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Top40 Index Breaches Bear Channel Upper Trendline

SOUTH AFRICA
  • SA's top40 index managed to hold onto lateral support at 60k last week, buoyed by renewed buying momentum in mining stocks.
  • Gold + 13% since April lows, now trading above $1900. Platinum, however, has eased slightly at +3.15% since the start of April, having failed to breach $1275 in May.
  • Today's price action remains key in assessing whether the next leg higher towards all-time highs in March can be sustained.
  • We need to see a close above the bear channel upper trendline to affirm the near-term bullish bias.
  • Technical indicators have turned bullish: Price action trading above 50& 100dmas, RSI back above 50 at 61.3, MACD bullish crossover seen below the 0 line. Resistance seen at 62984 & 63969
  • Sasol + 5.13% on firmer oil prices, Exxaro +2.87%, Anglo American +2.54%.


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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