JSE firms a little as miners cheer weaker rand
The trade conflict between the US and China continues to weigh on sentiment, but a slightly weaker rand is boosting miners
Miners and rand hedges helped lift the JSE a little on Tuesday, with the rand weaker ahead of what could be a volatile few sessions. The US-China trade war continues to dominate the spotlight, with Asian markets pushing a little higher on Tuesday after US officials said they would grant a number of temporary exceptions to the blacklisting of Huawei. This has given a number of suppliers and customers a reprieve against tough trade penalties imposed by the US, reported Dow Jones Newswires. The rand was slightly weaker on Tuesday morning as well, helping to support local miners. The rand was reacting to a stronger dollar, boosted by the softer tone regarding Huawei. There were also a number of positive earnings reports to cheer the JSE, with MMI jumping 4.56% to R18.10 after saying that diluted normalised headline earnings, its main earnings measure, rose 19% to R2.4bn in the nine months to end-March. At 10am the all share was up 0.3% to 55,784.7 points and the top 40 0.33%. Food and d...
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