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title: "Africa Stock Market Closing Report | South African Stock Market Closed Down 1.7%, Precious Metal Mining Stocks Led the Decline"
description: "On Tuesday (November 4), the South African stock market closed down 1.70%, with the FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Index at 100,000 points. Precious metal mining stocks performed poorly, with Northam Plat"
type: "news"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/264260267.md"
published_at: "2025-11-04T16:02:13.000Z"
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# Africa Stock Market Closing Report | South African Stock Market Closed Down 1.7%, Precious Metal Mining Stocks Led the Decline

> On Tuesday (November 4), the South African stock market closed down 1.70%, with the FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Index at 100,000 points. Precious metal mining stocks performed poorly, with Northam Platinum down 8.05%, Valterra Platinum down 6.84%, Palabora Mining down 5.43%, and Sibanye Stillwater down 5.19%. In contrast, Prosus rose 0.35%, Naspers rose 0.85%, Anheuser-Busch InBev rose 1.45%, and British American Tobacco rose 2.35%

On Tuesday (November 4), the South African FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Index closed down 1.70%, at 100,000 points.

Constituent stock Northam Platinum fell 8.05%, Valterra Platinum dropped 6.84%, Impala Platinum Holdings (IMP.SJ) declined 5.43%, Sibanye Stillwater fell 5.19%, Harmony Gold (HAR) decreased 4.60%, Gold Fields (GFI) dropped 4.32%, and AngloGold Ashanti (ANG) fell 3.97%, making it the seventh largest decline.

Prosus rose 0.35%, ranking seventh, Naspers increased 0.85%, making it the third largest gain, Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (ANH) rose 1.45%, and British American Tobacco (BTI) increased 2.35%

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