Big move · South Africa stocks
Absa Group Limited (ABG) rises 5.8% to ZAc 23,515.00
Its biggest one-day rise in 7 months.
- Close
- ZAc 23,515.00
- On the day
- +5.8%
- Volume
- 1.4× average
- vs 52-week high
- −13.6%
Absa Group Limited closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 5 November 2026. The live chart is on the ABG page.
What happened
Absa Group Limited (ABG) closed at ZAc 23,515.00 on 5 November 2026, up 5.8% from ZAc 22,217.00 the session before.
It was ABG's biggest one-day rise in 7 months. It was the third higher close in a row. Over 5 sessions the price is up 4.0%, and over 20 sessions it is up 11.3%.
The close is 13.6% below the highest close of the past year (ZAc 27,203.00 on 26 Feb 2026) and 21.1% above the lowest (ZAc 19,410.00 on 4 Nov 2025).
Volume was close to its recent average.
Across the 9 JOHANNESBURG stocks we track, 8 closed higher and 1 closed lower that day, with a median change of +3.56%. ABG's change was +5.8%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | ZAc 22,217.00 |
|---|---|
| Close | ZAc 23,515.00 |
| Change on the day | +5.84% |
| Change over 5 sessions | +4.05% |
| Change over 20 sessions | +11.31% |
| Volume | 3.12 Million |
| Average volume, up to 20 sessions before | 2.27 Million |
| Volume against that average | 1.4 times |
| Highest close in the past year | ZAc 27,203.00 (26 Feb 2026) |
| Lowest close in the past year | ZAc 19,410.00 (4 Nov 2025) |
The full chart and history are on Absa Group Limited (ABG). More from this market: JOHANNESBURG news today.