South African stocks surged after President Jacob Zuma resigned, with the benchmark FTSE / JSE Africa All Shares index rising as much as 2.7 % - the biggest gain since June 2016. (biotech-capital.com)
Several others, including a biotech firm that changed its name to Riot Blockchain, Long Island Iced Tea which changed its name to Long Blockchain, and Hong Kong - based UBI Blockchain have all seen stocks surge as a direct result of their newfound allegiance with crypto tech. (bitcoinist.com)
South of the border, U.S. stocks surged in afternoon trading. (canadianbusiness.com)