Shares bounce as Fed meeting nears, dollar firms
Equity rises, dollar strengthens against yen on expectation US Federal Reserve will reinforce commitment to support US economic recovery
Markets
Rand remains volatile and rumour-driven
Local currency slightly weaker against major currencies but movements seem to be tied to Australian dollar, says currency trader
Markets
Gold continues slide as focus turns to US stimulus
Gold slides on Monday as dollar rises, stocks rebound, with investors keeping eye on US Federal Reserve meeting for signs of easing bond-buying programme
Markets
JSE ends higher despite volatility
Markets improved amid bargain hunting, buoyed by gains in platinum and resource indices
Markets
Oil steadies above $106 on Mideast, expected demand
Brent crude oil steadies above $106 a barrel as superpower standoff over Syria intensifies, raising risk of conflict spilling into Middle East oil producing region
One day everything has apparently gone to pot: the rand, JSE, bonds. The following morning, a blooming miracle, writes Jeremy Thomas
BULL’S EYE: The smart cash goes surfing
Transnet has already raised about half of the R15bn that it plans to gather for the financial year to next March, writes Bronwyn Nortje
Why Transnet may have reason to be a little smug
Opinion
NEWS ANALYSIS: Interest rates: to hike or not to hike?
Maarten Mittner
Circumstances brought about by the weaker rand could force the Reserve Bank to hike rates sooner than it would have wanted to
Asia-Pacific
Abenomics and the great bond market asset bubble
Japan is going for broke with Shinzo Abe’s plan to reverse more than two decades of economic decline
Global Indicators
| United Kingdom | ||
| Price | 6330.49 | |
| Change | N/A | |
| % | same | 0.00% |
| United States | ||
| Price | 15179.85 | |
| Change | N/A | |
| % | same | 0.00% |
| Hong Kong (China) | ||
| Price | 21069.60 | |
| Change | -156.30 | |
| % | down | -0.74% |
| South Africa | ||
| Price | 40323.62 | |
| Change | N/A | |
| % | same | 0.00% |
| Australia | ||
| Price | 4776.00 | |
| Change | -29.00 | |
| % | down | -0.60% |
| United States | ||
| Price | 1639.040 | |
| Change | N/A | |
| % | same | 0.00% |
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| All Share | 40323.62 | 0.00% | same |
| Top 40 | 35937.44 | 0.00% | same |
| Financial 15 | 10934.41 | 0.00% | same |
| Industrial 25 | 46028.80 | 0.00% | same |
| Resource 10 | 46487.84 | 0.00% | same |
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| FTSE 100 | 6330.49 | 0.00% | same |
| Dow Jones | 15179.85 | 0.00% | same |
| All Share | 40323.62 | 0.00% | same |
| ASX | 4776.00 | -0.60% | down |
| S&P 500 | 1639.040 | 0.00% | same |
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| USD/ZAR | 9.9774 | 0.22% | up |
| GBP/ZAR | 15.6621 | 0.13% | up |
| EUR/ZAR | 13.3210 | 0.19% | up |
| JPY/ZAR | 0.1053 | 0.19% | up |
| AUD/ZAR | 9.4887 | -0.13% | down |
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| Gold | 1381.0400 | -0.21% | down |
| Platinum | 1429.0000 | -0.07% | down |
| Silver | 21.8506 | -0.01% | down |
| Palladium | 710.5000 | 0.07% | up |
| Brent Crude Oil | 105.540 | 0.07% | up |
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