Oversold short-term position encourages some bargain-hunting - Imara SP Reid.

Current account, CPI in focus.

Looking back: Financial counters outperform industrial and resource sector peers.

Has the Fed's 'patience' been exhausted?

Both local and offshore.

Banks gained, retailers on the downside.

On interest rate hike expectations.

Currency also gained more than 1.7% against the euro.

Kumba hits low.

'The rand is just being punished according to its level of fragility on a comparative basis'.

Rand hits multi-year lows, domestic woes bite.

Currency failed to gain from Standard and Poor's comments late on Monday.

Its weakest level since early March 2002.

Looking back: Strong US jobs numbers compounded strength in the greenback.

After data was released on Friday showing the US unemployment rate had declined to its lowest in more than six years.