The JSE opened firmer on Thursday, as concern about an escalating global trade war receded and technology shares rebounded on the Dow. General retailers and banks were early-morning gainers after retreating in risk-off trade on Wednesday. Industrials were also higher as Naspers traded above R3,000 for the first time in a week. US administration officials did little to gloss over the likelihood that the trade spat between the US and China had entered a period of protracted negotiations, and more market turmoil. "They suggested President Donald Trump was willing to withstand domestic pressures to achieve an improved trading relationship with Beijing," Dow Jones Newswires reported. At the same time, the US and Mexico are continuing North Atlantic Free Trade agreement (Nafta) negotiations after Trump signed a proclamation to camp US troops on the border as part of his Border Wall Project. "He is the fourth US president in a row to do this, so there is nothing new there," FxPro analysts ...
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