The JSE closed marginally firmer on Tuesday, with global peers mixed as investors braced for the Federal Reserve (Fed) decision on Wednesday and corporate earnings from the two mega-cap technology companies.

The federal open market committee (FOMC) is generally expected to keep interest rates steady when it concludes its first two-day meeting for the year on Wednesday. Investors will, however, focus on comments after the meeting from Fed chair Jerome Powell for clues on the central bank’s policy outlook...

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