The following company announcements, scheduled economicindicators, debt and currency market moves and political eventsmay affect South African markets on Monday.
COMPANIES
African Oxygen posts HY headline earnings per share of 111.3cents, increase of 7%.
SOUTH AFRICAN MARKETS
South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar on Friday, assigns of a thaw in U.S.-China trade tensions and monetary easingin the euro zone and Turkey buoyed developing world currencies.
GLOBAL MARKETS
Oil surged to four-month highs on Monday after weekendattacks on crude facilities in Saudi Arabia sparked supplyfears, while shares in Asia extended losses as bleak economicdata from China sapped investors' risk appetite.
WALL STREET
U.S. stock futures fell 0.3% percent when trading resumed onSunday, a day after attacks on Saudi oil facilities that riskdisrupting global energy supplies.
GOLD
Gold prices jumped 1% on Monday as an attack on SaudiArabia's oil facilities dented risk appetite, boosting demandfor the safe-haven bullion, while investors awaited for clues onmonetary easing from major central bank meetings due this week.
EMERGING MARKETS
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Some of the main stories out in the South African press:
BUSINESS DAY
- Mkhwebane challenges 'unfair' high court ruling
- Investment bankers believe in Africa
BUSINESS REPORT
- SA slipping down economic freedom table
- Old Mutual to see through bruising court battle againstMoyo, says Manuel(Compiled by Nqobile Dludla)