Asian markets rallied on Wednesday morning after Catalan president Carles Puigdemont told Spain’s parliament he was delaying his threat to secede following a referendum Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy considers invalid. The euro rallied against most currencies, but the rand held steady at R16.15/€, R13.67/$ and R18.04/£. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.59%, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index rose 0.26% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.02%. The JSE on Tuesday continued its record-breaking run, with the all share index gaining 0.17% to 57,630 points and the top 40 gaining 0.08% to 51,363 points. PSG warned shareholders on October 6 that it expected to report on Wednesday that headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the six months to end-August fell by up to 23.5%. This was mainly due to its investment in Zeder, which on October 4 reported its HEPS fell 70% to 4.3c for the six months to end-August. Cartrack said on October 3 that it expected to report on Wednesday that HEPS for the six mon...
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