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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:image008.jpg@01D557BE.5059E8D0"></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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.55in;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Market Turnover ZWL$ 2,473,735.68 with foreign buys at ZWL$ 1,678,938.75 and foreign sales were ZWL$ 1,384,000.00 Total trades were 125.<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 lost 1.01 points to end at 177.71 points. OLD MUTUAL LIMITED lost a further $1.0477 to close at $19.0000, SIMBISA BRANDS went down by $0.0511 ending at $0.8489 and INNSCOR AFRICA eased $0.0394 to trade at $2.000. CASSAVA SMARTECH also traded $0.0083 lower at $1.2888 and OK ZIMBABWE lost $0.0061 closing the day at $0.3775.<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'>Trading in the positive: PPC advanced by $0.0757 to trade at $2.1757. SEEDCO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED added $0.0473 to close at $2.1998 and ZIMPLOW LIMITED gained $0.0175 to close at $0.5200.ECONET WIRELESS also traded $0.0028 higher at $1.2980 and ART CORPORATION was $0.0006 higher at $0.0906.<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:image009.jpg@01D557BE.5059E8D0"></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'><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'>Kenya<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'>Kenyan shilling holds steady against the dollar<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 Kenyan shilling held steady against the dollar on Tuesday due to thin hard currency demand from importers and some banks cutting their long dollar positions to meet the central bank's shilling reserve ratio requirements, traders said. <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 0818 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 103.10/30 per dollar, the same as Monday's close. <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%'><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 pauses recent slide, stocks down<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 firmed on Tuesday, pulling back from an 11-month low as long dollar investors took profits and awaited <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'>further clues on the outlook for the global and local 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'>Stocks closed weaker, dragged down by local retailers.<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 1520 GMT the rand was 0.89% stronger at 15.3325 per 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'>The rand has lost more than 7% since Aug. 1, battered by local and global issues, breaking through a succession of technical milestones on its way to 15.50, <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'>a pivot-point last reached in September 2018 that has triggered stop-losses held by importers and opened the path to a deeper retreat.<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 on Tuesday the currency’s slide paused. A paucity of data, low liquidity, and fresh hopes that a world recession will not materialise attracted buyers.<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 focus now turns to the Jackson Hole seminar where U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is expected to speak, and to a Group of Seven summit to be <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'>held in France this weekend for clues on what steps policymakers will take to bolster growth.<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'>Locally, South Africa’s statistics agency publishes July inflation figures on Wednesday, and, while limited price growth this year saw the central bank cut <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'>lending rates last month, a recent bout of currency volatility may reignite bets that the cutting cycle will be short-lived.<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 equities, the broader All-Share index was down 0.2%, while the benchmark Top-40 index declined 0.21%.<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'>Leading the blue chip decliners was South African retailer Shoprite, which fell more than 9.25% to 126.86 rand after missing its full-year earnings forecast.<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'>Supermarket chain Pick n Pay shed 5.7% to 56.84 rand, while food and clothing group Woolworths declined 3.4% to 52.10 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'>In fixed income, the yield on the benchmark 10-year issue dropped 4.5 basis points to 8.39%. <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%'><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:image005.jpg@01D557BE.38525420"></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%'><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'>America<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'>Dollar firms, stocks soar on ECB rate cut expectations<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) - U.S. and European stocks surged on Friday on expectations the European Central Bank will cut interest rates but the dollar pared gains against the euro after a report said the German government was prepared to take on new debt to lift 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'>The dollar hit a two-week high against the euro as expectations of ECB stimulus weighed on the single currency and bullish data showing a jump in U.S. homebuilding permits to a seven-month high also helped lift the greenback.<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 German and other euro zone government bond yields rose late Friday on a Der Spiegel report. Borrowing costs had plumbed new lows throughout the week as investors unnerved by the prospect of European recession piled into safer assets.<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 euro rebounded to pare most losses after Der Spiegel magazine said the German government would be prepared to ditch its balanced budget rule and take on new debt to counter a possible recession.<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'>Germany’s Finance Ministry declined to comment on the report.<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'>There has been a rising drumbeat of news recently from German politicians and businesses calling for a stimulus program, said Karl Schamotta, director of global markets strategy at Cambridge Global Payments in Toronto.<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 German 10-year bund yield rose to a negative 0.688%, having earlier hit a record low of negative 0.727%. Rates turned negative in March and have trended lower since May.<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 rebound in equity markets buoyed investor sentiment, though it is hard to say the recent rout has found a floor despite cheaper prices, said Yousef Abbasi, global market strategist at INTL-FCStone Financial in New York.<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'>U.S. banks are likely to get cheaper because European banks are likely to do so if the ECB does not put together a credible off-set plan for further negative rates for banks, he said.<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'>Technology shares led Wall Street’s advance but U.S. stocks posted a third straight week of declines, battered by the U.S.-China trade row and an “inversion” of 2- and 10-year bond yields that sparked fears of a recession.