MARKET WRAP: JSE firms for second session as global markets weather virus
The rand also firmed for a third consecutive session, as global markets mull mixed reports about medical research into the coronavirus
05 February 2020 - 18:51
The JSE firmed for a second consecutive session on Wednesday, as global risk assets continued to recover from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
Global markets rallied on Wednesday following reports of a “significant breakthrough” by scientists at Imperial College, London. A separate media report out of China claimed that researchers had found two separate drugs that can inhibit the effect of the new strain of the coronavirus...
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