JSE slides 2% on jittery global markets

10 July 2016 - 02:00
By Andries Mahlangu

Strong US jobs data provided a silver lining at the end of a very tough week for global markets.The US economy added 287,000 jobs in June, blowing past market estimates and marking a substantial improvement from May, when 11,000 jobs were created.The report helped improve sentiment that had been undermined by the UK vote to leave the EU late last month.

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