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Rand off 5-week lows, bonds weaken
September 13, 2011--South Africa's rand gained against the dollar on Tuesday, bouncing from 5-week lows as exporters came in the market and sentiment towards risky assets improved in late trade.
Stocks rose for the first time in three sessions as FirstRand [JSE:FSR] finished up nearly 3 percent after South Africa's second-largest bank said it would pay a special dividend.
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Source: FIN24
JSE ends firmly weaker
September 12, 2011--The JSE ended firmly in negative territory on Monday, but off the session's lows.
The local exchange followed the weaker trend on the main global stocks amid fears that Greece might default on its debt obligations.
The JSE was more than 2% down at one stage before recovering some of the losses.
By 17:00 local time, the JSE All-share [JSE:J203] index had lost 1.43% with a strong decline seen in platinum stocks, which fell 3.01%. Financials fell 0.98% and industrials shed 1.81%. Resources gave up 1.21%, while banks lost 0.66%.
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Source: FIN24
Rand drops to month low against dollar
September 12, 2011--The rand slid against the dollar to just over a month low on Monday and in noon trade continued to track an unsteady euro.
"It's not a pretty picture at the moment," a local rand trader said.
"There has been an enormous loss of confidence in the Eurozone and a terrific sell-off in euros."
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Source: FIN24
Bonds weaker amid risk aversion
September 12, 2011- South African bonds were weaker in late trade on Monday, mainly on the back of the softer rand and concern over the euro. Global markets are on edge over fears that the eurozone sovereign debt crisis is spiralling out of control.
A local trader noted that there had been buying into weakness, but there were generally more sellers around.
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Source: FIN24
JSE tracks global stocks weaker
September 9, 2011--The JSE remained weaker in midday trade on Friday, tracking the lower trend on main global markets.
By 12:01 local time, the JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index was down 0.91%, with financials leading the downside at 1.14%, banks shed 1.09%, and industrials fell 0.88%. Resources were 0.85% off.
Gold slipped 0.23% while platinum miners rose 0.58%.
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Source: FIN24
Bonds retreat after gains, rand flat
September 9, 2011--Bonds pulled back slightly on Friday after the previous day’s strong gains, but their long-term outlook remains bullish as domestic and global data point to an economic slowdown that could merit further interest rate cuts.
The rand steadied against the dollar in early trade and would likely be driven by offshore economic data, given a dearth of market-moving local news, traders said.
Rand falls on growing pessimism
He added that there were a lot of issues to worry investors.
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Source: FIN24
September 9, 2011-- The rand slipped against the dollar in late afternoon trade on Friday, as it tracked a euro made jittery by remarks from the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve, causing investors to grow more pessimistic about the outlook for global growth.
"It's been one-way traffic for most currencies today against the dollar because the greenback has performed admirably," a local rand trader said.
Source: FIN24
August 8, 2011--The JSE closed in positive territory on Thursday, tracking international markets.
A local trader said the market had held up pretty well in the face of lower US futures. Despite negative futures, the US market rose into the black buoyed by some positive sentiment ahead of President Barack Obama's speech later in the day.
Source: FIN24
September 8, 2011--Bonds on Thursday gained back some of the ground lost in the previous session, with further gains seen if July’s manufacturing output data comes out weak at 11:00 GMT.
The rand has been drifting in ranges this week, and will mainly look abroad for direction, particularly the European Central Bank and US Federal Reserve’s comment later.
Source: FIN24
September 8, 2011--The rand remained a tad softer against the dollar in noon trade on Thursday, as markets awaited direction from events at the European Central Bank (ECB) and the US Federal Reserve.
"It seems as though markets generally are waiting for something to happen, although the local market has been fairly active and we've had decent volumes going through," a local currency trader said.
Source: FIN24
