MARKET WRAP: JSE closes weaker as investors digest US jobs report

The JSE ended lower on Friday, tracking weaker US and European markets as investors digested the US September jobs report.

US non-farm payrolls data showed the unemployment rate continued to decline, coming in at 3.5%, down from the 3.7% the previous month. The data also showed that the world’s biggest economy added 263,000 jobs, higher than the market expectations of a 250,000 gain. ..

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