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style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=811 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:8.45in;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoSubtitle style='line-height:105%'><span class=style30><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td width=811 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:8.45in;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span class=style30><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Bulls n Bears Daily Market Commentary : 03 September 2018</span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></b></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=811 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:8.45in;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 class=style30><b><o:p> </o:p></b></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'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr style='height:1.0in'><td width=811 colspan=4 valign=top style='width:8.45in;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0in'><p class=MsoTitle style='line-height:105%'><a href="http://www.fidelitylife.co.zw/"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 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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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Market Turnover $2,160,757.98 with foreign buys at $1,144,445.36 and foreign sales were $501,730.48. Total trades were 43.<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 continued in the upward trend gaining 0.74 points to settle at 118.07 points. OLD MUTUAL put on a further $0.0999 to end at $5.6043, DELTA rose by $0.0466 to $2.2484 whilst MASIMBA and NMBZ HOLDINGS LIMITED were each $0.0050 higher to close at $0.0600 and $0.1270. ECONET put on $0.0031 to settle at $1.2487 while SIMBISA closed at $0.4800 following a $0.0024 increase. <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'>PADENGA was the only lame duck losing $0.0067 to trade at $0.6500.<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:image003.jpg@01D443BB.77C520A0"></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'><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'>Ghana<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'>Ghana considering $50 bln century bond, president says<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) - Ghana may issue a 100-year $50 billion bond as part of a long-term industrialisation plan that aims to wean the West African country off aid, its president said during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<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 government, in power since January 2017, has said it needs about $2 billion a year for infrastructure spending. Ghana, which exports cocoa, gold and oil, is in its final year of a $918 million IMF credit programme.<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'>President Nana Akufo-Addo said during a meeting with Xi in Beijing on Sunday: “The Ministry of Finance and economists in Ghana are looking at floating a $50 billion century bond. This will provide us with the resources to finance our infrastructural and industrial development.”<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 announcement drew scepticism in financial markets, with analysts expressing doubts over Ghana’s capacity to undertake such a transaction.<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'>Deputy Finance Finister Charles Adu Boahen told Reuters discussions on the bond were at an early stage and that the plan was to raise the amount over a period and possibly in different currencies based on investor appetite and planned uses.<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'>Ghana, which exports cocoa, gold and oil, is in its final year of a $918 million deal with the International Monetary Fund to narrow its deficit, spur growth and cut debt, which ratings agency Moody’s estimates will rise above 70 percent of gross domestic product by December.<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'>Akufo-Addo’s delegation also finalised a deal with Sinohydro Corp Ltd to provide $2 billion for government road and railway projects in exchange for refined Ghanaian bauxite, Nkrumah 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'>The two countries also finalised a deal between China Harbour Engineering Company and Africa-focused private equity firm Helios on building a $350 million liquefied natural gas terminal in Ghana’s eastern Tema port. <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%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>South Africa<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'>South Africa's rand weaker on EM sell-off, stocks flat<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) - South Africa’s rand was more than one percent lower on Monday as global emerging markets remained on the back foot, while stocks were flat in tandem with global markets.<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 1613 GMT the rand was 1.12 percent weaker at 14.8550 per dollar, after hitting a low of 14.9400.<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'>Turkey triggered a sell-off in emerging market currencies as risk aversion gripped emerging markets.<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'>Turkey’s central bank signalled on Monday it could take action, seen as presaging an interest rate increase at the bank’s next meeting on Sept. 13. Analysts said the central bank may have inadvertently set financial markets up for disappointment if it doesn’t deliver a hefty increase.<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'>Bonds were also weaker, with the yield up on the benchmark government debt due in 2026 down 5 basis points to 9,005 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'>A holiday in the United States muted trading activity in South African markets, analysts 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'>On the bourse, the Johannesburg all-share index rose marginally by 0.7 percent to 58,711 points while the blue chip top-40 index was up 0.05 percent to 52,435 points.<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'>“It is the beginning of a new month and we very often get fresh money coming into the fund managers. This could be pushing the market slightly higher but volumes are still thin,” said Greg Davies, trader at Cratos Capital.<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'>Hotel and casino group Sun International closed up 7.10 percent after stronger than expected half-year profits.<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'>Weighing on further gains, market heavyweight Naspers fell 1.86 percent to 2,200 rand as Chinese technology giant Tencent, in which Naspers has a 31 percent stake, extended its losses to 2.12 percent after the government on Friday intensified crackdown on online gaming. </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'> </span><a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 height=296 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D443BB.77C520A0"></span></a><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'>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 holds firm on escalating global trade tensions<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 dollar held firm on Monday, benefiting from its status as a safe haven as investors took the impasse in U.S.-Canada trade negotiations as a bad sign for the even trickier talks between the United States and China.<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 index against a basket of six currencies inched a tad higher to 95.163 as of 0325 GMT on Monday, building on gains made during the past two sessions.<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'>On Saturday, U.S. President Donald Trump said there was no need to keep Canada in the North American Free Trade Agreement and warned Congress not to meddle with the trade talks or he would terminate the trilateral trade pact altogether.<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'>Trump on Friday had notified Congress of his intent to sign a bilateral deal with Mexico after talks between Washington and Ottawa soured.<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'>Fears of a prolonged trade war were heightened last week after Bloomberg News reported that Trump has told his aides he is ready to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of imports from China as soon as a public comment period on the plan ends on Thursday. In that<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 an interview with Bloomberg, Trump also threatened to withdraw from the World Trade Organization if “they don’t shape up,” a move that could undermine one of the foundations of the modern global trading system.