| JSE fails to track Wall Street rally
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| February 28, 2014--With the Standard and Poor-index on Wall Street closing on a record last night, the scene was set for a rally on the JSE this morning, but it did not happen. |
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| Rand weakens slightly ahead of trade data
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| February 28, 2014--The rand was slightly weaker against the dollar on Friday and could suffer further losses if trade data due later in the session disappoints. |
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| Rand slips after budget
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| February 27, 2014--The rand was weaker against the dollar on Wednesday after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan presented the 2014 budget to parliament and as emerging market currencies came under pressure. |
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| JSE firmer ahead of budget speech
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| February 26, 2014--All the indices were higher amid a stronger rand environment, except for gold miners. Even resources recovered from two days of profit-taking. |
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| Rand holds on to gains ahead of budget
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| February 26, 2014--The rand has been marginally firmer against the dollar, building on four days of gains and expectations of a solid budget from Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. |
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| JSE ends flat, Sanlam climbs
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| March 7, 2014--South African stocks ended a see-saw session virtually unchanged on Friday, pulling back from a record high set earlier in the day as investors digested the widely watched US jobs data. |
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| IMF Executive Board Concludes 2014 Article IV Consultation with Nigeria
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March 7, 2014-On February 21, 2014, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation1 with Nigeria.
Real GDP is projected to grow at 6.4 percent in 2013 owing to continued strong performance in the non-oil sector. Inflation declined to 7.9 percent at year end, supported by lower food price, fiscal consolidation, and a tight monetary policy stance. |
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| Rand falls after US jobs data
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| March 7, 2014--The rand lost ground against the dollar on Friday after stronger than expected US nonfarm payrolls data. |
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| Strong results encourage JSE investors
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| March 6, 2014-The JSE resumed its upward momentum on Thursday morning after Wednesday's profit taking. All the major indices were up, led by the gold index. |
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| Rand hits two-month highs
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| March 6, 2014--The rand firmed against the dollar on Thursday, taking direction from a stronger euro and shrugging off the first rolling blackouts to hit the economy in six years. |
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| JSE pulls back from record high
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| March 5, 2014--South African stocks have ended lower, with charts suggesting the main indices have limited upside after hitting several record highs |
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| Rand seen dropping to R11.02/$
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| March 5, 2014--The rand is likely to remain on the rack with expectations of it shedding around 3% in the next 12 months to trade at R11.02/$, |
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| NSE to reduce transaction costs by N1.2bn
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| March 4, 2014--The Nigerian Stock Exchange says it has started a process that will reduce the amount investors pay for transactions on the Exchange. A statement on Tuesday by the Head, Public Relations, NSE, Mr. Dante Martins, explained the NSE would reduce the cost of its trade alert by about N1.24bn. |
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| JSE eyes Feb 21 record highs
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| February 4, 2014--The major indices on the JSE are approaching record levels again as investors shrugged off global woes and negative local economic news. |
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| Rand gains with emerging market currencies
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| March 4, 2014--The rand has gained more than 1% against the dollar as tensions between Russia and Ukraine appeared to ease. |
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| Ukraine crisis weighs heavily on JSE
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| March 3, 2014--Uncertainty returned to the JSE as the threat of war in the Ukraine and bad news out of China weighed heavily on investor sentiment |
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| Rand weakens amid Ukraine crisis
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| March 3, 2014-The rand weakened alongside other emerging markets on Monday as investors dumped high-yielding assets in a wave of risk aversion fanned by political tensions in Ukraine. |
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| Statistics South Africa- Fourth quarter GDP up by 3, 8 per cent
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| February 25, 2014--The seasonally adjusted real gross domestic product (GDP) at market prices for the fourth quarter of 2013 increased at an annualised rate of 3,8 per cent. The main contributors to this increase in economic activity were the manufacturing industry (1,8 percentage points) and the mining and quarrying industry (0,8 of a percentage point).
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| JSE extends losses
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| February 25, 2014--South African shares extended losses on Tuesday, falling just over 1% as a firmer rand currency put pressure on resource companies such as Anglo American. |
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| Rand weakens ahead of GDP data
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| February 25, 2014--The rand weakened against the dollar early on Tuesday, pulling back from a 5-week high hit overnight as political tensions in emerging markets such as Ukraine and Turkey remained and depressed risk appetite. |
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| Mining shares drag JSE down
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| February 24, 2014--South African stocks ended slightly lower on Monday, weighed down by mining shares as worries about an economic slowdown in China pointed to reduced demand for industrial metals. |
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| Rand recovers as market unwinds
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| February 24, 2014--The rand rallied to its strongest level in nearly a week against the dollar on Monday as market players unwound long dollar positions accumulated during the recent bout of global risk aversion. |
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| JSE books record close, Aspen up
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| February 21, 2014--South African stocks capped the week with another record close on Friday, with drugs company Aspen Pharmacare rising after it flagged an increase in first-half earnings, while a weaker rand helped underpin mining shares. |
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| Rand firmer against the dollar
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| February 21, 2014--The rand turned firmer against the dollar in afternoon trade on Friday as global risk aversion eased, giving respite to emerging markets that took the rand towards R10.90/% resistance.
