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Bonds show firmer bias after auction

March 26, 2013--The bond market was a tad firmer at noon after a "very successful" government auction

with the long end well bid.

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Source: FIN24


JSE pares gains as miners weigh

March 25, 2013--The JSE pared morning gains to trade flat at noon, bucking the generally positive global trend in world markets, as weakness in gold shares weighed on the domestic exchange.

At 12:45‚ the JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index was flat (0.04%) at 40 079.87 points‚ with the Top 40 - (Tradeable) [JSE:J200] index also flat (0.03%). Gold stocks lost 2.25% but industrials regained 0.47%.

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Source: FIN24


Rand at best level in four days

March 25, 2013--The rand has strengthened to its best intraday level to the US dollar in four days,

boosted mainly by positive global market sentiment.

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Source: FIN24


Nigeria: Investors Stake N5 Billion On 409.81 Million Shares On NSE

March 22, 2013--The volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) yesterday increased by 30.51 per cent as investors staked N4.71 billion on 409.81 million shares in 5,311 deals.

This was in contrast to the 314.01 billion shares worth N3.30 billion traded in 4,986 deals on Wednesday.

The increase in the volume of shares traded was influenced by Access Bank which emerged the most traded equity with 141.98 million shares worth N1.46 billion exchanged in 334 deals.

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Source: Allafrica.com


Industrials push JSE to 13-day lows

March 22, 2013--Industrial stocks slid the most on Friday, dragging the JSE to its lowest point in more than two weeks,

as debt tensions in Cyprus continued to dominate global risk sentiment.

At 12:48pm‚ the JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index was down 0.63% to 40 063.39 points‚ with the Top 40 - (Tradeable) [JSE:J200] index losing 0.76% to 35 512.32. Industrial stocks lost 1.43% but the gold mining index lifted 1.29%.

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Source: FIN24


Bond softer on weaker rand

March 22, 2013--The South African bonds market has been quiet with trade being softer at noon due to a weaker rand.<

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Source: FIN24


NSE to List Five ETFs, Targets 40 Million Investors

March 21, 2013--The Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema, said the exchange would list five exchange-traded funds (ETFs) this year to increase products available to investors.

He also said the exchange is putting strategies in place to increase the number of investors from five million to 40 million by 2016. The NSE had last year listed the first ETF (NewGold).

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Source: This Day Live


JSE flat after CPI data, rates decision

March 20, 2013--The JSE was flat early on Wednesday afternoon, showing a muted response to the weaker-than-expected CPI print and the announcement that the repo rate

would stay unchanged at 5%‚ as expected.

SA’s consumer inflation rate rose to 5.9% year on year in February‚ after measuring 5.4% year on year in January‚ Statistics SA announced earlier this morning ‚ while the SA Reserve Bank left the repo rate unchanged. .

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Source: FIN24


Rand tanks on rates announcement

March 20, 2013--The South African Reserve Bank left the repo rate at historical lows on Wednesday, saying concerns about weak growth were offset by a deterioration in the inflation outlook caused a sharply weaker currency.

However, governor Gill Marcus made clear she would not be stepping in to stem a 9% depreciation in the rand this year, disappointing some analysts who had been expecting a more aggressive stance to defend the currency.

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Source: FIN24


Miners keep JSE on back foot

April 19, 2013--Heavy weighted mining stocks led the JSE lower at noon on Tuesday, offsetting gains in the banking and financial sectors.

At 12:34‚ the JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index was down 0.41% to 40 306.72 points‚ with the Top 40 - (Tradeable) [JSE:J200] index losing 0.51% to 35 772.46. The resource index dropped 1.55% but banks lifted 1.35%.

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Source: FIN24


Americas


June 30, 2025 Allspring Exchange-Traded Funds Trust files with the SEC
June 30, 2025 Northern Lights Fund Trust files with the SEC-Toews Agility Shares Hedged Equal Weight ETF and Toews Agility Shares Hedged-Qs ETF
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June 30, 2025 WisdomTree Trust files with the SEC-WisdomTree Japan Opportunities Fund
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Europe ETF News


June 16, 2025 ESMA's activities in 2024 focused on strengthening the EU capital markets and putting citizens and businesses at the heart of it
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June 10, 2025 ESMA publishes latest edition of its newsletter
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Asia ETF News


June 25, 2025 QFIIs Gain Access to Onshore ETF Options As A-share Market Opening Deepens
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June 13, 2025 Unlocking Consumption to Sustain Growth in China -World Bank Economic Update
June 13, 2025 US trading firm Virtu weighs foray into China market-making business

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Global ETP News


June 14, 2025 Global Economic Prospects-Global Economy Faces Trade-Related Headwinds
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June 10, 2025 Global Economy Set for Weakest Run Since 2008 Outside of Recessions
June 03, 2025 Trade Reckoning

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Middle East ETP News


June 19, 2025 GCC: Growth on the Rise, but Smart Spending Will Shape a Thriving Future
June 16, 2025 Saudi Exchange leads market losses across the GCC

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ESG and Of Interest News


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White Papers


May 30, 2025 IMF Working Paper-Interest Rate Sensitivity Scenarios to Guide Monetary Policy

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