Oil slides for a third day as the US-Iran truce holds
Brent crude has fallen toward $86 a barrel as a pause in US-Iran fighting eases supply fears — though analysts warn the calm is fragile.
Markets
The JSE, the rand, shares, commodities and the moves driving South African markets.
Why global markets are holding their breath this week
A wave of Big Tech earnings and a knife-edge US Federal Reserve decision have investors walking on eggshells over how much AI is costing.
London's stock exchange wants to trade through the night, with AI doing the buying
A new venue called LSE 24 would run from evening to dawn, built for algorithms and AI agents to trade around the clock.
A rising oil price just made Thursday's rate call a lot harder
Brent crude is back above $90 as US-Iran tensions flare, and South African economists warn the Reserve Bank could answer with another hike.
Coronation is walking away from the world's hottest trade
The R773 billion manager has cut its bet on AI chipmakers and moved the money to India, warning the price of hope has climbed too high.
Sasol is riding the oil spike, and the Reserve Bank is watching
A collapsed Middle East ceasefire has lit a fire under oil, Sasol shares and the odds of another rate hike.
Coca-Cola's African bottler is one regulator away from the JSE
Coca-Cola HBC says the Competition Commission's backing for its $2.6bn takeover of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa keeps it on course to list in Johannesburg this year.
Buffett wants his fortune gone in eight years — and Gates is off the list
Warren Buffett says he'll give away his entire Berkshire Hathaway stake within about eight years — and has quietly left the Gates Foundation off the list for the first time in two decades.
Why a Cape Town money manager is shopping in the world's worst market
Allan Gray has started buying beaten-down Indonesian shares, beginning with an instant-noodle giant, betting that this year's brutal selloff has left real bargains on the table.
Wall Street's winning streak hits a chip-sized snag
After a record-setting Monday, US stocks slipped on Tuesday as a sell-off in chip shares, pricier oil and pre-earnings jitters cooled the mood.
Gemfields hits its lowest price ever — and the CEO is on his way out
A record-low share price this week caps three brutal years of conflict, taxes and cash calls for the ruby and emerald miner, just as its long-serving chief executive prepares to leave.
Rand firms and the JSE climbs as soft US jobs data weakens the dollar
The local unit traded around R16.23 to the dollar on Friday and the Top-40 rose 1.1%, as a tepid American jobs report pushed back bets on a near-term Fed rate hike.