A plain guide to JSE dividends.
How a dividend reaches a JSE shareholder, what each date means, and the close and 52-week range of six companies read on 6 November 2026. Dividend records themselves could not be read.
Three ways in
Six JSE shares as they closed on 6 November
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: ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR.
| Code | Company | Close | Change | Position in 52-week range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABG | Absa Group Limited | R230,77 | −0,19% | 41,8 |
| INL | Investec Limited | R134,45 | −1,53% | 60,1 |
| DSY | Discovery Limited | R276,20 | +0,01% | 80,5 |
| SLM | Sanlam Limited | R88,42 | −0,85% | 37,4 |
| SOL | Sasol Limited | R247,00 | −2,82% | 74,0 |
| HAR | Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. | R277,02 | +1,38% | 29,5 |
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: ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR.
The chain, the dates and the gap
What this dividend diary is, tonight
A dividend diary lists who pays, how much and when. Tonight this one can only list the companies, ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR, with the close of 6 November 2026 and the 52-week range. No dividend record could be read, and the site does not guess.
What it can do is explain how a dividend works on the JSE, what each date means and where the real record is.
From announcement to bank account
A company declares cents per share and a set of dates. Holders on the register on the record date are paid on the payment date, net of dividends tax, through the broker or bank that holds their shares.
A buyer who trades after the last day to trade does not qualify, and a seller who sells on or after the ex-dividend date keeps the dividend.
The day on the board
After the close of 6 November 2026, 2 of the 6 companies on this board were up, 4 down and 0 unchanged. The best was HAR (+1,38%) and the weakest SOL (−2,82%).
DSY is nearest its 52-week high (position 80,5 of 100) and HAR nearest its low (29,5). The widest year belongs to SOL, whose high is 219 percent above its low; the narrowest to INL, at 29 percent.
Six JSE companies against their 52-week range
On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABG | R196,71 | R278,12 | R230,77 | 41,8 |
| INL | R114,74 | R147,53 | R134,45 | 60,1 |
| DSY | R214,34 | R291,17 | R276,20 | 80,5 |
| SLM | R76,43 | R108,47 | R88,42 | 37,4 |
| SOL | R94,24 | R300,56 | R247,00 | 74,0 |
| HAR | R213,52 | R428,88 | R277,02 | 29,5 |
Five questions the board answers
Which share rose most? — HAR, +1,38%, closing at R277,02.
Which fell most? — SOL, −2,82%, closing at R247,00.
Which is nearest its 52-week high? — DSY: close R276,20 against a high of R291,17.
Which is nearest its low? — HAR: close R277,02 against a low of R213,52.
What would 100 shares of the dearest cost? — HAR closed at R277,02; 100 shares come to R27 702,00 before costs.
Cents and rand
Prices on the JSE are quoted in cents, not rand, which catches new investors out: a price of 9 667 is R96,67, not R9 667. The pages show both, side by side.
For a quick cost, multiply: 10 shares of ABG at R230,77 come to R2 307,70 before brokerage.
Why there is no chart tonight
The charts are missing on purpose. Daily bars come from Yahoo Finance, which refused every request on 6 November 2026. A line drawn from the 52-week low and high alone would invent the path between them.
What is on each page is what was read. If the bars can be read later, the chart and the longer changes will be added with dates of their own.
FxPro and JSE shares are different things
The one commercial link here leads to FxPro, which sells contracts for difference. That is a contract about a price, not ownership of a JSE share: no Strate record, no register entry, no dividend. FxPro does not offer the JSE-listed companies this board shows.
The FxPro page of this site says the same at more length.
The 6 companies, one by one
ABG · Absa Group Limited — R230,77 at the close (down 0,19%); the year ran from R196,71 to R278,12, putting the close at 41,8 on the 0–100 scale. A hundred shares: R23 077,00.
INL · Investec Limited — R134,45 at the close (down 1,53%); the year ran from R114,74 to R147,53, putting the close at 60,1 on the 0–100 scale. A hundred shares: R13 445,00.
DSY · Discovery Limited — R276,20 at the close (up 0,01%); the year ran from R214,34 to R291,17, putting the close at 80,5 on the 0–100 scale. A hundred shares: R27 620,00.
SLM · Sanlam Limited — R88,42 at the close (down 0,85%); the year ran from R76,43 to R108,47, putting the close at 37,4 on the 0–100 scale. A hundred shares: R8 842,00.
SOL · Sasol Limited — R247,00 at the close (down 2,82%); the year ran from R94,24 to R300,56, putting the close at 74,0 on the 0–100 scale. A hundred shares: R24 700,00.
HAR · Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. — R277,02 at the close (up 1,38%); the year ran from R213,52 to R428,88, putting the close at 29,5 on the 0–100 scale. A hundred shares: R27 702,00.
Words used on this site
Close: The price at which the session ended. Change: How far the close moved from the session before, in percent. 52-week range: The year's low and the year's high.
Position: The close's place between the low (0) and the high (100). Limit order: An instruction to deal only at your price or better. Contract note: The document confirming what was bought or sold and what it cost.
