Daily Market Commentary: 21 January 2019

Today we are taking a look at:

A strong close for risk on Friday before the US long weekend failed to feed through into SA assets and the ZAR continues to struggle
Rand closes the week traded relatively well post another good week for the currency
Oil held gains near a two-month high as investors assess signs of slowing growth in U.S. Production against mixed signals on output from the OPEC
Asian markets are stronger this morning as Chinese GDP data along with retail sales figures were in line with expectations
UK retail sales growth positive despite Brexit uncertainty; US industrial production growth eases in December

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