The JSE opened flat on Tuesday as the market took a breather following four successive record sessions with retailers, banks and property stocks leading at the opening and resources lagging.The rand was marginally firmer at R13.73 to the dollar from R13.8161.Property stocks have been subdued so far this month, while rand hedges and miners have powered ahead on the weaker rand. On Wall Street on Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average closed 0.06% lower at 22,761.07. Asian markets opened higher on Tuesday, with the Nikkei up 0.64% in Tokyo and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong rising 0.56%. Tencent gained 0.6%.Local market heavyweight Naspers did not immediately react at the opening, dropping 0.61% to R3,170.95. Naspers owns about a third of Tencent.Commodity prices recovered but the marginally firmer rand damped gains for miners trading on the JSE. Platinum rose 0.783% to $922.77 an ounce and gold added 0.24% to $1,287.10.The rebound in the dollar stalled on Monday on robust economic data...
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