Miners led the JSE higher on Tuesday, bucking the trend on international markets where investors remain concerned about the potential effects of the Covid-19 Omicron variant on the global economy.

Still, the new strain of Covid-19, which was first identified in SA on Thursday last week, continues to weigh on local sentiment as there are still many unanswered questions about the latest mutation of the coronavirus...

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