Johannesburg - South Africa’s benchmark stocks index gained for a fourth day, paring the gauge’s first three-month decline in seven quarters that was propelled by a slowing economy and labor unrest at the country’s mines. The benchmark 166-member FTSE/JSE Africa All-Share Index advanced 1.2 percent to 39,550.05 by 1:50 p.m. in Johannesburg, the highest level on an intraday basis in a week. The Federal Reserve this week downplayed investor speculation that stimulus will be tapered...
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