The JSE pared gains on Thursday, having rallied along with global markets after the US House of Representatives passed a debt-ceiling bill in a crucial step to avoid the country’s default, with the next step to move through the Senate.

A bill to raise the debt limit and cap government spending was passed in the House on Wednesday evening by a wide margin, sending it to the Senate just days before Monday’s US default deadline of June 5. ..

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