Public holiday for United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea.
Asia-Pacific: (12:29pm HK)
Hang Seng -1.5%
Shanghai -0.7%
ASX 200 flat
Eco Calendar:
03:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI in at 48.1, exp 48.4, prev 48.3.
11:00 SA Manufacturing PMI exp 50.2, prev 50.3
11:00 SA Unemployment prev 24.10%, exp 24.60%
16:00 US ISM Non-Man PMI, prev 53.1, exp 54.1
US ended with S&P -0.14%, Dow -0.28%, Nas -0.08%.
Abil forecast H1 loss of up to $315 million, citing bad debts, ended -15.64% @ 195.
New high PSG, Nedcor, Firstrand, Oldmutual, Sabmiller, Capitec, JSE.
T40 +0.48% @ 44 015.
Results expected for Harmony tomorrow, Goldfields Thursday.
T40 @43 961 (-73 pips) @ 8:21