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5.4pt;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Update<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Market Turnover $1,623,574.37 with foreign buys at $814,107.86 and foreign sales were $197,866.50. Total trades were 55.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The All Share index closed the week slightly higher at 98.26 points following a 0.14 points gain. PPC winning streak continued as it added a further $0.0500 to close at $1.1000, SIMBISA improved by $0.0122 to trade at $0.4550 and OLD MUTUAL inched up by $0.0094 to settle at $5.7194. HIPPO ended $0.0080 higher at $1.6791 and DELTA went up $0.0052 to close at $2.0126.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Two counters lost ground, BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO shed $0.4290 to $19.0422 and AXIA dropped $0.0030 to trade at $0.2445.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><span style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=792 height=278 id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3DE3F.C43267E0"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Global Currencies & Equity Markets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Kenya<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Kenyan shilling weakens due to dollar demand from oil importers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - The Kenyan shilling weakened against the dollar on Friday due to increased dollar demand from oil importers to meet and month obligations, traders said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>At 1027 GMT, Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 100.30/40 per dollar, compared with 100.25/45 at Thursday's close. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Uganda<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Uganda shilling stable, charity flows offer support<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - The Ugandan shilling was unchanged on Friday, drawing support from some inflows from charities looking to pay end of month salaries and meet other operational costs. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>At 1023 GMT commercial banks quoted the shilling at 3,705/3,715, same level as Thursday's close. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=300 height=296 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3DE3F.C43267E0"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>America<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Dollar set for best weekly gain since November 2016 on yield bets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar edged higher on Friday and is on track to post its best weekly performance in more than 1-1/2 years as a spike in U.S. Treasury yields prompted some investors to unwind some short bets against the dollar, especially against some emerging market currencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>FILE PHOTO: U.S. dollar and Euro bank notes are photographed in Frankfurt, Germany, in this illustration picture taken May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration/File Photo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Against a basket of rivals, the dollar rose 0.2 percent to 91.71, its highest level since Jan 12. For the week, it has gained more than 1.5 percent and is on track to post its best weekly performance since late November 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>While the dollar has ignored yield differentials for more than a year with investors preferring to give greater weight to the momentum of economic recovery in other major economies, notably Europe, this week’s spike of ten-year U.S. Treasury yields above the 3 percent mark forced investors to acknowledge the widening yield differentials favoring the greenback.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Benchmark ten-year U.S. Treasury yields surged past the 3 percent mark earlier this week before peaking out at 3.03 percent on Wednesday. Short-dated U.S. yields hit a more than a decade high of 2.51 percent on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The rise in U.S. Treasury yields has unnerved some currency bears who had piled multi-year short bets against the dollar on expectations the world’s biggest economy was in the late stages of an economic expansion which might force the central bank to slow the pace of its policy tightening.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Speculators’ net dollar short position in currency futures in Chicago, a closely-watched indicator on market positioning, had hit a 6-1/2-year high, suggesting some short-covering will be due.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In Japan, the Japanese yen was little changed after the central bank’s policy decision at which it kept settings unchanged.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In the BOJ’s first policy meeting under the new leadership, the central bank dropped a reference to inflation reaching its two percent goal in about two years, however, few see policy implications from this shift in communication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The dollar changed hands at 109.17 yen, having risen to a 2-1/2-month high of 109.49 yen earlier in the week. So far this week, it has gained 1.4 percent.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The euro, in which speculators held record long position, fell to $1.20965 in the previous session, its lowest level since Jan. 12. It last stood at $1.2112, and is down 1.4 percent on the week. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=300 height=296 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D3DE3F.C43267E0"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.3in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.3in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Commodities Markets<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Gold gains but remains vulnerable after Korean leaders meet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - Gold edged higher on Friday but is likely to revisit five-week lows after the prospect of a Korean denuclearisation deal eroded bullion's safe-haven appeal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The leaders of South and North Korea embraced after pledging on Friday to work for the "complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula". <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Spot gold was up 0.1 percent at $1,318.52 an ounce by 1245 GMT, not far from a low of $1,315.06 hit in the previous session, its weakest since March 21.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The metal was on track to finish the week down more than 1 percent for its second consecutive weekly decline and the biggest weekly drop in four. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>U.S. gold futures added 0.1 percent to $1,319.40.