The day against the year
A day's change of at most 2,82% sits next to yearly spreads of 29 to 219 percent. The two measure different things.
Both are shown for that reason: one describes the last session, the other the year behind it.
Reading the board in a minute
Three looks are enough. Where does the close sit in the range? What did the day do? What does a purchase of the size you have in mind cost?
On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): 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
On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): short answers, each about this site's figures.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Is the close the price I will pay? | Not necessarily. It is a past price; the one you get depends on the buyers and sellers present when your order arrives. |
| Does a position near 0 mean a bargain? | It says only where the price stands against its year. Whether that is good or bad value is a different question, and not one a price range can answer. |
| Why are there no dividends or yields here? | The sources read for this site carry prices, not dividend records. Printing a yield without one would mean making the number up. |
| Why is there no chart? | A chart needs a year of daily bars. The only source asked for them did not answer, and a chart made of anything else would be invented. |
| How were the figures checked? | Before a record is saved, the figures are tested against each other and the test is itself tested with deliberate faults. See the method page. |
| Can I act on what is here? | Treat it as a dated reading. Anything you plan to act on should be checked against the live screen of your broker. |
Why a single price is not a verdict
Take ABG at R230,77. By itself the number says little: it needs a range to sit in, which the board supplies, and a view of value, which it cannot.
The 52-week range gives the price context, and the pages stop at the context.
What “before costs” means
The arithmetic is shares times the close. Add to it whatever your broker charges, whatever the exchange and regulator levy, and any tax on the trade: those are the part this site cannot give.
A broker's fee schedule and a contract note are the two documents that turn these figures into real costs.
How to check these figures yourself
Open your broker's screen — On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): find the same ticker and read its last price and the day's change.
Compare the direction — On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): 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 — On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): take the 52-week low and high from the page and compute (close − low) ÷ (high − low).
Multiply for cost — On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): shares times the close; compare with the table.
Note the read date — On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): every table says when it was read; a screen opened later shows a later price.
Company by company
On this site's board (ABG, INL, DSY, SLM, SOL, HAR): one line each; all of it arithmetic on the board.
| Code | Where the close sits | On the day | Dividend record |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABG | in the lower half (41,8) | −0,19% | not read tonight |
| INL | in the upper half (60,1) | −1,53% | not read tonight |
| DSY | near the 52-week high (80,5) | +0,01% | not read tonight |
| SLM | in the lower half (37,4) | −0,85% | not read tonight |
| SOL | in the upper half (74,0) | −2,82% | not read tonight |
| HAR | in the lower half (29,5) | +1,38% | not read tonight |
What this diary will add when a source answers
A table with one row per announcement: company, the amount in cents, the last day to trade, the record date, the payment date and the date the row was read. Each row would link to the announcement it came from, and no row would be estimated.
Until then the pages stay what they are tonight: an explanation of how a JSE dividend works and a board of six closes, with the gap named.
Words to know before reading an announcement
Cents per share: the dividend in the unit the JSE uses. Gross and net: before and after dividends tax. Interim and final: a dividend paid part-way through a financial year, and one paid after it, usually approved at the annual meeting. Special: a one-off payment outside the regular pattern.
Record date: the register is read. Last day to trade: the buyer's deadline. Payment date: the money moves. If an announcement uses another word, check it against these before relying on a date.
Planning around the dates
A buyer who wants a declared dividend should check the last day to trade first and place the order comfortably before it, remembering that a purchase has to settle to count. A seller who wants to keep a declared dividend can sell on or after the ex-dividend date.
Neither plan is advice. Both are consequences of the definitions on the dates page, and both depend on the announcement's real dates, which are in the company's announcement and not on this site.
What happens to the price on the ex-dividend date
On the ex-dividend date a new buyer no longer gets the declared dividend. Because of that, the price of a share can open lower by about the amount of the dividend, other things equal. The share has not become less valuable to the company; the entitlement has simply passed to the previous holder.
'Other things equal' carries weight: on any day other news moves the price too, so a drop on the ex-date cannot be read as the dividend alone. This site shows no such comparison, since it holds no dividend dates.
Cash, scrip and reinvestment
Most dividends are paid in cash. Some companies offer scrip, new shares in place of cash, or a choice. Some brokers offer a reinvestment service that uses the cash dividend to buy more shares. Each has a tax and a cost side that the announcement or the broker explains.
A dividend paid as shares is not a free addition: the share count rises and the price per share adjusts, which is why the announcement states the terms.
Questions a dividend investor should settle
Which date is the last day to trade for the dividend you want? What rate of dividends tax applies to you, and does an exemption apply? Is the dividend interim or final? Are the shares recorded in your name or a nominee's, since that decides who receives the payment first?
The announcement and your broker answer these for a given company.
A price contract is not a share
The broker this site links to offers contracts for difference on global shares and indices. No share is bought, nothing is registered in your name, and any dividend-related payment is a cash adjustment under the broker's own terms. Read the contract specification before you open an account.