Daily Market Commentary: 19 March 2018

Today we are taking a look at:

• Bond yields marginally higher, volumes remain thin
• USDZAR has been breached above the 12 0000 level
• A marginally weaker dollar supports the gold price and the oil price remains elevated
• JSE equities volumes spike on Index rebalance as RES, FFA, ITU and SNH leave the Top40 replaced by TFG, TRU, IPL and SPP
• US industrial production and consumer confidence’ data upbeat