JSE faces mostly weaker Asian markets on Friday after Chinese GDP miss

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China’s economy eked out 0.4% year on year growth in the second quarter, below a 1% market forecast

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The world’s second-largest economy grew only 0.4% year on year in the second quarter, below expectations of a 1% rise, with Covid-19 restrictions weighing heavily on activity. In morning trade the Hang Seng was down 1.24% and the Shanghai Composite 0.24%, while Japan’s Nikkei had added 0.65%.Gold was flat at $1,708/oz while platinum had fallen 0.53% to $845. Brent crude was up 0.47% at $99.87 a barrel.The local corporate and economic calendars are bare on Friday, when the JSE needs to add about 5.3%, or 4,000 points, to reach last week’s close, which would be interesting.

 

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