ABSA sale shows waning South African appeal

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ABSA sale shows waning South African appeal

A R3.2bn ($375m) sale of stock on Thursday in South Africa’s largest retail bank attracted a low proportion of orders from international investors amid a depreciating currency, a rating agency downgrade and volatile macro-economic conditions. Even so, the deal was multiple times oversubscribed.

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