by Stanley Karombo
JOHANNESBURG, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) closed in negative on Thursday, as investors remain nervous about South Africa's Central Bank nationalization talk.
The all share declined 0.38 percent at 52,285.08 points, as industrial stocks slipped 0.78 percent, while the blue-chip top 40 index dropped 0.52 percent to 46,000.77 points. The resources index tumbled 0.12 percent.
The South Africa's rand edged lower at R13.45 to the U.S. dollar. Investors remain nervous as the African National congress's proposal to nationalize the Reserve Bank weighed on sentiment.
On the JSE, BHP was up 0.96 percent to R215.55, but Impala Platinum shed 0.53 percent to R37.65 and Gold Fields added 0.84 percent to R47.01.
Healthcare stocks were mixed, with Netcare gaining 2.09 percent to R25.45. Aspen lost 1.4 percent to R59.45.
Banking shares were among the busiest shares on the JSE and traded mostly higher.
FirstRand at close of session was 1.24 percent higher at R48.8, after almost 3 million shares were sold in 1,548 transactions.
Barclays Africa was 0.97 percent lower at R142.32. Nedbank, which shed 12.6 percent over the previous six months, traded 1.12 percent stronger at R211.37.
Among the top four banks, Standard Bank lost about 3 percent over the past six months, and it dropped 0.37 percent to R146.11 on Thursday at close of session. Enditem