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Adding to the pressure on gold, the dollar was firmer, bond yields higher and spot gold slipped below its 100-day moving average, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The dollar hit a 3-1/2-month high against a basket of currencies on higher U.S. yields while the euro was hampered by a dovish tone from the European Central Bank. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On Wednesday the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield reached its highest since January 2014 at 3.035 percent. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A rise in U.S. bond yields pressures gold by reducing the attractiveness of non-yielding bullion, which is priced in dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> Silver rose 0.3 percent to $16.53 an ounce. It is down more than 3 percent this week, the biggest weekly drop since since the week ending Feb. 2.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Platinum dipped by 0.1 percent to $905.49 an ounce after touching $900.50, its weakest since Dec. 18. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Palladium eased by 0.5 percent to $979.60 an ounce. It has rallied nearly 10 percent since U.S. sanctions were imposed on Russian entities on April 6. Russia is the world's<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>biggest producer of palladium. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The spread between platinum and palladium has widened to $75 from about $50 over the past three days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Rusal's Swedish aluminium smelter working on restoring power market<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - Europe’s leading power market Nord Pool is working to find a solution to restore access to Rusal’s Swedish aluminium smelter after it was suspended from trading in the wake of U.S. sanctions on the Russian company.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nord Pool suspended Rusal’s Kubal smelter last week from trading on its exchange.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The suspension had been due to a violation of Nord Pool’s rule book, which operates independently of any U.S. sanctions on Rusal, she added.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Details of the violation could not be provided due to “the commercial nature of this relationship”, Nord Pool added.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Kubal smelter in Sweden is Rusal’s only primary metal production facility outside of Russia. It produced 123,000 tonnes of aluminium metal last year, or 3 percent of Rusal’s total.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:8.1pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=807 colspan=4 style='width:604.9pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#345883'>INVESTORS DIARY 2018</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=250 style='width:187.25pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Company</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=180 style='width:134.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Event</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Venue</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=171 valign=bottom style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Date & Time</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=250 valign=top style='width:187.25pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=180 style='width:134.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=171 valign=top style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=250 valign=top style='width:187.25pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=180 style='width:134.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Workers’ Day<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=171 valign=top style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>01/05/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=250 valign=top style='width:187.25pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=180 style='width:134.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Africa Day<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=171 valign=top style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>25/05/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=250 valign=top style='width:187.25pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'>Zimbabwe<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=180 style='width:134.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Heroes’ Day<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'>Zimbabwe<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=171 valign=top style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>13/08/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=250 valign=top style='width:187.25pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'>Zimbabwe<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=180 style='width:134.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>Defence Forces Day<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'>Zimbabwe<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=171 valign=top style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'>14/08/2018<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=250 valign=top style='width:187.25pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#D9D9D9;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=180 style='width:134.95pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#D9D9D9;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#D9D9D9;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=171 valign=bottom style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#D9D9D9;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=430 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:322.2pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=171 valign=bottom style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:3.25pt'><td width=430 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:322.2pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=206 style='width:154.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=171 valign=bottom style='width:128.35pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr style='height:99.35pt'><td width=807 colspan=4 style='width:604.9pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:99.35pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=766 height=268 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D3DE3F.C43267E0"></span><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:99.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=807 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:604.9pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#1F497D;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=807 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:604.9pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#1F497D;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:white'>DISCLAIMER: This report has been prepared by Bulls ‘n Bears, a division of Faith Capital (Pvt) Ltd for general information purposes only and does 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