December 13, 2024 (Globalinvestorideas.com Newswire) Globalinvestorideas.com, a go-to platform for big investing ideas releases market commentary from Daniel Wesoga Senior Sales Manager at Pepperstone
South African equities continue to face headwinds, with the JSE FTSE Top 40 Index slipping by 0.18% on Thursday. The market reacted to inflation and producer price data, which showed mixed developments. Households’ one-year-ahead inflation expectations for Q4 2024 dropped to 4.5%, the lowest level since Q3 2021, down from 4.8% in the previous quarter. Producer prices saw a 0.1% year-on-year decline in November, marking a second consecutive month of deflation, primarily due to lower costs in coke, petroleum, chemicals, rubber, and plastic products.
While easing inflation may offer some room for monetary policy flexibility and improve medium-term sentiment, the continued producer prices pressures could weigh on South African financial markets, with concerns over weaker domestic demand and sluggish growth prospects continuing to impact investor confidence.
Investors could continue to focus on new economic data releases. The latter could affect the market’s direction while volatility remains relatively high. Attention could also turn to the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision and its impact on sentiment.
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