South Africa: Turnover On The JSE Equities Market - 31 March 1998

Turnover on the JSE Equities Market (Calendar Years)

Excluding Abitrage        Month ended    Year to    Year        % 
                          Mar 98         date      to date   Change
                                         1998       1997     Year to
                                                             date

     Value (R Million)    28,524          67,505     41,249   +63.7

     Number of Deals     351,809         829,511    514,575   +61.2

     Volume (Million)      3,039           7,147      3,923   +82.2

Arbitrage

     Value (R Million)     8,483          21,217     13,061   +62.4

     Number of Deals      11,123          29,246     30,493    -4.1

     Volume (Million)        380             947        563   +68.2



Excluding Abitrage         1997       1996      1995

     Value (R Million)  206,542    117,357    63,247

     Number of Deals  2,343,957  1,443,573   762,091

     Volume (Million)    17,850      8,993     5,148

Arbitrage

     Value (R Million)   67,612     41,579    21,700

     Number of Deals    115,387    100,276    59,128

     Volume (Million)     3,164      1,798     1,029

as at 31 March 1998

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