JSE slips on dull data out of China and Delta strain outbreaks
Chinese July retail sales and industrial production figures fell more than was forecast
16 August 2021 - 11:40
The JSE was weaker on Monday morning, with its global peers mixed as sluggish Chinese economic data and renewed Covid-19 outbreaks weighed on sentiment.
Chinese July retail sales and industrial production figures fell more than was forecast — a trend that analysts fear might worsen as the world’s second-largest economy grapples with the spread of the highly infectious Delta strain...
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