Dow ended last night +0.01%, Nas +0.19%, S&P +0.07%.
Asia midday today:Nikkei +0.6%
Hang Seng +0.1%
Shanghai +0.1%
ASX 200 -1%
Kospi +0.3%
Sensex +0.7%
Taiex -1.4%
VIX @ 12.92 (+1.97%, +0.25 point).
Moon’s F&G @ 67 indicating ‘Greed’ – difficult to believe we were @ 1 ‘Extreme Fear’ a month ago, what gives?
Economic Calendar:11:30 GB Average Earning Index & Bonus
12:30 GB BoE & Inflation Report
13:00 SA Retail Sales for Sep, prev 2.1%, exp 2.2%
Alsi ended -0.25% @ 50 355 after quick resource sell-off in afternoon trading, T40 -0.40% @ 44 980.
Up were Cenrand & Delarand (+284% & +62%), Brait +3.73%.
Down Exxaro -4.34%, Assore -3.90%, Eastplats -3.86%, Lonmin -3.69%, AngloG -3.55%, Mittal -3.34% AngloP -3.14%.
Resources Index -1.91%, Mining -2.09%, Gold Mining -1.63%, Plat Mining -2.63%, General Mining -2.04%, Coal Mining -4.34%.
New highs for Cenrand @ 650, MrP @ 23576, Bidv @ 30775, Clicks @ 8050, FirstR @ 4788, Sanlam @ 7317, RMBH @ 6164, Discovery @ 10701, intraday Telkom 6473.
New low Harmony @ 1671
, PPC @ 2697.
Trading most this week, all negative MTN, HAR, KIO, SHF.
Trading to positive this month RCH, VOD, BIL, SHF, to negative HAR, ANG, SOL, MTN.
Eskom said on Tuesday it may implement rolling blackouts between 18:00-22:00 because the electricity system is "severely constrained" due to technical faults and poor weather conditions.
No load shedding so far, useful links to check when they change their minds:
http://loadshedding.eskom.co.za/http://www.tshwane.gov.za/Services/Electricity/Pages/LoadShedding.aspxMmm, nice visual improvements on IG's trading site, forget it, most of you won't figure it out.