The JSE may be in for its fifth trading day of losses, judging by Chinese markets, which were down on Monday morning following the release of second-quarter GDP figures.China’s second-quarter GDP report was released at 4am South African time and showed the country’s annual economic growth slowed to 6.7% from 6.8% in the first quarter.This was as expected by the economists’ consensus, but still knocked 0.47% off the Shanghai Composite index while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 0.17%.In Hong Kong, Tencent was up 0.31% to HK$382.20, indicating its 31%-owner Naspers may recoup some of Friday’s 2.1% drop to R3,373.Sydney’s ASX 200 index was down 0.49%, with BHP falling 0.81% to A$33.06, indicating the JSE’s miners may be in for their fourth trading day of losses.Japanese stock markets were closed on Monday for the country’s "marine day" national holiday. It is a quiet week on the JSE results front, with no results other than Sabvest’s interims on Friday diarised.The rand started the we...
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