Labour tensions weigh on the rand
Labour uncertainty in the mining industry and the broadly firmer US dollar continue to hurt the rand
Markets
Silver falls; gold up slightly after seven-day fall
Gold falls 1.5% to one-month low, silver falls to lowest since September 2010 as investors drive up European shares to five-year high
Markets
JSE slips on weak sentiment
Mining, banking and financial sectors come under heavy selling pressure, keeping the overall market weaker despite a generally positive international trend
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Oil slips towards $104 on weak demand outlook
Brent crude lower as dollar remains stubbornly within range of its highest since July 2010, while IEA says supply and demand fundamentals for oil look less positive
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World shares grind higher on global growth optimism
Equities near a five-year high, while dollar slips against yen and gold continues to lose its shine, headed for its longest losing streak in four years
Michel Pireu goes through recent interviews to find there is no shortage of good news
When all that an investor needs is some good news
Quentin Wray: How many of you were surprised by the precipitous decline in market value of SA’s platinum shares?
Better ways to get investment than through blackmail
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
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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| United Kingdom | ||
| Price | 6755.63 | |
| Change | 32.57 | |
| % | up | 0.48% |
| United States | ||
| Price | 15378.67 | |
| Change | 24.81 | |
| % | up | 0.16% |
| Hong Kong (China) | ||
| Price | 23493.03 | |
| Change | 0.00 | |
| % | same | 0.00% |
| South Africa | ||
| Price | 41079.55 | |
| Change | -333.89 | |
| % | down | -0.81% |
| Australia | ||
| Price | 5185.40 | |
| Change | 0.00 | |
| % | same | 0.00% |
| United States | ||
| Price | 1670.860 | |
| Change | 3.390 | |
| % | up | 0.20% |
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| Top 40 | 36545.18 | -0.62% | down |
| Financial 15 | 11832.90 | -2.18% | down |
| Industrial 25 | 46966.65 | -0.43% | down |
| Resource 10 | 45445.86 | -0.26% | down |
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| FTSE 100 | 6755.63 | 0.48% | up |
| Dow Jones | 15375.07 | 0.14% | up |
| All Share | 41079.55 | -0.81% | down |
| ASX | 5185.40 | 0.00% | same |
| S&P 500 | 1671.090 | 0.22% | up |
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| USD/ZAR | 9.4407 | 0.43% | up |
| GBP/ZAR | 14.3832 | 1.13% | up |
| EUR/ZAR | 12.1508 | 0.74% | up |
| JPY/ZAR | 0.0921 | 0.82% | up |
| AUD/ZAR | 9.2626 | 1.11% | up |
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| Gold | 1383.9200 | 3.01% | up |
| Platinum | 1485.5000 | 3.95% | up |
| Silver | 22.7170 | 7.90% | up |
| Palladium | 752.5000 | 2.52% | up |
| Brent Crude Oil | 104.940 | 0.31% | up |
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