Big move · South Africa stocks
Sanlam Limited (SLM) rises 5.5% to ZAc 8,122.00
Its biggest one-day rise in at least a year, on 1.5 times its 20-day average volume.
- Close
- ZAc 8,122.00
- On the day
- +5.5%
- Volume
- 1.5× average
- vs 52-week high
- −24.0%
Sanlam Limited closing prices
The last 90 closes up to 6 October 2026. The live chart is on the SLM page.
What happened
Sanlam Limited (SLM) closed at ZAc 8,122.00 on 6 October 2026, up 5.5% from ZAc 7,700.00 the session before.
It was SLM's biggest one-day rise in at least a year. Over 5 sessions the price is up 2.5%, and over 20 sessions it is down 5.5%.
The close is 24.0% below the highest close of the past year (ZAc 10,689.00 on 26 Feb 2026) and 5.5% above the lowest (ZAc 7,700.00 on 5 Oct 2026).
Trading was heavy: volume was 1.5 times its average of the sessions before.
Across the 39 JOHANNESBURG stocks we track, 22 closed higher and 12 closed lower that day, with a median change of +0.22%. SLM's change was +5.5%.
This page reports what the price and volume data show. It does not say why the price moved.
The numbers
| Previous close | ZAc 7,700.00 |
|---|---|
| Close | ZAc 8,122.00 |
| Change on the day | +5.48% |
| Change over 5 sessions | +2.54% |
| Change over 20 sessions | −5.48% |
| Volume | 7.14 Million |
| Average volume, up to 20 sessions before | 4.74 Million |
| Volume against that average | 1.5 times |
| Highest close in the past year | ZAc 10,689.00 (26 Feb 2026) |
| Lowest close in the past year | ZAc 7,700.00 (5 Oct 2026) |
The full chart and history are on Sanlam Limited (SLM). More from this market: JOHANNESBURG news today.