Turnover on the JSE Equities Market

                         Month ended    Year to    Year to    %
                         Apr 1998       date       date       Change
                                        1998       1997       Year to
                                                              date
Excluding Abitrage 

     Value (R Million)    30,711        98,216     58,641     +67.5

     Number of Deals     335,160     1,164,671    679,441     +71.4

     Volume (Million)      2,803         7,147      5,304     +87.6

Arbitrage

     Value (R Million)     9,046        30,263     17,869     +69.4

     Number of Deals       9,401        38,647     39,468      -2.1

     Volume (Million)        336         1,283        863     +48.7



                           *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         8,993     5,148

Arbitrage

     Value (R Million)    67,612        41,474    21,700

     Number of Deals     115,387       100,089    59,128

     Volume (Million)      3,164         1,798     1,029
* 1997 has been adjusted



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