Market Watcher: All you need is love, but lower interest rates would help

This evening, we round up the latest market movements with Weltrade, unpack Afrimat’s mixed results, explore insights from business leaders across the continent on the economic outlook with KPMG One Africa, mark Clicks Group’s milestone of opening its 1 000th store, discuss smart budgeting for festive season travel with Standard…

MJ Givens Kgasi of Weltrade unpacks the JSE’s losses, led by mining stocks,and explores why investors are pulling out of emerging markets. He also discusses US market movements, inflation concerns, AI stocks, rising Brent crude prices and the potential impact of geopolitical tensions on future energy shocks.

Collin Ramukhubathi – Executive director, Afrimat

Tola Adeyemi – CEO, KPMG One Africa

Bertina Engelbrecht – Group CEO, Clicks