Bourse falls with European and US markets as Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc
As global oil demand drops due to Covid-19, Brent is on track for its fifth consecutive weekly fall
World markets had rallied after trillions of dollars pledged by central banks, but the pan-European Stoxx 600 index was down almost 2%
SA bonds among only a handful of markets to record losses on Friday as investors weigh a potential downgrade
Drikus Combrinck from Capicraft and Nesan Nair of Sasfin Securities talk to Business Day TV
Moody's Investors Service is expected to give a ratings review on SA later on Friday
The very definition of bull market is debatable, and given the market's volatility, calling the move upwards a ‘bull market’ is tantamount to missing the ...
Platinum and palladium on track for their biggest weekly gains on record, as a lockdown in producer SA stokes supply concerns
Chinese shares jump 0.8% on Friday as markets take US jobless claims in stride
Brent crude rises 0.8% as International Energy Agency head urges major producers to help stabilise oil markets
Asian markets continue to climb amid global stimulus efforts, while SA has entered a 21-day lockdown on Friday, ahead of a Moody’s review
As well as the Dow, the S&P 500 index logs three straight day of gains for the first time since mid-February
JSE extends winning streak to a third consecutive day
Things weren’t as rosy in Europe and Asia, and US jobless claims of 3.3-million show ‘how much worse the economic situation’ really is
A number of JSE-listed counters have either announced they are cancelling or delaying dividends, or declaring force majeure
The rand weakened more than 1% on Thursday morning and was the worst performing among emerging-market currencies on the day
The weakening demand will lead oil refineries to cut processing rates and drive a rise in stock, which in turn will lift pressure on oil prices
Global markets have lost about a quarter of their value in the past six weeks, as job losses are forecast between 1-million and 25-million
Wayne McCurrie from FNB Wealth & Investments and David Shapiro from Sasfin Securities talk to Business Day TV
International oil prices have lost about 45% in March and fallen below the cost of much of the world's production
