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Global sentiment has been boosted by comments by US officials suggesting progress in US-China talks, but that is weighing on safe-haven assets

The JSE was little changed on Friday morning, with a deterioration in precious-metal counters offsetting gains on other indices.

Trade-related headlines continue to move global markets on a daily basis, but it now seemed loose ends in the US-China deal are being tied up, Rand Merchant Bank analyst Siobhan Redford said.

 

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