A global slump in stocks dragged South Africa’s benchmark equity index lower for a seventh day on Wednesday, the longest losing streak for the market since October 2018. | News24_Business
The FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell as much as 3.2%, its sharpest intraday decline in more than eight months. The South African benchmark index’s slump has wiped about R1 trillion off the value of stocks during its seven-day slide. The gauge has also erased the last remaining gains it had posted for this year.
Renewed concerns over the health of banks prompted selling in the sector in Europe and the US, combining with recession risks and the outlook for hawkish monetary policy to batter sentiment. Locally, traders have had to digest a steady stream of updates from companies like MTN Group setting out the blow to their operations and earnings from South Africa’s crippling Global luxury retailer Richemont was the biggest single drag on the South African market Wednesday, dropping 4.
"The fallout in the US bank sector has led to concerns around potential contagion, and on this basis — as well as due to the economic environment, South African banking shares have been under pressure," Unum Capital analyst Lester Davids said in emailed comments.
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