Markets

Markets now await US nonfarm payroll data on Friday and the consensus is the country added 880,000 jobs in July

London — Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, supported by a fall in US inventories and geopolitical tensions in the

China’s state media referred to online games as ‘spiritual opium’, rattling investors still recovering from last week’s fall BL PREMIUM

London/Sydney — Global shares rode earnings to a record high on Wednesday, while the dollar and treasury yields languished in

The local unit has bounced back, recovering from July’s slump, when it almost crossed R15/$. The recovery has mainly been

Singapore — Oil prices fell for a third day on Wednesday on  the mounting concern that the increasing spread of

Sydney — Asian shares advanced to one-week highs on Wednesday, led largely by strong US corporate earnings, though the mood

The JSE faces mixed, but mostly positive, Asian markets on Wednesday morning, with Tencent bouncing back from a tough Tuesday

The looting of and damage to businesses in areas of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal last month must feel like another nail

If the last year has taught investors anything, it is the cost of ignoring risk assets when market circumstances change so dramatically.