JSE may follow Asian stocks higher
In contrast to Absa’s flat earnings, Nedbank is expected to show strong growth thanks to pan-African associate Ecobank returning to profitability
The JSE may rebound from Monday’s 0.45% stumble, judging from Asian markets trading ahead of its opening on Tuesday morning. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was up 0.96%, with Naspers’s associate up 0.23% to HK$353.80. Mainland China’s Shanghai composite index was up 1.43%. But in Australia, where the central bank held its “cash rate” at 1.5% as expected on Tuesday morning, BHP was down 1.2% to A$33.69, contributing to Sydney’s ASX 200 index sliding 0.34%. The rand was trading at R13.43 to the dollar, R15.52 to the euro and R17.39 to the pound at 6.30am. Nedbank is scheduled to release its interim results for the six months to end-June on Tuesday.
In contrast to Absa, which reported flat earnings on Monday, Nedbank is expected to show strong growth thanks to pan-African associate Ecobank returning to profitability. Nedbank said in a trading statement on July 26 it expected to report on Tuesday its basic and headline earnings per share (HEPS) grew between 23% and 28%. It also benef...
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