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Rand back on the rack
January 29, 2014--The rand came under pressure on Wednesday on expectations that the Federal Reserve will press on with stimulus cuts.
The rand reeled more than 3% to a five-year low of R11.3800/$ after the South Africa Reserve Bank announced it was raising its benchmark repo rate by 50 basis points to 5.50%. The currency was still down 2.2% by 14:16 GMT.
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Source: FIN24
Report: Investors Prefer Nigeria to Other African Countries
January 28, 2014--Investors in Africa have continued to choose Nigeria over most countries in the continent as the preferred investment destination because of the country's strong fundamentals.
In a report titled "Sub-saharan Africa in 2014-Erosion of Buffers Raises Risks," Renaissance Capital (RenCap), a research and investment advisory firm listed a Current Account (CA) surplus and smaller budget deficit as some of the factors attracting investors to Nigeria.
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Source: AllAfrica.com
Rand steady as investors ease sell-off
January 28, 2014--The rand stabilised against the dollar on Tuesday a day after sliding to a five-year low, as a sell-off of emerging market assets eased.
The rand, which weakened to R11.2550/$ on Monday, traded at R11.0500/$ at 15:40 GMT, little changed from Monday's New York close.
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Source: FIN24
SA stocks retreat
January 27, 2014--South African shares fell for the second session in a row on Monday, tracking other emerging market assets lower as expectations grew that the US will trim its stimulus programme this week.
Eqstra topped the decliners' list after the mining equipment leasing firm warned first-half profit likely fell as much as 29%. Its stock plunged 9.2% to R7.40, the biggest one-day decline in more than 12 months.
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Source: FIN24
Rand tumbles to a five-year low
January 27, 2014--The rand touched fresh multi-year lows against the dollar on Monday, one of the hardest-hit currencies in a major emerging market sell-off by investors wary of risky assets.
A strike at the world's biggest three platinum producers also intensified concerns about the economy, which has struggled to post strong growth since exiting a recession in 2009.
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Source:FIN24
JSE books biggest drop in over a month
January 24, 2014--South Africa's stocks have ended lower on Friday with the main indices logging their biggest fall in more than a month as worries grew the US Federal Reserve would trim its stimulus programme.
Naspers topped the decliners' list on the blue-chip index, tracking a sell-off in its Chinese money spinner Tencent Holdings overnight.
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Source: FIN24
Rand at multi-year lows amid strikes
January 24, 2014--The rand struggled at five-year lows against the dollar on Friday as the second day of a strike across the country's platinum mining belt continued to unnerve investors.
The rand, which breached the 11.00 level on Thursday for the first time since October 2008, was at R11.1075/$ at 15:11 GMT, 1% weaker than Thursday's New York close.
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Source: FIN24
Nigeria: SEC Approves Rules for NSE's Investors' Protection Fund
January 24, 2014--Hope of investors in the Nigerian capital market receiving compensation for losses from negligence or bankruptcy of stockbroking firms brightened Thursday. This followed the approval of the rules governing the operation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE)'s Investors' Protection Fund (IPF) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
The rules had been developed by the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the IPF last year and have been awaiting the approval of the regulator of the capital market. According to the NSE, the rules were approved along with other rules governing dealing members, registration as dealing members and use of issuers' portal.
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Source: AllAfrica.com
Nigeria: Local Economy Set to Overtake SA in 2014
January 24, 2014-- NIGERIA could overtake South Africa as the biggest economy in Africa this year, the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) has projected.
"We note in the 2013/2014 edition of Where to Invest in Africa: A guide to corporate investment that Nigeria could displace South Africa as the largest economy on the continent by 2014, if the rebasing of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) leads to an estimated 60 percent expansion of its economic size (similar to Ghana), thereby enhancing its attractiveness as an investment destination," RMB researchers, Celeste Fauconnier and Nema Ramkhelawan-Bhana, stated on Friday.
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Source: AllAfrica.com
JSE climbs to record highs
January 23, 2014--South Africa's main stock indices set record highs on Thursday with strike-hit platinum shares among the top gainers on hopes that industrial action on the platinum belt could be resolved soon.
Mines producing half the world's platinum shut down on Thursday as the sector's main union began a strike for hefty wage hikes their employers say they cannot pay.
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Source: FIN24
