9. Position in the world league at 30 September 1997.

Of the 45 Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs (FIBV)
member stock exchanges, the JSE ranks as follows according to the
FIBV statistics as at 30 September 1997.*


             JSE             RANKING     JSE            RANKING
             Sep 1997                    YEAR 1996

Market       264,390         19          241,571        16
Capital-
isation
(Domestic)
(US$ Million)


             JSE             RANKING      JSE            RANKING
             YTD 1997                     YEAR 1996
             

Market       33,180           27           26,997         29
Turnover
(US$ million)

Liquidity %  25.1             39             11.2         38

*The ranking of the JSE has been affected by the inclusion of 
the following Stock Exchanges into the FIBV statistics

*Athens
*Phillipines
*Lima
*Irish
*Lisbon


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