A subdued tone on world markets and a weaker rand kept the JSE under pressure on Monday, with banks and retailers falling, while some property stocks registered a strong performance.Precious-metals miners performed well on a softer rand, despite weaker prices for most commodities. Global miners, however, continued to be squeezed by ongoing concerns of a global trade war, with Group of 20 (G-20) leaders meeting this week.Initial positive sentiment on the JSE quickly petered out, with investors seemingly avoiding large bets ahead of the week’s risk events.Banks‚ insurance stocks and retailers were mostly lower‚ as the rand weakened through R12 to the dollar for the first time in two weeks. Rand hedges were mixed.The property index was firmly up, lifted largely by Hammerson, which rocketed following confirmation French mall-operator Klepierre had made a buy-out offer, which has been rebuffed.The all share fell 0.02% to 58,088.4 points while the top 40 added 0.03%. Platinums firmed 1.36...
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