Market Standard 31 August 2020

Offshore / Tesla and Apple stock split today / Changes to the dow Jones; Salesforce.com will replace Exxon Mobil, Amgen will replace Pfizer and Honeywell International will replace Raytheon Technologies / Reports that Walmart and Microsoft liked up to buy TicTok / ADP Employment Report on Wednesday / New Zealand exchange closes three times last week after cyber attacks / CNBC reports that U.S. tech stocks are now worth more than the entire European stock market Local / Discovery updated update spooks markets / Famous Brands sells Tashas back to founder / Nedbank results (we now have 3 of the big 4) / Italtile results (still spending R800m on capex a year) / Northam results, great albeit 60% of their PGM basket is platinum. Buying back Zambezi pref shares. / Murray and Roberts results. Was a tough year but doing alright before the pandemic hit in March.