THE JSE opened marginally firmer on Monday, at the start of what is expected to be a busy week, including US and local interest rate decisions.The JSE was trading against the background of a firmer rand, with the local currency gaining 1% to R14.11/$.The US Federal Reserve will announce its decision on Wednesday and the Reserve Bank on Thursday. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) will also announce its rate decision later in the week. No changes are expected, but there is an outside chance the US Fed might surprise with a rate hike.Barclays Research said in an early morning note that back-to-back policy decisions in Japan and the US meant central banks were set to dominate market attention this week."We think the market may be wrong to expect another BoJ rate cut and to price out almost completely the risk of a Fed hike," Barclays said.At 9.35am the all share was 0.29% firmer at 51,982.50 points with platinums leading the way, gaining 1.97%. Banks added 1.29% and resources rose 1.13%. The gold...
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