JSE could recover a little on Wednesday ahead of Fed announcement
Asian markets are mixed, but hints of recovery from coronavirus fears have appeared on global markets
29 January 2020 - 07:01
The JSE must contend with mixed Asian markets on Wednesday morning, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng down sharply as traders returned from the Lunar New Year holiday.
Japan's Nikkei, which has been open all this week, was up 0.7% in early trade, however, and US markets had staged a recovery overnight. Stocks were led higher by Apple, which posted better than expected first-quarter sales. In morning trade the Hang Seng was down 2.75%, but Tencent, which influences the JSE via major shareholder Naspers, was up 0.5%...
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