Market Profile 9 - Position In The World League At 31 July 1997

Of the 45 Federation Internationale des Bourses de Valeurs (FIBV)
member stock exchanges, the JSE ranks as follows according to the
FIBV statistics as at 31 July 1997.*


             JSE             RANKING     JSE            RANKING
             Jul 1997                    YEAR 1996

Market       278,745         17          241,571        16
Capital-
isation
(Domestic)
(US$ Million)


             JSE             RANKING      JSE            RANKING
             Jul 1997                     YEAR 1996
             

Market       20,581           27           26,997         29
Turnover
(US$ million)

Liquidity %  18.0             38             11.2         38



*The ranking of the JSE has been affected by the inclusion of 
the following Stock Exchanges into the FIBV statistics

*Athens
*Phillipines
*Lima
*Irish
*Lisbon


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