The largest stock exchange in Africa is JSE Limited (formerly known as the Johannesburg Stock Exchange). JSE has 472 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US$182.6 billion as of December 2013. The stock exchange is not trading South African stocks only. JSE is planning to trade shares from Ghana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Zambia.
FTSE/JSE Africa Top40 Tradeable Index
41 % of this index is constitutioned by banks, 19 % by mining sector, 13 % by Mobile Telecommunications. 10 companies are from South Africa, the rest from other african countries, namely Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia.
Top companies listed in TOP40:IND are as follows:
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| Company | Volume |
|---|---|
| FirstRand Ltd | 3 406 899 |
| Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA | 2 877 278 |
| GROWPNT | 2 289 187 |
| DLY15MTN | 2 238 534 |
| DLY15STANBANK | 1 417 273 |
| Anglo American PLC | 1 299 815 |
| Bhp Billiton PLC | 1 253 102 |
| DLY15SHOPRIT | 1 113 133 |
| Discovery Holdings Ltd | 1 099 940 |
| IMPLATS | 936 140 |
| DLY15GFIELDS | 860 607 |
| Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd | 645 819 |
| INVPLC | 530 443 |
| DLY15NASPERS-N- | 498 451 |
| INTUPROP | 471 040 |
| AngloGold Ashanti Ltd | 462 494 |
| MEDICLINIC INTER | 450 909 |
| DLY15B-AFRICA | 442 560 |
| Imperial Holding | 400 414 |
| British American Tobacco PLC | 398 652 |
| Exxaro Resources Ltd | 390 384 |
| MONDIPLCPRE | 382 009 |
| NEDBANK | 381 623 |
| INVLTD | 333 591 |
| KIO | 255 649 |
| MONDI TDPRE | 228 493 |
| Anglo American Platinum Ltd | 173 512 |
| African Rainbow Minerals Ltd | 141 568 |
| MASMART | 64 032 |
| Assore Ltd | 44 008 |