South Africa: Market Profile 9 - Position In The World League At 30 January 1998

Of the 42 Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs (FIBV)
member stock exchanges, the JSE ranks as follows according to the
FIBV statistics as at 31 October 1997.*


             JSE             RANKING       JSE            RANKING
             Dec 1997                   YEAR 1996

Market       230,040         19          241,571          16
Capital-
isation
(Domestic)
(US$ Million)


             JSE             RANKING          JSE            RANKING
             Year to date                  YEAR 1996
             1997

Market       44,696            26             26,997         29
Turnover
(US$ million)

Liquidity %    21.2            37               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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For further information contact Ailsa Thorpe at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange - Tel: +27 11 377 2306, Fax: +27 11 834 7402, Web:http://www.jse.co.za