Core Points - The South African FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Index fell by 1.64% on June 13, closing at 87,865.89 points, moving away from the historical high of 89,326.22 points reached on June 12 [1] - The index is approaching the closing level of 87,181.74 points recorded on June 3, with a weekly decline of 0.84% [1] Company Performance - Valterra Platinum (VAL.SJ) led the decline with a drop of 5.86% [1] - Woolworths Holdings (WHL) decreased by 5.51% [1] - BHP Group (BVT) fell by 4.61% [1] - Impala Platinum Holdings (IMP) declined by 4.51% [1] Gainers - Among the seven stocks that gained, Glencore (GLN) increased by 0.52% [1] - Gold Fields (GFI) rose by 1.29% [1] - Harmony Gold (HAR) saw an increase of 1.86% [1] - British American Tobacco (BTI) gained 2.12% [1] - AngloGold Ashanti (ANG) increased by 4.3% [1] - Sasol (SOL) experienced the highest gain, rising by 10.89% [1]

Core Viewpoint - The South African FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Index rose by 0.31% to close at 88,974.29 points, reaching a new all-time high after two trading days [1] Group 1: Stock Performances - Sasol (SOL.SJ) saw a significant increase of 4.72% [1] - Aspen Pharmacare Holdings experienced a rise of 3.56% [1] - Old Mutual (OMU) increased by 2.42%, ranking third among gainers [1] Group 2: Underperforming Stocks - Glencore (GLN) declined by 0.23% [1] - Investec (INP) fell by 0.26% [1] - Harmony Gold Mining (HAR) decreased by 0.31% [1] - Naspers (NPN) dropped by 0.33% [1] - Prosus (PRX) fell by 0.43% [1] - Gold Fields (GFI) decreased by 0.82% [1] - Impala Platinum Holdings (IMP) declined by 0.87% [1] - Anglo American Platinum (ANG) saw a drop of 1.53% [1] - Sibanye Stillwater experienced the largest decline at 2.67% [1]

Group 1 - Spot gold experienced a daily decline of 1.0%, priced at $3318.4 per ounce [1] - Gold and silver mining stocks generally weakened, with Harmony Gold down 4%, FSM down over 3.2%, AEM and Newmont Mining down 2.9%, Kinross Gold down 2.8%, Hecla Mining down 2.6%, gold mining stock ETFs down 2.3%, and the gold miners factor index ETF down 1.9% [1] - The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond maintained an increase of over 7 basis points, stabilizing around a daily high of 4.4777% following the release of the U.S. non-farm payroll report [1] Group 2 - The yield on the 2-year U.S. Treasury bond narrowed its increase to 8.3 basis points, approaching the psychological level of 4%, having risen from around 3.91% to nearly 4.03% after the non-farm payroll report [1] - The U.S. dollar index's increase narrowed to 0.4%, nearing 99.10, while the dollar against the yen maintained an increase of over 0.9%, stabilizing around a daily high of 144.98 [1]

Core Viewpoint - The gold market is experiencing a downward trend following a recent peak, with both spot and futures prices declining significantly since reaching historical highs on April 22 [1] Group 1: Gold Market Performance - As of April 29, spot gold prices fell by 0.76%, settling at $3319.25 per ounce, with trading throughout the day between $3343.97 and $3299.76 [1] - COMEX gold futures decreased by 0.52%, closing at $3330.20 per ounce, remaining below $3400 since hitting a record intraday high of $3509.90 on April 22 [1] - The Philadelphia Gold and Silver Index dropped by 1.28%, ending at 185.38 points, with most component stocks experiencing declines [1] Group 2: Company Performance - Among the component stocks, Coeur Mining, Eldorado Gold, and McEwen Mining saw declines ranging from 2.98% to 2.3%, marking them as the worst performers [1] - Only First Majestic Silver and B2Gold reported slight increases, with gains of 0.16% and 0.32% respectively [1]

Group 1 - The South African FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Index increased by 0.95%, closing at 82,324.56 points [1] - Anglo American Platinum (AMS.SJ) rose by 3.81%, driven by gains in other mining stocks such as Impala Platinum Holdings, which increased by 3.61%, Sibanye Stillwater by 3.15%, and AngloGold Ashanti by 3.05% [1] - Glencore experienced a decline of 0.31%, ranking as the eighth worst performer among the constituents [1] Group 2 - The South African Rand depreciated by 0.5% against the US dollar, trading at 18.9950 Rand [2] - The Mauritius Stock Exchange SEMDEX index fell by 0.80% [2] - The Nigerian Stock Exchange All Share Index saw a slight increase of 0.03% [2] - The Nairobi Stock Exchange All Share Index decreased by 0.48% [2]