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JSE benefits from European stimulus
June 5, 2014--South African share prices have edged slightly higher as a European Central Bank decision to cut
rates buoyed local gold stocks.
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Source: FIN24
Rand holds steady against dollar
June 5, 2014--The rand has held steady against the dollar as investors
expected the European Central Bank to ease policy to try to boost the European region's economy.
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Source: FIN24
JSE climbs, market watches platinum talks
June 4, 2014--South African shares barely closed in the black as investors
awaited the outcome of the latest round of negotiations to end the country's longest-running platinum sector strike.
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Source: FIN24
JSE edges up as platinum shares rise
June 3, 2014--South African stocks have climbed up for a second straight day with platinum firms rising as a deal to
end a pay strike seems to be on the cards.
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Source: FIN24
Rand near two-month low as economy weakens
June 3, 2014--The rand is still struggling against the dollar after falling to two-month lows overnight,
with SA's weak economic fundamentals denting investor appetite.
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Source: FIN24
JSE ticks up, African Bank gets a beating
June 2, 2014--South African stocks have edged up as investors picked up shares of resource companies,
while shares of African Bank extended a recent slide.
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Source: FIN24
Rand slumps as economic data weighs
June 2, 2014-0The rand has stumbled to its weakest in two months against the dollar as a recent raft of weak data rekindled investor concerns
about the sluggish economy.
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Source: FIN24
Tough gets going on JSE
May 30, 2014--When the going gets tough, the tough gets going...
a saying that could easily be used to describe the mood on the JSE.
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Source: FIN24
Rand weaker after trade deficit widens
May 30, 2014--The rand has fallen against the dollar, hitting its weakest level in a month,
after central bank data showed a wider-than-expected trade deficit.
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Source: FIN24
JSE ends flat, but Telkom jumps
May 29, 2014--South African stocks have closed largely flat although shares of
Telkom climbed after it forecast a nine-fold surge in earnings.
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Source: FIN24