WATCH: Market Report

Business Day TV talks to Jacobus Brink from Schmidt Family Office

4 hours ago
JSE lifts on improved sentiment globally

Investors are watching out for any changes to the Fed’s recent hawkish tone

11 hours ago
Asian stocks climb to more than one-year high

Renewed bets that the Fed is likely to ease rates in 2024 lifts equities

Oil gains ground after Saudi Arabia increases prices

The fading prospect of a Gaza ceasefire deal, which has renewed the fear the Israel-Hamas conflict could widen, also supports prices

Gold takes heart from rate cut expectations

Tension in the Middle East and ceasefire negotiations lift bullion’s safe-haven appeal

MARKET WRAP: JSE firms on soft US jobs data

All share gains 0.5% to 76,428 points and top 40 0.51%

Dollar hits three-week low against yen as rate cut hopes rise

Yen surge attributed to intervention by Japanese authorities

Oil set for steepest weekly losses in three months

Demand uncertainty and easing tension in the Middle East have reduced supply risks, putting the crude benchmarks under pressure

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Business Day TV talks to Shaun Dendere from Trive Investments

WATCH: Stock Picks

Business Day TV speaks to independent analyst  Jimmy Moyaha

JSE lifts ahead of key US jobs data release

A report on Thursday showed fewer US workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than economists expected

Gold steady but on track for second weekly fall

Investors are in a cautious mood ahead of the US nonfarm payrolls data that may provide cues on the Federal Reserve’s rate cut timeline

Apple buyback pushes Asian shares higher

Equities ralliy after the tech company’s record $110bn share buyback plan lifts the tech sector

Investors hedge against possible ANC-EFF coalition

Market reaction to swing to the left ‘could be disastrous’

MARKET WRAP: JSE muted, with major indices mixed

Investors watch latest batch of US jobs reports for insights on the Federal Reserve’s rate path

Oil recovers after three days of losses

The expectation that the lower levels may prompt the US to replenish its strategic reserve, has put a floor under prices