30 Jul 2014 20h00 South African stocks stumbled on Wednesday after two straight days of gains, lead by banks such as FirstRand with the sector caught in the cross hairs of a technical sell-off. Read more
09h05 South Africa's rand traded softer than its previous close against the dollar on Thursday and could weaken further if the latest trade data shows a wider-than-expected deficit for June.
09h02 South African gold producer Sibanye Gold said on Thursday its first-half earnings more than doubled, boosted by good performance from its newly-incorporated Cooke mine operations.
09h11 European shares were steady in
early trade on Thursday as investors combed through a batch of
corporate results from blue-chips such as Sanofi,
Anheuser-Busch InBev and Royal Dutch Shell.
08h25 South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has signed a three-year wage agreement with Kumba Iron Ore, the labour group said on Thursday.
09h16 Japan's Sony Corp warned
it doesn't now expect to make money on smartphones this year,
citing weak demand, but said restructuring will help it turn a
profit in its loss-making consumer electronics division for the
first time in four years.
09h00 Rescuers in India were digging through swirling mud to uncover dozens of submerged homes on Thursday and find more than 100 people swallowed up by a landslide that flattened almost an entire village, with the confirmed death toll at 21.
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