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Global shares rise after Bernanke signals Fed will keep stimulus intact

6 hour(s) ago

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says monetary policy is still providing significant benefits and prematurely tightening it will carry substantial risks

Markets

JSE ends flat despite volatile day

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5 hour(s) ago

JSE ends little changed after volatile session‚ while bargain hunting in the resources sector continues for a second day

Markets

Rand recovers on consumer inflation figure

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7 hour(s) ago

Rand recovers most of its losses as a worse than expected consumer price index figure dampens chances of a rate cut and leads investors to consolidate their positions

Markets

Oil slips to $103 on US demand worries

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6 hour(s) ago

Brent crude drops after data showing a surprise jump in gasoline stockpiles spark worries that demand in world’s top oil consumer could be weaker than expected

Markets

Gold up on softer dollar, stimulus hopes before Fed testimony

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10 hour(s) ago

Gold bounces on weaker dollar as US Federal Reserve officials allay concern of Fed chairman Ben Bernanke curtailing bullion-friendly bond-buying programme

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

Market analysts seem to have been proven correct in their forecasts that this week would be another difficult one, writes Ntsakisi Maswanganyi

Looming mining wage talks weigh on rand

Opinion

SA must adapt to thrive in bad market conditions

Mark Barnes

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 0.54%
United Kingdom
Price6840.27
Change36.40
% up 0.54%
Dow Jones -0.52%
United States
Price15307.17
Change-80.41
% down -0.52%
Hang Seng 0.00%
Hong Kong (China)
Price23261.08
Change-0.00
% same 0.00%
JSE 0.05%
South Africa
Price41836.02
Change20.66
% up 0.05%
ASX 0.00%
Australia
Price5142.10
ChangeN/A
% same 0.00%
S & P 500 -0.83%
United States
Price1655.350
Change-13.810
% down -0.83%
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Gold 1370.0500-0.28% down
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  • All Share : 41836.02
    Change: 0.05%
    Top 40 : 37309.67
    Change: 0.02%
    Financial 15 : 11971.78
    Change: -0.24%
    Industrial 25 : 47413.26
    Change: -0.51%
    Resource 10 : 47611.41
    Change: 1.30%
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  • FTSE 100 : 6840.27
    Change: 0.54%
    Dow Jones : 15307.17
    Change: -0.52%
    Hang Seng : 23261.08
    Change: 0.00%
    ASX : 5142.10
    Change: 0.00%
    S&P 500 : 1655.350
    Change: -0.83%
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  • ZAR/USD : 9.5802
    Change: 0.35%
    ZAR/GBP : 14.4121
    Change: -0.38%
    ZAR/EUR : 12.3134
    Change: -0.12%
    ZAR/JPY : 0.0929
    Change: -0.28%
    ZAR/AUD : 9.2827
    Change: -0.88%
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  • Gold : 1370.0500
    Change: -0.28%
    Platinum : 1469.5000
    Change: 0.86%
    Silver : 22.2955
    Change: -0.69%
    Palladium : 746.5000
    Change: 0.88%
    Brent Crude Oil : 102.310
    Change: -0.28%
    All data is delayed by 15 min
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