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Financial stocks shine on JSE
September 13, 2016--Financial shares have been the star performers on the JSE, supported by prospects of low interest rates and strong capital inflows for a while longer.
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Source: FIN24
JSE down on global US rate hike jitters
September 12, 2016--Rising bond yields globally have spooked international markets and the JSE was no exception, with the Resources and Gold indices the biggest losers.
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Source: FIN24
Resources make strong gains as weak rand supports JSE
September 9, 2016--The JSE has moved against the global trend as a weaker rand supported stocks and major resources shares traded substantially higher.
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Source: FIN24
Rand tumbles as uncertainty saps momentum
September 9, 2016--The rand has extended losses against the dollar, weighed down in part by fears over an ongoing investigation into Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
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Source: FIN24
JSE slips as investor fears, strong rand weigh
September 8, 2016--Share prices have dropped again as the strong rand and South Africa's poor economic prospects weighed heavily on investors.
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Source: FIN24
Zimbabwe: ZSE August Turnover Down 38 Percent
September 8, 2016--The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)'s turnover for August dropped by 38 percent to US$7 million on the back of persistence liquidity challenges being experienced locally.
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Source: AllAfrica.com
JSE loses out on emerging markets run
September 7, 2016--The JSE has traded lower out of line with other emerging markets, with the top banks losing all their strong gains from the past month.
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Source: FIN24
Rand breaks through psychological R14/$-level
September 7, 2016--The rand has gained for a fifth straight session on the back of dollar weakness and as traders still digest better-than-local GDP numbers.
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Source: FIN24
Rand up as politics take back seat
September 5, 2016--The rand has been trading on the front foot following weak US jobs data and as politics took a back seat while Jacob Zuma and Pravin Gordhan attend the G-20 summit.
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Source: FIN24
South Africa-Positive GDP growth in the second quarter of 2016
September 5, 2016--South Africa's economy grew by 3,3% quarter-on-quarter (seasonally adjusted and annualised), according to estimates of real gross domestic product (measured by production).
This is the fastest quarter-on-quarter rise in economic activity since the fourth quarter of 2014. Year-on-year growth in the second quarter of 2016 was 0,6%.
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Source: Statistics South Africa
