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16 JANUARY 2015
FTSE / JSE INDICES
All Share
SWIX
CAPI
All Bond
Resources
Financials
Industrials
CURRENCIES
Close
% Change
% Y-on-Y
48 524
16 547
36 258
497
2 225
7 226
10 996
1.0%
0.8%
1.0%
-0.1%
3.7%
0.5%
0.4%
7.7%
13.4%
7.8%
14.0%
-21.3%
23.5%
15.0%
GLOBAL INDICES
Dow Jones (US)
S&P 500 (US)
Nasdaq (US)
FTSE 100 (UK)
NIKKEI 225 (Japan)
MSCI World Index
Close
% Change
% Y-on-Y
17 321
1 993
4 571
6 499
16 740
1 662
-0.6%
-0.9%
-1.5%
1.7%
-2.2%
-0.2%
5.1%
7.8%
8.4%
-4.7%
5.9%
0.1%
Close
% Change
% Y-on-Y
1 257
1 254
49
-0.2%
-0.3%
1.1%
1.2%
-12.2%
-54.6%
COMMODITIES
Gold
Platinum
Oil
Close
% Change
% Y-on-Y
11.53
17.51
13.42
0.86
0.9%
0.5%
-0.4%
1.3%
6.1%
-1.5%
-9.2%
16.9%
Close
% Y-on-Y
5.75%
9.25%
6.62%
0.25%
0.50%
0.75%
0.75%
0.29%
0.00%
0.00%
INTEREST RATES
Repo Rate
Prime Rate
R157
Fed Funds Rate (US)
BoE Rate (UK)
INFLATION - UP TO NOVEMBER 2014
% Y-on-Y
Headline CPI
Core CPI
PPI
5.8%
5.8%
6.5%
HEADLINE CPI: an index of the prices of a representativebasket of consumer goods and services of a typical SA household in an urban area (used for inflation targeting purposes by government).
CORE CPI: as above but excluding items w here prices are volatile, subject to temporary influences or affected by government policy.
FINSOLNET STRATEGY FUNDS
CPI + 2%
CPI + 4%
CPI + 6%
Sygnia Equity
Rand / $
Rand / £
Rand / €
Euro / $
Daily
MTD
%Y-on-Y
-0.1%
-0.2%
-0.2%
-0.1%
-0.3%
-0.8%
-1.1%
-1.7%
8.6%
9.6%
9.6%
14.5%
PPI: an index of the prices of a representative basket of goods used in domestic production.
*Returns stated are provisional and are subject to change
MARKETS:
BUSINESSDAY HEADLINES
The local bourse closed higher in a volatile trading session on Thursday, on
the back of the Swiss National Bank’s decision to remove its minimum
exchange rate cap of 1.2 Swiss francs to the euro. The move saw an
immediate rise in commodity prices and as a result resource stocks closed
sharply higher after record losses on Wednesday. The Top 40 was up 1.2%
with the boarder All Share index climbing 1.0%. European markets were up
yesterday as investors were surprised by the Swiss National Bank’s
exchange rate decision. The Stoxx Europe 600 advanced 2.6% while the
German DAX and the UK’s FTSE 100 climbed 2.2% and 1.7% respectively.
The German Economy grew 1.1% in 2014, which was in line with
expectations. US markets closed lower yesterday for the fifth straight day,
on the back of the Swiss National Bank’s decision and a host of mixed
economic data which failed to boost investor sentiment. Jobless claims
increased above the 300 000 level, producer prices fell the most in more
than three years and two US regional manufacturing gauges moved in
opposite directions. Asian markets are down today following the Swiss
scrapping the franc’s cap against the Euro. The MSCI Asia Pacific is down
0.6% while the Nikkei sunk 2.2%.
Learn to live with load shedding, says Eskom.
Wholesale trade sales drop 8.1% in November.
Switzerland scraps euro rate cap setting off market ‘tsunami’.
JSE closes higher in volatile trade amid surprise Swiss move.
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