MARKET WRAP: JSE firmer as global markets rebound from Monday’s sell-off

The JSE pared its losses on Tuesday, with global markets bouncing back from Monday’s sell-off triggered by worries over the fast-spreading Omicron variant and a setback in US President Joe Biden’s economic agenda.

Investors cheered news that President Biden and Senator Joe Manchin held a phone conversation the White House believes could keep the door open to reviving talks on Biden’s economic agenda.  Manchin has been called on to reconsider his decision to reject roughly a $2-trillion economic agenda…