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/ 10 November 2003

JSE still stuck in the doldrums

The JSE Securities Exchange South Africa was still stuck in negative territory by midday on Monday, although off the weaker levels seen at the opening. Dealers said that the firmness in the rand was dragging the market lower, as were softer European equities and the weak close in the US on Friday.

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/ 10 November 2003

New wave of terror attacks feared

Fears were growing on Sunday night that a bombing which killed at least 17 people in Saudi Arabia could herald a new wave of attacks by al-Qaeda sympathisers throughout the Middle East. Anonymous postings on Arabic websites over the last three to four weeks have hinted at ”a wave of violence coming on quite a big scale”.