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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:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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:1.0pt'><td width=847 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:634.95pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><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:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:1.0pt'><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:1.0pt'><td width=847 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:634.95pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:1.0pt'><p class=MsoTitle align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:105%'><img border=0 width=761 height=95 id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image002.png@01D5C5C3.626F65E0"><span class=style30><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:1.0pt'><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:7.2pt'><td width=847 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:634.95pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:7.2pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Market Turnover ZWL$6,700,093.12 with foreign buys at ZWL$922.00 and foreign sales were ZWL$1,384,720.00 Total trades were 110<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The All Share index added 0.13 points to close at 233.67 points. OLD MUTUAL LIMITED gained $0.2646 to end at $37.0500, TSL rose by $0.0425 to $0.8000 and OK ZIMBABWE traded $0.0291 higher at $0.6468. ZB FINANCIAL HOLDINGS also increased by $0.0200 to settle at $0.7400 and CASSAVA SMARTECH ZIMBABWE LIMITED advanced by $0.0075 to $1.4874.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Gains were offset by losses in RIOZIM which lost $0.4500 to $2.2500, AFDIS which dropped by $0.1898 to close at $3.0002 and EDGARS which traded $0.0300 lower at $0.1800. NATFOODS also decreased by $0.0100 to $9.0000 and DELTA was $0.0027 weaker at $3.4589.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-ZW'><img border=0 width=740 height=244 id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D5C5C3.626F65E0"></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>South African rand firms as demand for riskier currencies returns<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - South Africa’s rand strengthened on Tuesday as the absence of any immediate escalation in tensions between Iran and the United States prompted investors to return to riskier assets.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The rand was trading at 14.3400 to the dollar by 1452 GMT, 0.91% higher than its previous close.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Fears of a fresh conflict in the oil-rich Middle East have kept markets on edge following the killing of Tehran’s top general in a U.S. drone strike last week.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Power cuts recently in South Africa due to problems at state-run utility Eskom, which supplies 90% of the country’s power, have also weighed on the rand.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Lloyd Miller, an analyst at ETM, said any further power cuts by Eskom or comments from its new CEO could drive future fluctuations.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Eskom has been struggling to keep the lights on amid severe financial strain and ailing infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Reliant on bailouts to survive, it is widely perceived as the biggest risk to South Africa’s sluggish economy and a huge challenge for President Cyril Ramaphosa and his bid to revive growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>South African shares also gained on Tuesday, with many rebounding from losses at the start of the week, but gold stocks fell back. They had risen over the previous two trading days as investors retreated to safe haven assets amid fears over the situation in the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s All-Share index closed 0.33% higher at 57,384 points, while the top-40 index also rose 0.3% to 51,154 points.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The biggest winners of the day on the blue-chip index were financial firms like Investec, FirstRand and Sanlam, which benefit from a stronger rand and rose 0.59%, 0.58% and 0.56% respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Gold stocks featured at the bottom of the index, with AngloGold Ashanti falling 3.8%, Goldfields shedding 2.53% and Anglo American Platinum slipping 1.28%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>In fixed income, the yield on the benchmark government bond due in 2026 was up 1 basis point at 8.260%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Kenyan shilling weakens due to importer demand for dollars<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - Kenya's shilling weakened on Tuesday due to increased dollar demand from oil and manufacturing companies, amid scant hard currency inflows, traders said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>At 1138 GMT, commercial banks quoted the shilling at 101.20/30 to the dollar, compared with Monday's close of 101.05/15.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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@01D5C5C3.626F65E0"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>GLOBAL MARKETS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Dollar gains, oil slips as markets focus on Mideast<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - The dollar gained, helped by better-than-expected data in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector, and oil prices retreated on Tuesday as caution kept investors alert for developments in the U.S.-Iranian stand-off in the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Gold prices inched higher after backing off an almost seven-year high on Monday, when risk-aversion drove demand. Stocks in Europe mostly edged higher and on Wall Street traded little changed to lower.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, widely seen as Iran’s second-most powerful figure, in a slaying that threatens to spark regional conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Tehran has vowed retaliation and French President Emmanuel Macron urged Iran to avoid any actions that could worsen Mideast tensions. Germany called for a joint European response to Iran’s decision to scrap limits imposed on its nuclear enrichment program.