South African futures surpassed JSE gains slightly on Thursday, despite some caution in global markets ahead of US non-farm payrolls data on Friday. The JSE surprised some analysts by posting broad-based gains and reaching its third record high this week, ending the day 0.88% to the good at 55‚685 points. The top-40 added 0.89%. Platinums added 3.37%‚ banks 1.67%‚ general retailers 1.39%‚ financials 1.34% and property 1.08%. Gold miners gained the least‚ with the index up 0.29%. US stocks opened flat on Thursday, as investors looked for reasons to continue pushing shares higher following a string of recent gains that had took indices to repeated records, reported Dow Jones Newswires. Many traders are looking ahead to Friday’s highly anticipated July US jobs report, which could indicate whether current valuations are justified by economic activity, the newswire said. At 5.40pm, the Dow was flat, while the S&P 500 had lost 0.21% and the Nasdaq 0.23%. The FTSE 100 was up 0.84%, the CAC...
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