Daily Market Commentary Flash Note - 11 August 2020

Currencies

The rand recovers from its worst levels.

Commodities

Oil pushed higher; Gold fell for a third straight day as the dollar firmed.

Equities

SA markets look to play catch-up as global equity markets rally.

Date

Region

Event

Actual/Expected/Prior

Implications

12/08

GDP

–/-20.7%/-2.2%

Economy expected to have contracted by 20.7% in Q2 due to lockdown restrictions.

12/08

Industrial Production

–10.0%/12.4%

Further improvements expected in June as COVID-19 containment measures were relaxed.

12/08

CPI

–/0.7%/0.6%

A YoY increase of 0.7% expected due to an increase in energy prices.

12/08

Retail Sales

–/-4.9%/-12.0%

A month on month improvement of 11.9% expected.

Nedbank CIB Market Commentary | CIBMarketComm@Nedbank.co.za | +27 11 537 4091

Source: Nedbank

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Daily Market Commentary Flash Note – 11 August 2020