<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'>MSCI’s gauge of stock performance in 47 countries gained 1.18% and its emerging market rose 0.69%. In Europe, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of leading regional shares closed 1.23%.<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 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 306.62 points, or 1.2%, to 25,886.01. The S&P 500 gained 41.08 points, or 1.44%, to 2,888.68 and the Nasdaq Composite added 129.38 points, or 1.67%, to 7,895.99.<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 euro earlier slid to $1.1090, shy of a two-year low it set two weeks ago, on reports the ECB’s Olli Rehn had suggested Thursday that a significant easing package was needed in September.<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 dollar index rose 0.06%, with the euro down 0.15% to $1.1089. The Japanese yen weakened 0.23% versus the greenback at 106.35 per 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'>The German 10-year bund posted a fifth straight week of declines, Italy’s 10-year bond yield set its biggest weekly fall since late 1997 and the decline in Spanish 10-year yields were the largest since at least 1994.<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 10-year U.S. Treasury notes fell 9/32 in price to push yields up to 1.5589%.<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'>Crude oil prices recovered from two days of declines after data on Thursday, showing a rise in U.S. retail sales, helped ease recession concerns. A bearish outlook from OPEC capped gains.<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'>Brent crude rose 41 cents to settle at $58.64 a barrel while U.S. crude settled 40 cents higher at $54.87 a barrel.<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'>U.S. gold futures settled down 0.5% at $1,523.60 an ounce.<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:image005.jpg@01D557BE.38525420"></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%'><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'>Gold reclaims $1,500 mark as focus turns to Fed<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) - Gold rose back above $1,500 an ounce on Tuesday, rebounding from the previous day’s sharp losses as investors switched focus to the minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest meeting, which will be closely watched for clues on further interest rate cuts.<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'>Spot gold was up 0.6% at $1,503.75 per ounce by 1236 GMT, after falling to a near one-week low of $1,492.10 on Monday. U.S. gold futures gained 0.2% to $1,513.80 an ounce.<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'>Monday’s correction followed a sharp price rally earlier this month that took gold to six-year highs, largely on the back of concerns over the U.S.-China trade war and expectations for further cuts in U.S. interest rates.<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 minutes from the U.S. central bank’s July policy meeting are due on Wednesday, with investors also keeping a close eye on the central bank’s Jackson Hole seminar and this weekend’s Group of Seven summit.<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'>Traders see about an 83.8% chance of a 25 basis-point interest rate cut by the Fed in September.<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'>Lower U.S. interest rates put pressure on the dollar and bond yields, increasing the appeal of non-yielding bullion.<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 dollar index hit a more than two-week high on Tuesday, boosted by slightly higher Treasury yields.<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'>Equity markets around the world gained as hopes for stimulus in major economies tempered fears of a global recession.<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 shift in sentiment towards riskier assets contributed to a more than 1.2% drop in gold prices on Monday, its biggest daily percentage decline in a month. But prices are still up nearly 17% this year and more than $80 so far this month.<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'>On the technical front, spot gold may test support at $1,483 per ounce, a break below which could cause a fall to $1,467, according to Reuters technical analyst Wang Tao.<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'>Among other precious metals, silver rose above the key $17 mark, gaining nearly 1% to $17.03 per ounce.<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'>Palladium climbed 0.8% to $1,485.01 an ounce after hitting a more than two-week high of $1,487.18 earlier in the session. Platinum eased 0.1% to $849.52. <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'><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%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Tiny tin market sounds a recessionary warning note: Andy Home<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) - Fears of a global recession are rising.<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'>Industrial metals such as copper are struggling to make any price headway as funds take an increasingly negative view of where the global manufacturing economy is heading.<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 tiny tin market seems to be already trading as if recession were a reality.<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'>London Metal Exchange (LME) tin lurched sharply lower at the beginning of July and has kept falling ever since, touching a fresh three-year low of $16,255 per tonne on Monday.<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'>That’s lower than the Global Financial Crisis sell-off in 2009 and the price is now approaching the decade’s lows seen over the 2015-2016 metallic bear 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'>Core demand weakness is coming from the semiconductor sector, where cyclical downturn is exacerbated by the current trade tensions between Japan and South Korea.<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 textbook commodity market fashion, the price slump appears to have wrong-footed producers, at least one of which has been boosting output significantly.<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'>STOCKS BUILD<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 slide in the tin price has been accompanied by rising LME warehouse stocks, which have rebuilt from just 740 tonnes at the start of May to a current 6,175 tonnes.<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 increase in inventory has taken place from an extremely low starting point and was initially spurred by another of the LME tin contract’s periodic spread contractions.<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 cash-to-three-months spread CMSN0-3 flexed out to $340-per tonne backwardation at one stage in May, the high cash premium sucking metal into the LME warehouse system.<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'>However, the inflows have continued even as the spread tightness has dissipated. That spread closed Monday valued at a marginal backwardation of just $5 per tonne but stocks jumped again this week on the back of 1,620 tonnes being warranted at Singapore and Malaysia’s Port Klang.<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'>What might have been viewed as a one-off stocks reaction to LME tightness is starting to look more problematically structural.