Market Watcher: Higher oil price, rising concerns

This evening, we wrap up the day’s market action with Sanlam Private Wealth, speak to the new chair of the Financial and Fiscal Commission, unpack Spur Group’s latest results, explore Standard Bank’s collaboration with Home Affairs on smart IDs, examine Exxaro’s strong mining performance, and, in this week’s SMME feature,…

Nick Kunze of Sanlam Private Wealth unpacks the US Treasury’s buyback operations, rising US debt and the outlook for the dollar. He also discusses inflation concerns, commodity performance and the rand, now just 11c away from breaking through the R15 milestone. Nick Kunze – Senior portfolio manager, Sanlam Private Wealth

Nhlanhla Nene – Chairperson, Financial and Fiscal Commission

Val Nichas – CEO, Spur Group

Marius le Roux – Head: Fraud operations, client experience and risk execution, Standard Bank SA