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe shed 0.03while the pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.25%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Even amid rising geopolitical tensions, cyclical stocks have outperformed defensive shares, reflecting views that the U.S. economy remains strong and growth will re-accelerate later in the year despite the flare-up in the Middle East, he said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Institute for Supply Management said its non-manufacturing activity index rose to 55.0 last month from 53.9 in November. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the services sector, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The report came after an ISM survey last week showed its measure of U.S. factory activity dropped in December to its lowest since June 2009, contracting for a fifth straight month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>History suggests when a discrepancy between manufacturing and services is large, the gap will be closed with the former rebounding, Joseph LaVorgna, chief economist in the Americas at Natixis, said in a note.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Rising European and U.S. semiconductor stocks offset a decline in energy shares as Microchip Technology raised its third-quarter sales outlook. The technology index rose 1.3%, the most among European sub-sectors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Infineon Technologies jumped 5%, helping Germany’s DAX close up 0.8%, while STMicroelectronics’s 2.5% gain lifted Italian stocks by 0.6%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 119.7 points, or 0.42%, to 28,583.68 The S&P 500 lost 9.1 points, or 0.28%, to 3,237.18 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.88 points, or 0.03%, to 9,068.58.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Emerging market stocks rose 0.31%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The safe-haven Japanese yen fell from a three-month high versus the dollar and the Swiss franc pulled back from recent highs against the greenback, despite concerns about U.S.-Iranian tensions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The dollar index rose 0.36%, with the euro down 0.44% to $1.1144. The yen weakened 0.14% versus the greenback at 108.54 per dollar.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The dollar was up 0.29% at 0.9712 franc.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Oil prices fell almost 1%, surrendering some of the gains of recent days as investors weighed the likelihood of immediate supply disruptions in the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Brent crude fell 64 cents to settle at $68.27 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled down 57 cents at $62.70 a barrel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Euro zone government bond yields edged up from three-week lows and yields on U.S. Treasuries were little changed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Germany’s benchmark Bund yield was little changed at around -0.28%, having risen from more than three-week lows on Monday at -0.31%. But it remained below last week’s seven-month highs amid euphoria over the year-end stock rally.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Benchmark 10-year Treasury notes fell 4/32 in price to yield 1.8247%.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Gold prices rose. Absent aggressive rhetoric, the perceived risk to oil will diminish and reduce gold’s appeal, said Bart Melek, head of commodity strategies at TD Securities.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Spot gold rose 0.34% to $1,571.21 an ounce. U.S. gold futures settled 0.3% higher at $1,574.30.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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@01D5C5C3.626F65E0"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:21.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:21.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:21.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Copper edges higher as investors take stock and look to China<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - Copper prices clawed higher on Tuesday as U.S.-Iran tensions eased and investors expected leading metals consumer China to extend its stimulus policies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Global equities steadied and oil pulled back from multi-month highs as investors judged the prospects of an all-out conflict between the United States and Iran had eased.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Data last week showed that Chinese business confidence shot up in December, lifting investor sentiment even though factory activity expanded at a slower clip.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) failed to trade in official open-outcry trading but was bid up 0.3% at $6,157 a tonne, extending a 0.2% gain in the previous session.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>* COPPER STOCKS: Copper inventories in LME-monitored warehouses MCU-STOCKS have slumped by almost 60% since late August and are currently at 140,925 tonnes, the lowest since March 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Copper stocks have been low for a while, “but the reality is no one has felt the need to chase prices higher”, said Guy Wolf, global head of market analytics at brokerage Marex Spectron in Singapore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>“Without resolution on the tariff situation, no one is really going to feel the need to risk-up and start filling the supply chain again.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>* ALUMINIUM SPREAD: LME cash aluminium’s discount to the benchmark three-month contract CMAL0-3 increased to $33 a tonne, its highest since September last year, having swung from a premium of $22.75 early last month. That indicates healthy supplies of metal for near-term use in the LME warehouse system.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>LME aluminium was the only metal in the red, slipping 0.4% to trade at $1,826 a tonne in official rings after hitting its highest since July 22 on Monday.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>* BAUXITE: Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) has shipped the first cargo of bauxite from its Boffa mine in Guinea, a company spokesman said.