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<p style="text-align: justify;">An abbreviation for <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">securities</span> <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">trade</span>d on an <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">organised exchange</span>. <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">Share</span> codes on the <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">JSE</span> are between 3 and 6 letters long - so, for example, the code for Sasol is "sol". Most <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">stockbroking</span> <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">trading platforms</span> and other software dealing with the share market (like your <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">chart</span>ing software) require that you know the share's code to access it. The codes, together with the short name and long name of each <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">listed</span> <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">company</span> are contained in your <span class="glossary" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted black; cursor: pointer;">Stock Exchange Handbook</span>.</p>