The JSE was little changed on Friday, with its global peers mixed as markets await new catalysts for direction, following the recent risk-on rally.

Stock markets have gained this week after the US Federal Reserve maintained a dovish stance through its comments and minutes from its latest meeting. It repeatedly stressed that the US economy needed aggressive monetary policy support as it recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, even as the outlook brightens with vaccinations increasing...

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