JSE firms as focus narrows on US jobs report due on Friday

The JSE was firmer on Monday morning, with global peers mixed as investors digested comments by US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell.

Powell said on Friday that it was premature for market participants to anticipate easing in monetary policy, adding that the federal open market committee (FOMC) planned on “keeping policy restrictive” until policymakers were convinced that inflation was heading solidly back to 2%…