Wallstreetcn reported that on Monday, August 31, the FTSE/JSE Africa Top 40 tradable index slipped 1.73%, placing it below the 109,000-point threshold after a 5.33% advance in August.

During the same period, spot gold rose 9.30% for August, while the South African rand strengthened 2.47% against the U.S. dollar to 16.1152 per dollar.