The JSE capped its best day in more than six months on Friday after US President Donald Trump said the US and China are close to signing the first phase of a trade deal.

Trump tweeted earlier that both countries were pushing to finalise the phase-one deal, giving investors hope that the uncertainty around the year-and-a-half-long trade war would be put to rest...

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