JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) remained weaker at close on Friday, and it was pulled down by diversified miners.
The all share was off 0.05 percent to 55,839.73 points at close of session, but the top 40 index traded 0.03 percent up to 49,564.68 points.
The resources sector slipped 0.32 percent. The industrial index was 0.07 percent lower and the financial index was 0.23 percent down.
The South African rand was firmer on Friday. The decision from the South African Reserve Bank to keep the repo rate unchanged on Thursday helped lift the local unit, and it supported inflows into the bond market.
The local unit was at R13.21 to the U.S. dollar from R13.28, at R15.82 to the euro from R15.85 and at R17.95 to the British pound from R18.04.
On the JSE, BHP was off 0.49 percent to R240.13 and Anglo American lost 1.99 percent to R237.11.
Glencore lost 1.12 percent to R61.6. South32, which closed at a new record of R33.89 on Thursday, lost 0.97 percent to R33.56.
Aspen was up 2.54 percent to R312.08 and Life Healthcare gained 1.28 percent to R23.8.
Sibanye-Stillwater added 5.53 percent to R15.3 and Harmony gained 2.77 percent to R24.5.
Richemont was 0.49 percent higher at R119.42, but Sasol lost 0.93 percent to R374.5. Enditem
