JSE set for mixed start ahead of rates announcement
The Reserve Bank is likely to keep the repo rate on hold this week in the current environment of heightened uncertainty, says Investec’s Annabel Bishop
28 March 2019 - 07:16
The JSE could get off to a mixed start on Thursday, as attention shifts towards the monetary policy committee’s (MPC) interest rate announcement later in the day. Asian stocks were varied on Thursday, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index flat and Japan’s Nikkei 225 index down 1.4%. Australia’s main index was 0.6% higher, with JSE-listed BHP Group up 0.8% in that market.
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