Think Daily 05 August 2021

In Thurday’s trading session in the local markets, the Top40 closed the day up by 0.33%. The Resources 10 sector went up by 0.77%, the Financial 15 went down by 0.26%, the Industrial 25 went up by 0.08% and lastly the South African Listed Property index up by 0.82%. The Rand traded at R14.37 against the United State Dollar, R19.96 against the Great British Pound, and R17.01 against the Euro.
Globally, German Factory Orders (MoM) (Jun) were 4.1% above the forecast value of 1.9%. Key Fed official sees rates lift-off in 2023 as policy debate heats up. On the local space, Telkom appoints insider Serame Taukobong as CEO designate and the telecommunications group reported a 36.3% increase in subscribers year-on-year in the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The Telkom share price yesterday closed the day at R42.21



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On the commodities front, the Brent Crude oil is trading at $70.19 a barrel and WTI Crude oil traded at $68.03 a barrel. Gold Spot price is currently trading at $1813.30, Platinum Spot is now trading at $1014.93 and lastly, Palladium Spot price is at $2656.00.
Across the globe, the S&P 500 closed the day down 0.46%, Dow Jones closed up 0.92% and the Nasdaq had a 0.15% climb. The FTSE 100 closed up by 0.26% and the DAX was down 0.88% and CAC40 was up 0.33%. In the Asian markets, the Nikkei 225 is down 0.21% and the Hang Seng is currently up 1.25%.
Things to look out for today in the trading day, ECB Economic Bulletin at 10:00 and BoE Inflation Report will be published at 13:00, local time.