South African Markets - Factors to watch on February 9

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South African Markets - Factors to watch on February 9

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 9 (Reuters) - The following scheduled economic events, equity and currency market moves may affect South African markets on Monday.

ECONOMIC EVENTS

Treasury bill auction

Foreigners' trading in South African bonds and equities

SOUTH AFRICAN MARKETS

The South African rand extended its early session gains in choppy trade on Friday.

On the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Top-40 index .JTOPI was last up 1.3%..JZAR/

GLOBAL MARKETS

Asian markets jumped on Monday as a resounding win for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi whetted appetites for more reflationary policies, while there was widespread investor relief at a last-gasp rebound in U.S. chip stocks.MKTS/GLOB

WALL STREET

The Dow Jones Industrial Average blew past the historic 50,000 mark on Friday and the S&P 500 ended sharply higher, as Nvidia and other chipmakers soared and Amazon tumbled after the cloud heavyweight forecast a sharp increase in spending on AI infrastructure..N

GOLD

Gold extended gains on Monday to trade just above the $5,000-per-ounce level as the dollar dipped, while investors awaited a key U.S. labour market report due later in the week to gauge the interest rate trajectory.GOL/

EMERGING MARKETS

For the top emerging markets news, double-click on nTOPEMRG

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Some of the main stories out in the South African press:

BUSINESS DAY

- Reits extend recovery as investor sentiment firms

NEWS24

- Growthpoint bets on KZN despite scars left by 2021 riots

(Compiled by Sfundo Parakozov)

((Sfundo.Parakozov@thomsonreuters.com))

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