<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'>Nor has there been any obvious linkage with the two main sources of refined tin in the Western 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'>Indonesian exports were actually down by 13%, or almost 6,000 tonnes, in the first seven months of this year.<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'>Net exports from China have increased but only by just over 2,000 tonnes in the first half of 2019.<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'>DEMAND WEAKNESS<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'>Tin’s problem right now is rooted in demand weakness.<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'>Although commonly associated with packaging, tinplate actually accounts for only around 14% of global usage, according to the International Tin Association.<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'>By some margin the largest end-use for tin is soldering in semiconductors, representing around 47% of global usage.<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'>It’s a sector that is currently facing its own headwinds.<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'>Global semiconductor sales fell 14.5% year-on-year in the first half of 2019, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).<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'>“Year-to-date sales were down across all regional markets and semiconductor product categories,” noted John Neuffer, SIA president and chief executive.<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'>Against such a backdrop the current trade dispute between South Korea and Japan couldn’t have come at a worse time.<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'>A long-simmering disagreement over World War II reparations by Japan has spilled into current trade policy with Japan announcing export restrictions to its Asian neighbour last month.<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'>Although the two countries have multiple shared supply chains, analysts at Citi argue that the semiconductor sector is the most exposed to any escalation of the trade dispute.<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'>South Korea’s import dependency on Japanese semiconductor components was 31% in 2018, according to the bank. (“Japan and South Korea Trade Tension 101”, Aug. 19, 2019).<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'>Disruption to the semiconductor supply chain could also have knock-on effects on other countries such as China and Hong Kong, which sourced 21% of their semiconductor imports and 48% of memory-chip imports from South Korea last year.<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'>SUPPLY RESPONSE<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 collapsing tin price is already generating a supply response in China.<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 country’s tin producers are now actively cutting production, according to the ITA’s Beijing branch, which estimates national output fell by 8% in the January-July period.<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'>China’s smelters are trapped between a crumbling price and lower supplies of raw material from Myanmar.<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'>Myanmar has emerged as a major new source of tin concentrate over the course of this decade but there are already signs that output in the Wa mining region has peaked with volumes and grades falling.<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'>China’s imports of tin concentrates, just about all of them from Myanmar, slumped by 28% in the first half of the year.<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 decline in Myanmar’s flows of concentrates to China remains a bullish supply driver.<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'>Unfortunately for the tin price, however, another major producer has been ramping up production.<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'>PT Timah, the largest Indonesian tin producer, said in July it was going to more than double output to 70,000 tonnes this year after receiving permission to buy raw materials from independent miners operating in its concession.<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 company reported a jump in first-quarter tin production to 16,302 tonnes from 5,361 tonnes in the year-earlier period.<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'>Sales rose too but not to the same extent, leading to a significant build in inventory over the first quarter.<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'>Timah said refined tin inventory at the end of March was 8,594 tonnes compared with 3,198 tonnes a year earlier.<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 company’s second-quarter filing is still pending but subdued national exports suggest no significant drawdown in those stocks since March.<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'>SHANGHAI BEARS<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'>Tin, it’s worth noting, is too small a market to attract the attention of most big fund managers, although there will inevitably be smaller momentum players feeding off the price decline.<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 worrying message from the London market is that this is not a financially-driven but rather a fundamentally-defined sell-off.<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'>There is more speculative activity on the Shanghai market, judging by recent spikes in open interest and trading volumes. And at the moment it seems to be playing tin from the short side.<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'>That may promise some short-term relief if the Shanghai bears decide collectively to take some profits. But they could just as easily double down on their bear bets, which would promise a lot more producer pain ahead.<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'>Weak demand, too much production and a falling price are currently the defining features of the tiny tin 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'>If that sounds likes a recessionary combination, then it probably is.<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%'><o:p> </o:p></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=847 colspan=5 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='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%'><strong><span 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 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=222 style='width:166.45pt;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 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=173 valign=bottom style='width:129.4pt;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 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=230 colspan=2 valign=top 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%'><o:p> </o:p></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%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=222 style='width:166.45pt;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%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=173 valign=top style='width:129.4pt;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%'><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=226 valign=top style='width:169.55pt;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=226 colspan=2 style='width:169.55pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 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