All eyes on GDP on Tuesday
Whether SA recovered in the third quarter from a recession in the first half of 2018 will be revealed at 11.30am
Asian markets started fretting on Tuesday morning about the details of the proposed truce in the trade war between the US and China. Tencent was down 0.68% to HK$322.60, indicating its largest shareholder, Naspers, will give up some of Monday’s 4.54% rise to R2,888.51. Oil continued its rally, indicating Sasol may add to Monday’s 6.82% rise to R434 and Standard Bank’s West Texas Intermediate (WTI) exchange-traded note may add to its 5.85% rise to R10.67.
Sasol’s share price tends to track the oil price, which peaked in early September and now appears to be rebounding. Brent crude oil was up 0.87% to $62.35 a barrel and WTI was up 0.77% to $53.49 a barrel ahead of the JSE’s opening. Tuesday is an important day in the economics calendar, with Stats SA scheduled to release the third-quarter GDP report at 11.30am. According to a poll of economists done by Trading Economics, the third-quarter GDP will rebound 1.6%, halting two consecutive quarters of decline...
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