The JSE closed firmer on Friday along with its global peers as a better-than-expected quarterly earnings report from Apple helped lift sentiment, while investors also digested US jobs data.
A rebound in bank stocks also supported sentiment after a note from JPMorgan upgrading banks such as Western Alliance, Zions Bancorp and Comerica. The firm said those three banks appear “substantially mispriced” in part due to short-selling activity, reported Bloomberg. California lender PacWest tanked by more than 41% on news that the bank has been assessing strategic options including a possible sale, sparking wider fears about the health of the US’s regional bank sector.
At 6.10pm, the Dow Jones industrial average was 1.14% firmer and the S&P 500 had added 1.41%. In Europe, the FTSE 100 gained 0.98%, France’s CAC 40 advanced 1.26% and Germany’s DAX 40 added 1.44%.came in hotter than expected. The US economy added 253,000 jobs in April, while analysts had expected 185,000 new jobs.
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