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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=847 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:634.95pt;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=847 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:634.95pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:1.0in'><p class=MsoTitle align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:105%'><a href="mailto:info@bulls.co.zw"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=763 height=259 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D545B0.ED203810"></span></a><span class=style30><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;height:1.0in'><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:10.05pt'><td width=847 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:634.95pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:10.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><br>Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Update<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Market Turnover ZWL$ 3,142,904.07 with foreign buys at ZWL$ 569,318.00 and foreign sales were NIL Total trades were 105.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The All Share index retreated by 0.47 points to close at 190.50 points. CASSAVA SMARTECH ZIMBABWE LIMITED lost $0.0336 ending at $1.6043, OK ZIMBABWE LIMITED retreated by $0.0076 to close at $0.4219 and SIMBISA BRANDS LIMITED traded $0.0025 lower at $1.0375. PADENGA HOLDINGS LIMITED also decreased by $0.0025 to end at $1.8975 and SEEDCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED lost $0.0003 ending at $2.1222.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The losses were offset by gains in MEIKLES LIMITED which advanced by $0.0500 to $1.3000, OLD MUTUAL LIMITED added $0.0158 to close at $16.0658 and ECONET WIRELESS ZIMBABWE LIMITED was $0.0141 higher at $1.6964. BINDURA gained $0.0025 to settle at $0.1025 and PPC LIMITED traded $0.0024 higher at $1.9500.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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=763 height=259 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D545B0.ED203810"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>South Africa's rand, bonds tumble as Moody's and Fitch warn of Eskom risk<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - South Africa’s rand tumbled to its weakest level in three weeks on Friday, while the yield on debt issued by the government and the power utility Eskom shot up as the risk grew of a credit downgrade to junk status by year-end.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>At 1600 GMT, the rand was 1.24% weaker at 14.2650 per dollar, bringing its weekly losses to more than 3%. Almost half of that came after the ratings firm Moody’s delivered a warning about the government’s 59 billion rand ($4 billion) bailout for Eskom.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Fitch added to the negative news, trimming its outlook to negative from stable while retaining its BB+ rating, saying bailouts to state firms along with weak economic growth would push up the budget deficit and put added strain on state spending.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced plans to give Eskom the extra cash on Tuesday, but warned of lower-than-expected tax revenues and higher public debt levels as a consequence. He did not give any definite detail on the promise to break up Eskom into three individual parts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The risk premium, or yield, on Eskom bonds had fallen steadily since the end of May as the power cuts that it had been imposing earlier in the year eased, drawing mainly offshore investors looking to take advantage of returns often higher than for government paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On Friday, the yield on government dollar bonds rose to its highest level in more than a month, and the yield on Eskom’s 2033 dollar bond rose to its highest since February.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Government bonds mirrored the upturn in risk and souring demand, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year paper climbing 18 basis points to 8.54%, its highest since June 18.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) cut lending rates last week but cooled expectations of further reductions, and on Friday emphasised its preference for caution.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Stocks traded sideways as Eskom’s woes chipped away at appetite for domestic equities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The benchmark JSE Top-40 Index dipped 0.08% to 51,523 points while the broader All-Share Index was also down 0.08% at 57,616 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The banking sector, typically sensitive to the local economy and currency fluctuations, fell 1.26%, while general retailers fell 1.21%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>($1 = 14.2559 rand) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nigeria<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nigeria's central bank extends cheap credit to milk producers after FX ban<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - Nigeria’s central bank plans to extend a low-interest loan offer to local milk producers to discourage imports after it curbed access to forex for the sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The bank said in a statement that it had met with milk importers, after the currency restriction was announced this week, to offer them cheap credit to try and boost output locally instead of relying on “endless” imports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Keen to reduce imports of products that can be produced locally and to conserve dollar reserves, the bank has also offered cheap credit to rice, tomato and starch importers for the same purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nigeria spends more than $1 billion per annum on milk imports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>President Muhammadu Buhari has made diversifying the economy away from oil a central policy, but a recent recession has slowed plans, slashed government revenues and triggered a series of currency devaluations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The government is seeking to revive the economy, but lending to businesses has been flat, prompting the central bank to announce a series of policies aimed at forcing banks to give credit to help jump start the economy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Interest rates in Nigeria have been stuck at double digits as the central bank struggles to curb inflation, support the naira currency and keep bond yields high to attract foreign investors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>But it has been offering subsidised credit to specific sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing while maintaining benchmark rates high at 13.5%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Nigeria relies on imports for most of what its 180 million population consumes. In 2015, the central bank restricted access to forex for 41 items which it said can be produced in Nigeria.