A plain guide to buying JSE shares.
From a bank account to JSE shares recorded in your name: the route, the arithmetic, and six companies with their close of 6 November 2026 and 52-week range.
Six JSE shares: close, change and 52-week range
Each row is one reading of the exchange board: the close, the change the board prints, and the 52-week low and high. The position is (close − low) ÷ (high − low), 0 at the low and 100 at the high. Prices are in cents, with the rand figure beside them. Companies on this board: CPI, FSR, SBK, MTN, VOD, SHP.
| Code | Company | Close | Change | Position in 52-week range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Capitec Limited | R4 897,71 | −0,28% | 97,4 |
| FSR | FirstRand Limited | R96,67 | −0,78% | 73,2 |
| SBK | Standard Bank Group Limited | R310,34 | −0,92% | 64,5 |
| MTN | MTN Group Limited | R213,17 | −2,05% | 72,9 |
| VOD | Vodacom Group Limited | R162,67 | −2,52% | 86,2 |
| SHP | Shoprite Holdings Limited | R336,66 | −1,80% | 83,6 |
Read from TradingView screener on 6 November 2026, after the close of 6 November 2026. TradingView screener does not print the trading date; it is the session that had just closed. Board: CPI, FSR, SBK, MTN, VOD, SHP.
What this site shows, and what it does not
This site is about the money and the steps between a bank account and shares on the JSE. It carries six companies, CPI, FSR, SBK, MTN, VOD, SHP, with the close of 6 November 2026, the day's change and the 52-week range, and explains how an order becomes shares in your name.
It does not recommend a share, forecast a price or print a yield. It is not a broker and holds no money. Every figure is a dated reading of a named source.
From a bank account to shares in your name
The route has four links: an authorised broker that takes your order, the exchange that matches it, the electronic register kept through Strate on which your shares are recorded, and your own bank account where the money starts and a sale ends.
Each link has its own page or paragraph: opening the account and placing the order, reading the board, and what a purchase costs before brokerage.
The day on the board
After the close of 6 November 2026, 0 of the 6 companies on this board were up, 6 down and 0 unchanged. The best was CPI (−0,28%) and the weakest VOD (−2,52%).
CPI is nearest its 52-week high (position 97,4 of 100) and SBK nearest its low (64,5). The widest year belongs to MTN, whose high is 58 percent above its low; the narrowest to CPI, at 29 percent.
Six JSE companies against their 52-week range
Prices in rand (cents in brackets on the company pages). Position is (close − low) ÷ (high − low), 0 at the low, 100 at the high. Read on 6 November 2026.
| Code | 52-week low | 52-week high | Close | Position (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | R3 819,27 | R4 926,46 | R4 897,71 | 97,4 |
| FSR | R79,69 | R102,88 | R96,67 | 73,2 |
| SBK | R258,21 | R339,00 | R310,34 | 64,5 |
| MTN | R149,50 | R236,88 | R213,17 | 72,9 |
| VOD | R129,23 | R168,00 | R162,67 | 86,2 |
| SHP | R252,59 | R353,10 | R336,66 | 83,6 |
Five questions the board answers
Which share rose most? — CPI, −0,28%, closing at R4 897,71.
Which fell most? — VOD, −2,52%, closing at R162,67.
Which is nearest its 52-week high? — CPI: close R4 897,71 against a high of R4 926,46.
Which is nearest its low? — SBK: close R310,34 against a low of R258,21.
What would 100 shares of the dearest cost? — CPI closed at R4 897,71; 100 shares come to R489 771,00 before costs.
Cents and rand
The JSE quotes share prices in cents. A close of 65 936c is R659,36. Both are the same price; the pages print the rand figure with the cents beside it, so a number from a broker's screen in cents can be checked at a glance.
The arithmetic that matters is shares times price: 10 shares of CPI cost R48 977,10, before brokerage and taxes.
Why there is no chart tonight
A chart needs a year of daily closes. The source for them, Yahoo Finance, answered every request with “too many requests” on 6 November 2026, and this site does not draw a line from anything it cannot name. Each company page therefore shows the board figures and says plainly that no history is stored yet.
When daily bars can be read, a chart, a month-end table and one, three and five-year changes will be added, each with its own date.
FxPro and JSE shares are different things
The broker link on this site goes to FxPro, an international provider of contracts for difference (CFDs). A CFD account does not buy a share listed on the JSE: nothing is recorded in your name at the central securities depository and no dividend is paid to you by the company. FxPro does not hold a South African licence for this and does not offer JSE-listed shares such as those on this board.
The FxPro page of this site sets out the difference before you decide anything.
The 6 companies, one by one
CPI · Capitec Limited — Closed at R4 897,71, down 0,28%. Its 52-week range is R3 819,27 to R4 926,46 and the close stands at 97,4 of 100; 100 shares cost R489 771,00.
FSR · FirstRand Limited — Closed at R96,67, down 0,78%. Its 52-week range is R79,69 to R102,88 and the close stands at 73,2 of 100; 100 shares cost R9 667,00.
SBK · Standard Bank Group Limited — Closed at R310,34, down 0,92%. Its 52-week range is R258,21 to R339,00 and the close stands at 64,5 of 100; 100 shares cost R31 034,00.
MTN · MTN Group Limited — Closed at R213,17, down 2,05%. Its 52-week range is R149,50 to R236,88 and the close stands at 72,9 of 100; 100 shares cost R21 317,00.
VOD · Vodacom Group Limited — Closed at R162,67, down 2,52%. Its 52-week range is R129,23 to R168,00 and the close stands at 86,2 of 100; 100 shares cost R16 267,00.
