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  2. US mid-termsHeating up
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JSE, world markets and metals

The JSE All Share closed at 109 275 points on 3 November 2026, down 0.2% on the day before.

Latest close
MarketCloseUnitDayMonthClose of
JSE All Share109 275points−0.2%+0.8%
JSE Top 40101 192points−0.2%+0.4%
S&P 5007 569points+0.4%−2.0%
Nasdaq Composite25 372points+0.8%−6.7%
Gold3 940US$ per troy ounce−0.7%−5.3%
Silver49.59US$ per troy ounce−2.2%−17.3%
Platinum1 432US$ per troy ounce−1.8%−14.9%
Brent crude103.60US$ per barrel−1.1%+1.3%
JSE closes, last 30 trading days
DateAll ShareTop 40
109 275101 192
109 528101 439
107 62299 412
110 039101 876
109 759101 567
109 820101 609
109 130100 977
108 02099 991
108 526100 543
109 658101 739
110 399102 554
108 995101 266
110 934103 230
110 172102 393
108 515100 698
109 408101 562
108 760100 964
108 525100 764
107 10999 407
107 10499 394
108 882101 162
108 327100 681
108 378100 780
107 763100 173
108 507100 790
109 441101 730
109 105101 334
110 826103 152
111 565103 823
113 349105 618

Closes come from a third-party data provider and may be delayed. They are not financial advice. See Market data notes.

Elections Hot

What you need to know

Voting in the 2026 Local Government Elections is under way at 23,696 stations, and the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) reported a smooth start on 4 November. Stations opened at 7am and close at 9pm, and by 10am preliminary figures showed 3,523,691 voters had cast ballots.

There were problems: unused ballot papers were stolen from Mnyameni Secondary School near Durban, police opened a case, and the IEC relieved the station staff of duty. Some voters in Tshwane said they were turned away for wearing party shirts, but the IEC denied this and said only mayoral candidates' entourages were barred.

ANC chairperson Gwede Mantashe told members not to query the results or discredit the IEC, while the IEC said false online claims show routine procedures as fraud.

  1. IEC dismisses MK Party worry about dead people on voters' roll
  2. IEC says local election voting went largely smoothly
  3. IEC says about 12 million had voted by 5pm

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US mid-terms Heating up

What you need to know

Democrats won back both the US House and Senate in the midterm elections held on 3 November, according to media projections. Exit polls showed voters were angry about high prices and the direction of the country, and rebuked President Donald Trump.

Before the vote, US forces struck targets on Qeshm Island in Iran, while Republicans struggled to defend the war against Iran on the campaign trail. Iranian officials said US voters rejected the war, and Tehran stayed on high alert for possible new US strikes.

Markets reacted, with the dollar hitting a one-month low and the rand firming to around R16.55, as analysts pointed to fears of gridlock in Washington.

  1. Iran welcomes Democratic wins in US midterm elections
  2. Democrats win US Congress in midterm vote, projections show
  3. Ramaphosa wants US trade deal after AGOA suspension

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AI Cooling

What you need to know

Nvidia has told its cloud computing clients to sell at least 51% of their services to non-Chinese companies, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. Anthropic said it has committed to spend close to $900bn on AI infrastructure, and that its computing costs are rising faster than its revenues.

Elsewhere, reports from unnamed sources say OpenAI's latest funding round is falling short of expectations, and a judge let the NAACP pollution case against xAI proceed. In South Africa, the VAST AI investment scheme went offline on 30 October after withdrawals marked approved did not arrive, according to a news investigation.

  1. Accenture faces accusations over AI report with false citations
  2. CrowdStrike to buy two AI security startups
  3. Google lets schools turn off AI tools but limits Search

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