“A lot of people are taking some money off the table, especially on the best-performing sectors, and the banks have been one of the biggest performers.”
“You've seen continued good performance on commodities' prices and the fact that the rand didn't break through the 6.0 (against the dollar) level is giving the market a bit of support on the resource stocks.”
“The telecoms and construction sectors are likely to be up because that's where the money is going after the government said it wants to up its investment in these sectors.”
“It's a very good performance today, especially considering the first quarter was up 13%, although the volumes today are disappointing, they're pretty light.”