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The central bank said the idea to add milk to the forex restriction list arose from the success of the currency restriction policy and the large amount spent on imports. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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@01D545B0.ED203810"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Trump adviser says currency intervention off the table; Trump less clear<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - The Trump administration has “ruled out” intervening in markets to lower the U.S. dollar’s value, even though President Donald Trump is concerned other countries are weakening their currencies to gain a trade advantage, a top White House adviser said on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>White House adviser Peter Navarro, a trade hard-liner, presented Trump on Tuesday with ideas on how to devalue the dollar as a way to pressure China in an ongoing trade fight, according to a source familiar with the matter, confirming a Politico report, which said the president quickly dismissed the proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Asked why he had decided not to act on them, Trump told reporters at the White House, “I didn’t say I’m not going to do something.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Trump has publicly complained about the strength of the dollar, saying it hurts American competitiveness, but Kudlow disputed an assertion that the president wanted a weaker greenback. Rather, he said, other currencies should be stronger.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Kudlow told reporters later on Friday that the president wanted a steady dollar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Trump, in his remarks to reporters, suggested he welcomed the dollar’s strength in so far as it is an emblem of a strong economy, even though it curbs U.S. exports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In a tweet on Monday, Trump complained that it was “very unfair that other countries manipulate their currencies.” He has blamed the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy for much of the dollar’s strength and has been jawboning the central bank to cut rates at its two-day meeting next week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The central bank had been raising rates through the end of last year, and the substantial gap between U.S. borrowing costs and those in other developed economies has been seen as a contributor to the dollar’s strength. But, in response partly to what it sees as headwinds from Trump’s trade policies, the Fed is now expected to cut rates for the first time in more than a decade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In the last 12 months, the ICE U.S. dollar index has gained about 3.5%, largely due to gains against the euro. On Friday, the index touched the highest in two months and was less than 0.5% from its strongest levels in more than two years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Against China’s yuan, it has risen by about 1.4% over the last 12 months, much of that coming in May after Trump raised tariff rates on billions of dollars of Chinese imports.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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@01D545B0.ED203810"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:.3in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Europe's central banks ditch 20-year-old gold sales agreement<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - European central banks have ditched a 20-year-old agreement to coordinate their gold sales, saying they have no plans to sell large amounts of the metal, the European Central Bank (ECB) said on Friday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Central Bank Gold Agreement (CBGA) was originally signed in 1999 to limit gold sales and help stabilise the market for the precious metal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Through the 1990s, sporadic sales often conducted behind closed doors by European central banks, which hold some of the world’s largest gold hoards, drove down prices and undermined the metal’s status as a stable reserve asset.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The deal, originally between 15 central banks, capped the amount signatories could sell each year, stabilising the market.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Over the next two decades prices surged, from less than $300 an ounce to a high of almost $2,000 in 2011, while central banks switched from being net sellers of gold to net buyers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In a sign of the change in the market, the price of gold, currently around $1,400 an ounce, barely budged after the announcement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The agreement was updated three times and eventually expanded to include 22 central banks, though in 2014 - three years after the last significant gold selling by those covered by the pact - the cap on sales was lifted.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The latest version of the deal was due to expire on Sept 26.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>She said the market had transformed since 1999 and was now more liquid and more stable.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Central banks bought 651 tonnes of gold worth nearly $30 billion last year, according to World Gold Council figures - the most in half a century.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Larger European central banks have not started buying gold, but purchases by Poland and Hungary turned the continent into a net buyer. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> 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style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#345883'>INVESTORS DIARY 2019</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=230 colspan=2 style='width:172.35pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;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=222 style='width:166.75pt;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='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><b><span 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