On Wednesday, South Africa's FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradable Index closed down 0.89%, approaching 109,000 points. Since rising above the 110,000 point mark to a record closing high on January 6, it has retreated for two consecutive trading days. The constituent stocks closed down 8.20% due to Para Platinum Holdings down 7.79%, Valterra Platinum down 7.12%, Sibanye Stillwater down 3.68%, Glencore's fifth biggest drop, Prosus fell 1.81%, Naspers fell 1.61% to enter the top ten declines, and British American Tobacco rose 1.71% to third place. Switzerland's Lifeng Group rose 2.79%, and AB InBev rose 2.89%.

On Wednesday, South Africa's FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradable Index closed down 0.89%, approaching 109,000 points. Since rising above the 110,000 point mark to a record closing high on January 6, it has retreated for two consecutive trading days. The constituent stocks closed down 8.20% due to Para Platinum Holdings down 7.79%, Valterra Platinum down 7.12%, Sibanye Stillwater down 3.68%, Glencore's fifth biggest drop, Prosus fell 1.81%, Naspers fell 1.61% to enter the top ten declines, and British American Tobacco rose 1.71% to third place. Switzerland's Lifeng Group rose 2.79%, and AB InBev rose 2.89%.