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JSE falls 2% on hints of US reducing stimulus, awaits MPC

10 minute(s) ago

The JSE was down at noon on Thursday, but had still not lost as much ground as other international markets with the Japanese Nikkei taking a 7% hammering

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Rand falls for 11th straight session

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1 hour(s) ago

Rand spirals for 11th consecutive session on Thursday morning after the US Federal Reserve hints at scaling back its quantitative easing programme

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Hawkish Bernanke sends Asian stocks tumbling, dollar soaring

DISAPPOINTING TONE: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington yesterday. Picture: REUTERS
4 hour(s) ago

Hawkish remarks by US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and weakness in China factory activity hit Asian stocks, and send dollar to three-year high

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Gold rebounds as China data pummels stock

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2 hour(s) ago

Gold climbed off its session lows on Thursday after the release of weak China factory data jolted Asian markets, sending investors back to the precious metal fold

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Oil slips below $102 on gloomy China data, stimulus doubts

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4 hour(s) ago

Crude falls below $102 a barrel as data casts doubt on recovery in key consumer China and on concern about an early scale-back in the US Federal Reserve stimulus

Rand’s fall to new four-year lows has served as a valuable reality check for the economy, writes Bronwyn Nortje

Cheer up, the rand could be even worse than it is

The unsecured lender’s share price has been falling like underwear without elastic, writes Phakamisa Ndzamela

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SA must adapt to thrive in bad market conditions

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Let’s lower our interest rates so that we stop feeding fickle capital market yield seekers

Markets

Silver falls as gold heads for longest slide in four years

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2 day(s) ago

Silver hits two-and-a-half-year low, prompted by heavy fund liquidation in Asian trade, with more than 3,000 lots of Comex futures selling in 20 minutes

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FTSE 100 -1.80%
United Kingdom
Price6717.48
Change-122.79
% down -1.80%
Dow Jones 0.00%
United States
Price15307.17
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% same 0.00%
Hang Seng -2.54%
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Price22669.68
Change-591.40
% down -2.54%
JSE -1.75%
South Africa
Price41103.65
Change-732.37
% down -1.75%
ASX -1.97%
Australia
Price5040.80
Change-101.30
% down -1.97%
S & P 500 0.00%
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Gold 1395.05001.96% up
Platinum 1462.5000-0.17% down
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Palladium 738.5000-0.34% down
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  • All Share : 41087.55
    Change: -1.79%
    Top 40 : 36538.94
    Change: -2.07%
    Financial 15 : 11727.85
    Change: -2.04%
    Industrial 25 : 46701.88
    Change: -1.50%
    Resource 10 : 46349.43
    Change: -2.65%
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  • FTSE 100 : 6717.21
    Change: -1.80%
    Dow Jones : 15307.17
    Change: 0.00%
    Hang Seng : 22669.68
    Change: -2.54%
    ASX : 5040.80
    Change: -1.97%
    S&P 500 : 1655.350
    Change: 0.00%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
    Data supplied by I-Net Bridge
  • ZAR/USD : 9.5976
    Change: 0.32%
    ZAR/GBP : 14.4716
    Change: 0.63%
    ZAR/EUR : 12.3908
    Change: 0.85%
    ZAR/JPY : 0.0946
    Change: 2.04%
    ZAR/AUD : 9.3065
    Change: 0.55%
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  • Gold : 1394.2500
    Change: 1.90%
    Platinum : 1462.5000
    Change: -0.17%
    Silver : 22.6000
    Change: 1.47%
    Palladium : 739.5000
    Change: -0.20%
    Brent Crude Oil : 101.610
    Change: -0.96%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
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