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JSE Still Closed Following Volume Surge on Naspers-Prosus Share Swap

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  • JSE has still not started trading this morning following record trading volumes of more than R148 billion yesterday on the back of R83bn traded in Naspers and R37bn in Prosus.
  • This was due to the implementation of a share swap deal between Naspers and Prosus, allowing Naspers shareholders to swap their shares for newly created shares in Prosus.
  • The transaction increased the number of Prosus tradeable shares and shrank the number of Naspers tradeable shares.
  • Naspers now has a smaller weighting in the JSE's indices, and index-tracking funds had to sell their Naspers shares (and buy Prosus shares) to reflect this
  • According to the head of a large dealing desk, the JSE is seemingly struggling with "system issues" due to the record volumes. No transactions have been fed through to the JSE's broker deal accounting (BDA) system.
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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