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Falling yield curves set up global stock rout
December 5, 2018--The JSE has not been spared by the global equity rout which started in the US overnight as the local bourse closed weaker.
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Source: FIN24
Markets WRAP: Rand ends the day at R13.82/$
December 5, 2018--The rand started the day on the backfoot after the dollar firmed
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Source: FIN24
JSE firmer as SA GDP data impresses
December 4, 2018--The JSE has held on to its gains to close marginally firmer as South Africa emerged out of a technical recession.
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Source: FIN24
Markets WRAP: Rand closes at R13.73/$
December 4, 2018--It was an eventful day for the rand-caught between the news that SA was no longer in recession and the National Assembly's vote on the Constitutional Review Committee's report on the expropriation of land without compensation.
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Source: FIN24
SA in technical recession as second quarter GDP falls
November 4, 2018--South Africa has officially entered a technical recession, after Stats SA announced on Tuesday that the country's real gross domestic product had decreased by 0.7% in the second quarter of the year
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Source: FIN24
Rand ends the day at R13.69/$
December 3, 2018--The rand held onto gains made following a truce reached between the US and China over the weekend.
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Source: FIN24
Markets WRAP: Rand ends the day at R13.76/$
Markets WRAP: Rand closes at R13.64 to the greenback
Markets WRAP: Rand closes at R13.96 to the greenback
JSE down in mixed trading session
November 30, 2018--The rand this week reached a four-month high of R13.66/$, and ended the day at R13.76 to the greenback.
Source: FIN24
November 29, 2018--The rand opened the day trading at R13.77 after nearly touching the R14.00 handle on Wednesday.
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Source: FIN24
November 28, 2018--The rand did not react to the US's 3Q GDP of 3.5% and continued to trade at the expected range.
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Source: FIN24
November 27, 2018--The JSE retreated on Tuesday as global markets traded relatively mixed as they try to gauge the possible outcomes from Brexit and trade talks between China and the US.
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Source: FIN24