<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 was down about 0.1 percent at $1.1597 as of 0330 GMT, extending its slide of the past two sessions.<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 yen advanced nearly 0.2 percent to 110.915 yen. The Japanese currency, which like the dollar is a perceived safe haven, moved closer to a 1-1/2-week high of 110.685 reached on Friday.<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 pound lost about 0.3 percent to $1.2928 after the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier warned he is strongly opposed to the U.K. government’s so-called Chequers proposals on future trade.<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'>Sterling, which has come off from a four-week peak of $1.3043 hit on Thursday, dipped as low as $1.2892 before retracing some losses as optimism over Brexit faded.<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 Australian dollar was 0.1 percent lower at $0.7187 on trade worries and weak retail sales figures. The Aussie recouped some losses after dipping to a fresh 20-month low of $0.71655 during the day.<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'>China’s offshore yuan traded in a tight range, weakening somewhat to 6.8478 yuan per dollar.<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='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><a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=300 height=296 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D443BB.77C520A0"></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%'><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</span></b><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'><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'><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'>Nickel slides to seven-month low on concern over tariffs and China<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) - Nickel sank to its lowest in more than seven months on Monday, weighed down by worries about China’s economy, escalating trade tensions and weak steel prices.<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'>Manufacturing activity in China, the world’s biggest consumer of industrial metals, grew last month at its slowest rate in more than a year, with export orders shrinking for a fifth month and employers cutting more staff, the Caixin/Markit Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index showed.<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'>Also weighing on nickel, mainly used to make stainless steel, was another fall in construction steel rebar prices in Shanghai after their weakest weekly performance since late March.<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'>Benchmark nickel on the London Metal Exchange tumbled to $12,695 a tonne, its lowest since Jan. 23, before recovering to $12,790 by the close of open-outcry trading. That represented a decline of 0.1 percent, adding to Friday’s 3.7 percent fall.<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'>* COPPER: LME copper slipped to its weakest since Aug. 23 at $5,950.50 a tonne before paring losses to end at $5,967, down 0.1 percent. Prices on Friday fell 1.5 percent to take August’s decline to 5.5 percent. It was the biggest monthly drop in two years and the third monthly fall in a row.<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'>* TRADE DISPUTES: Historically, a 1 percentage point decline in global trade growth has reduced copper prices by about 4 percent, analyst Michael Widmer at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a note.<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'>“If global trade growth fell from April’s 4.4 percent YoY to the 2015/16 average of 1.7 percent, copper prices could correct by 10.8 percent YoY to $5,400/t.”<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'>* ZINC: Three-month zinc rose 0.2 percent to finish at $2,463 a tonne. “We note the sharp rise in reported Shanghai zinc CIF premiums from $160/tonne to $230,” Alastair Munro, of broker Marex Spectron, said in a note.<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'>* LEAD: LME lead was the strongest performer, climbing 2.1 percent to close at $2,121 a tonne as inventories continued to fall. It touched an intraday peak of $2,131.50, the strongest since Aug. 9.<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-warrant LME lead stocks MPBSTX-TOTAL fell by 1,050 tonnes to 59,050 tonnes, the lowest level since June 2013, data showed on Monday.<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'>* PRICES: Aluminium shed 1.3 percent to $2,097 a tonne and tin dropped 0.8 percent to $18,840.<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'>Gold edges lower as trade tensions weigh<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 prices eased slightly on Monday as the dollar held near a one-week high on worries over an escalation in trade conflicts between the United States and other countries.<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 firmer U.S. currency makes dollar-priced gold more expensive for holders of other currencies, potentially sapping consumption. Safe-haven demand for gold has this year been overshadowed by the metal’s relationship with the greenback.<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. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that there was no need to keep Canada in the North American Free Trade Agreement and warned Congress not to meddle with negotiations or he would terminate the trilateral pact, which also includes Mexico.<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'>Meanwhile, Bloomberg News reported that Trump was prepared to ramp up a trade war with China and had told aides he was ready to impose tariffs on $200 billion more in Chinese imports as soon as a public comment period on the plan ends on Thursday.<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'>Gold prices are down about 8 percent this year against a backdrop of rising U.S. interest rates, trade disputes and the Turkish currency crisis, with investors parking their money in the dollar.<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 down 0.1 percent at $1,199.56 an ounce at 1350 GMT, having touched an intraday low of $1,195.36.<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 were flat at $1,206.70 an ounce.<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 index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was barely changed at 95.171.<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'>If gold recovers to $1,210 there is a good chance of further rebounds to $1,230, said ActivTrades chief analyst Carlo Alberto De Casa. But a decline below $1,200 would see prices test $1,180 and the following support placed at $1,160, he 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'>There was some indication that the bearish sentiment in the market has started to shift slightly, with net short positions in COMEX gold contracts in the week to Aug. 28 showing a decline for the first time in more than a month.<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. economic data this week, including a manufacturing survey on Tuesday and an employment report on Friday, could influence gold’s moves as investors look for clues on the pace of U.S. interest rate increases.<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'>Meanwhile, liquidations continued in SPDR Gold, the world’s largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund. Holdings have fallen by more than 13 percent since peaking in late April.<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 silver was flat at $14.50 an ounce after touching its lowest in more than two weeks at $14.37.<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 rose 0.5 percent to $786.50 an ounce, while palladium fell 0.5 percent to $976.25 after hitting a 10-week high on Friday at $984.97. <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=811 colspan=4 style='width:8.45in;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=243 style='width:182.45pt;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=182 style='width:136.3pt;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=212 style='width:159.35pt;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=174 valign=bottom style='width:130.3pt;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:3.0pt'><td width=243 valign=top style='width:182.45pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=182 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