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SA supply constraints drive palladium above $2 500 an ounce
January 18, 2020--The metal rallied to post its best week since 2001 and shows little sign of slowing down.
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Source: FIN24
JSE surges along with global markets
January 17, 2020--The JSE surged on Friday in line with other global markets which were buoyed by easing trade tensions and good corporate earnings
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Source: FIN24
Stocks inch higher as Reserve Bank cuts interest rates
January 14, 2020--The JSE advanced on Tuesday primarily on the back of gains in the financials and industrials indices.
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Source: FIN24
JSE holds on to gains
January 13, 2020--The JSE on Monday tried to take a leaf from the earlier trend in Asian equities where the Hang Seng surged 1.11% while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.98%.
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Source: FIN24
JSE rises despite weaker US jobs data
January 10, 2020--United States non-farm payrolls for the month of December came in lower than expected as the US economy added 145,000 jobs instead of the forecast 160,000 jobs.
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Source: FIN24
Zimbabwe: Stock Exchange Readies for New Listings
January 10, 2020--The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) is now open for listing of new products such as Exchange Traded Funds following amendments to listing requirements.
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Source: allafrica.com
Nigerian equities race higher after central bank policy shift
January 10, 2020--Nigeria's inventory alternate has begun the 12 months because the world's finest performer, powered by native traders switching into equities after the central financial institution shut them out of a short-term debt market.
The Nigerian Inventory Alternate All-Share Index is up greater than 9 per cent this week, placing it high of the desk amongst greater than 90 markets tracked by Bloomberg. Final 12 months, it ranked within the backside three due to a sluggish home economic system that’s but to completely recuperate from a recession introduced on by the 2014 oil value crash.
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Source: luxorr.media
JSE closes weaker as resources struggle
January 9, 2020--Miners have surged over the past couple of sessions on the back of firmer metal commodity prices, which have risen on the back of the tensions between the USA and Iraq.
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Source: FIN24
Rand rally cut short on US assassination of top Iranian general
January 3, 2020--The rand weakened by as much as 2% on Friday morning in the wake of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani by the US military.
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Source: FIN24
Africa Exchanges Lobby Group Plans to Link Seven Bourses by 2021
December 30, 2019--Tie-up aims to boost trading in securities on the continent
IFC studying potential for privatizations through listings.
The African Securities Exchanges Association has started a project that will link seven bourses on the continent by the first quarter of 2021 as part of efforts to increase trading in securities.
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Source: Bloomberg.com