SHP · Shoprite Holdings Limited — Closed at R336,66, down 1,80%. Its 52-week range is R252,59 to R353,10 and the close stands at 83,6 of 100; 100 shares cost R33 666,00.
Words used on this site
Close: The last price of the session. Change: The close measured against the previous close, in percent. 52-week range: The lowest and highest price in the last year.
Position: Where the close stands in that range: 0 at the low, 100 at the high. Limit order: An order that names the price you will pay or accept. Contract note: The broker's record of a trade: shares, price, costs and settlement date.
The day against the year
The biggest one-day move on this board, 2,52%, is small beside the year's spreads, which run from 29 to 58 percent. One session says little about a year.
That is why the board shows both: the change describes the session, the range and the position describe the year.
Reading the board in a minute
Start with the position: it tells you where each close sits in its year. Then the change: it tells you what the last session did. Then the arithmetic: shares times price is the money you need.
None of that is advice. It is the order in which the figures on this site are easiest to take in.
Questions people ask first
Short answers, each about this site's figures.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is the close the price I will pay? | No. The close is the last price of a finished session. What you pay is set by the order book at the moment you trade. |
| Does a position near 0 mean a bargain? | No. It means the close is near the lowest price of the last year, which can happen for any number of reasons this site does not know. |
| Why are there no dividends or yields here? | Dividends need a source for them, and none that could be read tonight carried them for these companies. A yield without a dividend would be invented. |
| Why is there no chart? | Daily closes for a year are needed to draw one, and the source for them refused every request on the day of reading. |
| How were the figures checked? | Each record is checked for consistency before it is written, with seven planted faults used to test the check itself. The method page lists them. |
| Can I act on what is here? | Not on its own. Use it to estimate money and to look up a figure, then check the live price and the costs with your broker. |
Why a single price is not a verdict
A price is a point. CPI closed at R4 897,71; whether that is high or low depends on where it has been and what the company is worth, and the second of those is not in this site's data.
That is why the pages put the close in its 52-week range and stop there: the range is a fact, a verdict would be an opinion.
What “before costs” means
Every cost figure here is shares times price. A real purchase adds brokerage, the exchange's and regulator's charges, and taxes. They differ by broker and by the size of the trade, and none is in a source this site could read.
Ask the broker for the fee schedule, read the contract note after a trade, and compare the two with the table before you decide what size of purchase makes sense.
How to check these figures yourself
Open your broker's screen — Find the same ticker and read its last price and the day's change.
Compare the direction — The live price will differ from the close, but a close near the day's end should be close to the last price of that session.
Work out the position — Take the 52-week low and high from the page and compute (close − low) ÷ (high − low).
Multiply for cost — Shares times the close; compare with the table.
Note the read date — Every table says when it was read; a screen opened later shows a later price.
What 100 shares cost at each close
Rand, at the close of 6 November 2026; before brokerage and taxes.
| Code | Close | 10 shares | 100 shares | 1,000 shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | R4 897,71 | R48 977,10 | R489 771,00 | R4 897 710,00 |
| FSR | R96,67 | R966,70 | R9 667,00 | R96 670,00 |
| SBK | R310,34 | R3 103,40 | R31 034,00 | R310 340,00 |
| MTN | R213,17 | R2 131,70 | R21 317,00 | R213 170,00 |
| VOD | R162,67 | R1 626,70 | R16 267,00 | R162 670,00 |
| SHP | R336,66 | R3 366,60 | R33 666,00 | R336 660,00 |
Company by company
One line each; all of it arithmetic on the board.
| Code | Where the close sits | On the day | Shares for R10,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | near the 52-week high (97,4) | −0,28% | 2 |
| FSR | in the upper half (73,2) | −0,78% | 103 |
| SBK | in the upper half (64,5) | −0,92% | 32 |
| MTN | in the upper half (72,9) | −2,05% | 46 |
| VOD | near the 52-week high (86,2) | −2,52% | 61 |
| SHP | near the 52-week high (83,6) | −1,80% | 29 |
Own name or nominee: a question to ask once
When a broker holds your shares, it can record them in your own name on the company's register, or in the name of a nominee company through which it holds shares for all its clients. In the first case the company knows you are a shareholder and sends you its notices directly. In the second, the broker receives the notices and passes on what matters, and you rely on the broker's records to prove what is yours.
Neither is wrong, and many online brokers use nominees. What matters is knowing which you have, how you would prove your holding if the broker failed, and how voting rights and dividends are passed to you. Those are questions for the broker, in writing, before you fund the account.
If an order is not filled
A limit order waits in the order book until the market reaches your price or you cancel it. If the market never gets there, nothing is bought and nothing is charged. If it fills only in part, the part that filled is yours and the rest waits. Whether an order lapses at the end of the day or stays open longer depends on the order type and the broker, and is shown on the order screen.
A market order, where the broker offers one, trades at whatever price the book offers, which is why the price you get can differ from the last price you saw. On a thinly traded share the gap can be wide.
When the contract note does not match
Check the number of shares, the price and the settlement date against the order first. If something differs, tell the broker in writing at once, quoting the order reference and the note. Brokers have complaints procedures, and if one does not resolve the matter there are ombud schemes for financial services; the FSCA's website lists them.
Keep the note, the order confirmation and any messages. They are the record of what was agreed.
Questions to settle before the first order
Is the broker authorised by the JSE and supervised by the FSCA? What does it charge for a buy and for a sale, and is there a minimum? Are your shares recorded in your own name or a nominee's? How will the contract note reach you?
None of the answers is on this site, because none is in the data it reads. They are in the broker's documents.
From the broker to the cost
Open an account with a broker you have checked
The account is where the order starts. Check the firm on the FSCA register and the JSE member list before you open one.