BBB Ep 28 - Wall St rebounds from 'Pelosi panic'; Naspers share price floor; More Bain pain via Hain; SoftBank cutting AliBaba stake; Oil falls after ..

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Another good session for the BizNews share portfolio favourites as Wall Street rebounded after Tuesday's concerns over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The JSE also had a winning session with a rise in financials offsetting the drop by gold shares. Insight, too, from Naspers which rose 4% after its management re-started its share buyback programme after the price hit R2 325 - the level which traders may now consider a floor. At the other end, the share price of Chinese internet giant AliBaba, down by half in a year, could be in for more pain after major shareholder Softbank announced it will be significantly cutting its stake. Good news. though, on the oil front after yesterday's Opec+ meeting. Also in today's BizNews Breakfast Briefing, an excerpt from Mike Appel's interview with Lord Peter Hain, whose actions led to the UK government banning Bain & Co for three years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
4 Aug 2022 12AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

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