The Swiss franc held hefty gains in Asia on Wednesday, having rocketed to record highs as investors scrambled for a safe haven on renewed tensions in the euro zone debt market and worries about a global slowdown.
South African government bonds rose on Tuesday, boosted by an auction which saw the strongest demand in a year with foreign buying a key feature.
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South Korea's central bank bought 25 tonnes of gold over the past two months in its first purchase in more than a decade, saying the time was ripe to boost its gold holding, but markets barely moved on the news.
Asian shares fell on Tuesday on concerns about a downgrade of the United States credit rating and economic worries after sluggish data, while the yen gave some gains on jitters over the possibility of intervention by Bank of Japan.
Gold was flat in early trade on Tuesday, supported by the gold purchase by South Korea's central bank, while investors watched the outcome of a vote on the debt deal.
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South Africa's rand fell against the dollar on Monday as a set of weak international manufacturing data reawakened worries about the global economy, prompting investors to go for traditional safe-haven trades.
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South Africa's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell for the fourth straight month to a seasonally adjusted 44.2 in July from 53.9 in June, sponsor Kagiso Securities said on Monday.
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Brent crude futures hit a 6-week high on Monday, topping $120 a barrel, due to a relief rally after Washington reached a last-minute deal to escape default.
Gold fell more than 1 percent on Monday after President Barack Obama said lawmakers had reached a deal to cut the country's deficit, which, if approved, would remove the threat of a default on debt that has driven bullion to a record high.
Sun Yang's victory in the men's 1500 metres freestyle at the world swimming championships on Sunday may indicate a re-awakening of the country's swimming programme.
China's Sun Yang provided a record-breaking finale to the world swimming championships on Sunday, while Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps set up the potential of a mouth-watering showdown at next year's London Olympics.
Most swimmers would be content with four world championships gold medals in a career, yet Michael Phelps left Shanghai with four from the meeting, frustrated and warning he would only get better.
After months of vitriolic discord, Republican and Democratic lawmakers were expected to vote on Monday on a White House-backed deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit and avert an unprecedented default.
Zara Phillips, the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II, got married to England's rugby team captain Mike Tindall at Edinburgh's Canongate Kirk on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 30.
Global financial markets reflected relief over the resolution of debt limit ceiling impasse in the U.S.
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President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Democrat and Republican leaders had reached an agreement to reduce the U.S. deficit and avoid default, but it was not clear if the spending cuts were deep enough to stave off a credit rating downgrade. The White House said the compromise would cut about $2.5 trillion from the deficit over the next 10 years but the reductions would not happen so quickly that they would drag on the fragile U.S. economy.
The Atlanta Braves acquired speedy Gold Glove outfielder Michael Bourn in a five-player swap with the Houston Astros Sunday as Major League Baseball's non-waiver trade deadline closed in a flurry of deals.