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| JSE dips, telecoms take a knock
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| February 20, 2014--South African stocks fell on Thursday, breaking a three-day winning streak as shares of telecoms giant MTN Group declined after the industry regulator said it would halve mobile interconnection rates sooner than previously planned. |
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| Weak rand fuels rate hike expectations
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| January 20, 2014--Short-dated South Africa bonds fell to their lowest in a month on Thursday as weakness in the rand drove traders to price in an increased chance of further rate hikes this year. |
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| JSE edges to another record high
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| January 19, 2014--South African stocks hit record highs for the third straight session on Wednesday, with paper maker Mondi gaining ground after it said it expects higher full-year earnings. |
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| Rand steady ahead of CPI data
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| February 19, 2014--The rand was steady against the dollar on Wednesday, amid hesitant trading before the release of January consumer inflation data.
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| The future of South Africa: seven things that need to happen
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| February 19, 2014--A new paper by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), called South African Futures 2030, outlines several plausible scenarios for the country, based on the most likely implications and actions by South Africans and their leaders. |
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| JSE lacks direction
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| February 18, 2014--Without direction from the American markets, which were closed on Monday for a public holiday, the JSE lacked direction on Tuesday morning. |
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| JSE jumps as Naspers hits record
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| February 17, 2014--South Africa's stocks booked their highest close on record on Monday, as media group Naspers scaled new highs, propelled by a surge in Chinese internet company Tencent, in which it owns a third. |
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| Rand touches 3-week high
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| February 17, 2014--The rand hit its strongest level in nearly a month against the dollar on Monday as investors started returning to emerging markets after weeks of heavy selling. |
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| IMF Working paper-Rising BRICs and Changes in Sub-Saharan Africa's Business Cycle Patterns
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| February 14, 2014-- Summary: This paper assesses the extent to which Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)'s business cycle is synchronized with that of the rest of the world (RoW). Findings suggest that SSA's business cycle has not only moved in the same direction as that of the RoW, but has also gradually drifted away from the G7 in favour of the BRICs. |
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| Resources rally, boost JSE
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| February 14, 2014--Share prices on the JSE regained their upward momentum of earlier the week on Friday, with resources stocks particularly strong. |
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| Rand surges on dollar weakness
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| February 14, 2014--The rand was trading at three-week highs on Friday as dollar weakness helped the currency firm beyond the key R11 to the dollar level. |
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| West Africa: Integration of West African Capital Markets Excites Operators
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| February 13, 2014--Capital market operators from Nigeria and Ghana Wednesday expressed enthusiasm and excitement over the efforts to integrate the West African capital markets, saying it will bring many benefits to all stakeholders. |
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| JSE eases as Gold Fields sinks
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| February 13, 2014--South African stocks ended in the red on Thursday, giving up some of the previous session's strong gains, with Gold Fields blazing the downhill trail as it took a $672m write-down because of the steep fall in the bullion price. |
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| Rand gives up gains, stays above R11/$
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| February 13, 2014--The rand has slipped against the dollar after failing to sustain gains made the previous day. |
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| JSE ticks up, Discovery shines
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| February 12, 2014--South African stocks ended higher on Wednesday as shares of Discovery climbed after the health insurer said it expected higher half-year earnings while resource companies surged on higher gold prices. |
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| Rand stable vs dollar
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| February 12, 2014--The rand held steady against the dollar on Wednesday after closing above the key R11.000/$ level the previous day, but struggled to make significant gains. |
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| JSE falls slightly as retailers weigh
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| January 11, 2013--South African stocks ended slightly weaker on Tuesday, snapping a three-day winning streak, with retailers among the worst performers on worries about consumer spending and high personal debt levels. |
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| Rand fails to consolidate data-driven gains
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| February 11, 2014--The rand strengthened on Tuesday on upbeat economic data, breaching 11 to the dollar, but it could not hold on to the gains. |
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| JSE extends gains, precious producers shine
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| February 10, 2014--South African stocks have gained for the third straight session, led by gold and platinum producers as the price of both precious metals cruised higher. |
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| Strikes keep rand on the ropes
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| February 10, 2014--The rand has recorded one of the steepest losses in a basket of emerging market currencies as investors refocused on strikes and protests bedevilling the economy. |
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| JSE ticks higher but Harmony falls
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| February 7, 2014--South African stocks added 0.8% on Friday, buoyed by US data that soothed some concerns about the health of the world's top economy, but shares of Harmony Gold fell after a mining accident. |
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| Rand finds respite on US jobs data
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| February 7, 2014--The rand touched its strongest level in more than a week against the dollar on Friday as U.S. jobs numbers backed the case to hold off a taper in US monetary stimulus, boosting emerging market currencies. |
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