{"id":130656,"date":"2016-07-24T19:30:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=130656"},"modified":"2016-07-22T17:34:16","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T15:34:16","slug":"best-and-worst-performing-jse-top-40-shares-in-2016-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/130656\/best-and-worst-performing-jse-top-40-shares-in-2016-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Best and worst performing JSE Top 40 shares in 2016 so far"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa has had a challenging first half of the year, suffering through the fallout of “Nenegate”, surviving three credit rating reviews unscathed, and being knocked by an unexpected vote by Britain to leave the European Union.<\/p>\n

And there is still more to come: election season is upon us, and investors are keeping a keen eye on the socio-political situation (particularly within the ANC) leading up to yet another rating review in December.<\/p>\n

With such a news-heavy first half of 2016, South African companies have had to bear the brunt of many of the blows – all the while battling a stagnant economy and drought conditions putting pressure on consumers.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, for most of the JSE top 40, much of the harm done at the start of the year had been reversed by June. An assessment of share performance over the past 6 months shows that 31\u00a0of the top 40 shares have grown since January.<\/p>\n

However, international strain from the Brexit vote put pressure on companies with operations in the UK, leading to a net loss in share value.<\/p>\n

International uncertainty pushed investors back into safe assets, though, which was a massive boon for the mining sector, where mineral companies were by far the biggest winners.<\/p>\n

The tables below show the JSE top 40 shares which won and lost over the past 6 months.<\/p>\n

Best performing shares<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company<\/th>\nShare price January 2016<\/th>\nShare price July 2016<\/th>\n% change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Anglo Gold Ashanti<\/td>\nR114.80<\/td>\nR302.59<\/td>\n163.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sibanye Gold<\/td>\nR24.17<\/td>\nR61.77<\/td>\n155.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anglo American PLC<\/td>\nR64.89<\/td>\nR146.50<\/td>\n125.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anglo American Platinum<\/td>\nR173.00<\/td>\nR390.06<\/td>\n125.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gold Fields<\/td>\nR43.36<\/td>\nR83.70<\/td>\n93.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glencore<\/td>\nR19.95<\/td>\nR34.58<\/td>\n73.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South 32<\/td>\nR11.70<\/td>\nR19.31<\/td>\n65.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shoprite Holdings<\/td>\nR136.51<\/td>\nR198.24<\/td>\n45.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tiger Brands<\/td>\nR292.79<\/td>\nR393.92<\/td>\n34.5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aspen Pharmacare<\/td>\nR292.33<\/td>\nR378.20<\/td>\n29.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redefine Properties<\/td>\nR8.94<\/td>\nR11.35<\/td>\n27.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Standard Bank<\/td>\nR108.10<\/td>\nR137.18<\/td>\n26.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Growthpoint Properties<\/td>\nR21.41<\/td>\nR26.44<\/td>\n23.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FirstRand Bank<\/td>\nR32.95<\/td>\nR48.31<\/td>\n23.1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rand Merchant Holdings<\/td>\nR36.77<\/td>\nR43.51<\/td>\n18.3%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN<\/td>\nR122.31<\/td>\nR144.25<\/td>\n17.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sanlam<\/td>\nR55.14<\/td>\nR64.93<\/td>\n17.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Capitec<\/td>\nR523.99<\/td>\nR615.24<\/td>\n17.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RMB Holdings<\/td>\nR52.74<\/td>\nR61.10<\/td>\n15.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barclays Africa<\/td>\nR130.92<\/td>\nR150.31<\/td>\n14.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nedbank Group<\/td>\nR175.39<\/td>\nR199.33<\/td>\n13.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steinhoff<\/td>\nR76.47<\/td>\nR86.10<\/td>\n12.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/td>\nR146.42<\/td>\nR163.99<\/td>\n12.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Remgro<\/td>\nR238.21<\/td>\nR260.23<\/td>\n9.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
British American Tobacco<\/td>\nR826.59<\/td>\nR897.27<\/td>\n8.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Naspers<\/td>\nR2060.00<\/td>\nR2221.21<\/td>\n7.8%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BHP Billiton<\/td>\nR167.77<\/td>\nR175.23<\/td>\n4.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mediclinic*<\/td>\nR195.45*<\/td>\nR204.13<\/td>\n4.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reinet Investments<\/td>\nR30.70<\/td>\nR31.60<\/td>\n2.9%*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Mutual<\/td>\nR37.43<\/td>\nR38.52<\/td>\n2.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discovery Holdings<\/td>\nR124.84<\/td>\nR125.35<\/td>\n0.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

* Listing started in February 2016 | Share prices taken from Bloomberg, 4 January 2016 and 22\u00a0July 2016<\/small><\/p>\n

Worst performing shares<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Company<\/th>\nShare price January 2016<\/th>\nShare price July 2016<\/th>\n% change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Brait<\/td>\nR161.00<\/td>\nR12282<\/td>\n-23.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richemont<\/td>\nR107.91<\/td>\nR8267<\/td>\n-23.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Intu Property<\/td>\nR69.06<\/td>\nR5392<\/td>\n-21.9%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Investec PLC<\/td>\nR106.50<\/td>\nR8659<\/td>\n-18.7%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bidcorp**<\/td>\nR304.00**<\/td>\nR26739<\/td>\n-12.0%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SABMiller<\/td>\nR927.79<\/td>\nR82969<\/td>\n-10.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Woolworths Holdings<\/td>\nR94.52<\/td>\nR8559<\/td>\n-9.4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mondi PLC<\/td>\nR290.88<\/td>\nR27451<\/td>\n-5.6%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sasol<\/td>\nR406.40<\/td>\nR40168<\/td>\n-1.2%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

** Listing started in May 2016 |\u00a0Share prices taken from Bloomberg, 4 January 2016 and 22\u00a0July 2016<\/small><\/p>\n

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