Markets survive heavy weather

30 June 2015 - 02:01 By Reuters, Bloomberg

Global markets dipped in response to developments in the Greek debt crisis, but the sell-off was relatively contained. Most exchanges regained some losses as investors realised that the Greek drama still had some way to go.The JSE all-share index closed sharply down by 1.27% yesterday.Gold rallied to a near one-week high at $1186.91.While the market moves were described as "considerable", they paled in comparison to the financial crisis of 2008, or the last round of Greek-spurred turmoil in 2011...

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