66%, Sibanye Stillwater up 7.22%, Northam Platinum increasing 6.04%, Gold Fields (GFI) up 5.83%, Harmony Gold Mining (HAR) rising 5.42%, and AngloGold Ashanti (ANG) up 4.77%. Naspers closed down 1.69%, the sixth largest decline, while Anheuser-Busch InBev (ANH) fell 2.44%, performing the worst