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>* PRICES: LME nickel rose 0.8% to trade at $13,935 a tonne in official activity, zinc was bid up 0.5% to $2,335, lead was bid up 0.1% to $1,922.50 and tin was bid up 0.5% to $16,925. ($1 = 6.9513 yuan) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Base metals hope for manufacturing recovery in 2020: Andy Home<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>(Reuters) - Well, at least there was nickel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Looking back on 2019 it was nickel that provided most of the thrills and a fair share of the spills in the base metals complex.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The rest of the London Metal Exchange pack was largely moribund. Full-year performances ranged from up 5% (copper) to down 15% (tin) with aluminium, zinc and lead closing December barely changed from the start of January.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The obvious culprit for such a subdued performance was President Trump, given the pervasive uncertainty generated by the United States’ trade stand-off with China.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>But deal-or-no-deal uncertainty simply added to the markets’ core malaise, namely the weakest synchronised demand performance since the bad old days of 2008-2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Usage flat-lined or fell across the metallic board with, again, the single exception of nickel. Lest electric vehicles bulls get too excited, nickel benefited not from its use in lithium-ion battery chemistry but from China’s super-strong stainless steel sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Broad-based manufacturing weakness kept the metals in check last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Most analysts are looking for something better this year but the early indications are that bulls will have to be patient.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>CHINESE RECOVERY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>China has accounted for much of the growth in global metals demand in recent years so it should be no surprise that the country’s stuttering manufacturing sector was the single most important headwind for base metals last year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>China’s official manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) spent much of 2019 below 50, the threshold reading dividing expansion from contraction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The PMI turned positive in November and stayed positive in December with a reading of 50.2 in both months.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The alternative Caixin PMI, which captures activity among medium-sized and smaller companies, recovered earlier with December’s reading of 51.5 denoting a fifth consecutive month of expansion.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Relative to years past these are still subdued rates of implied growth but after last year’s dismal performance metals traders will take any growth at all as a net positive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The so-called “Phase 1” trade agreement with the United States, promising at the very least no further tariff escalation, has helped improve sentiment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>But the expansion in manufacturing activity is also the result of Beijing’s ongoing stimulus package.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>This is no shock-and-awe investment splurge such as seen in 2010 or 2016 but rather a more targeted stabilisation programme aimed at preventing a broader slowdown in economic growth.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>China’s leaders are promising more of the same in 2020 with a stated aim of keeping growth around 6% through infrastructure investment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>It’s worth remembering that what’s good for China is good for the rest of Asia, given regional raw material and finished good trade flows.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>South Korea’s manufacturing sector, for example, also returned to growth in December after seven consecutive months of contraction. The key turnaround was a jump in new export orders.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>EUROPEAN GLOOM, US DOWNTURN<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Signs of renewed growth in China’s manufacturing activity are a major positive for base metals demand and by implication prices this year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>However, eastern promise is tempered by continued dark clouds in the west.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Europe’s manufacturing sector had a miserable 2019 with little sign of any imminent turnaround.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Activity in the euro zone contracted for an 11th month in December, the IHS Markit manufacturing PMI sliding to 46.3 from November’s 46.9.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The protracted weakness in Europe is part cyclical but also part structural with the automotive sector, a key manufacturing pillar in countries such as Germany, struggling to cope with tighter emissions standards and the resulting need to switch to mass production of electric vehicles. It’s proving to be a bumpy road.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The December PMI captured a slight improvement in sentiment but IHS Markit’s chief economist Chris Williamson said “a return to growth remains a long way off given that new order flows continued to fall at one of the fastest rates seen over the past seven years.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The United States’ manufacturing sector was one of the main bright spots in the first half of last year but there are worrying signs of a sharp slowdown.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The Institute for Supply Management’s PMI slid to 47.2 last month from 48.1 in November. It was the fifth month of straight contraction and December’s number suggested that factory output is now slumping at its fastest rate since 2009.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>There may be one-off factors at work, such as Boeing’s decision to cease production of its 737 Max jetliner in the wake of two crashes. It was certainly noticeable that transportation equipment was one of the weakest industrial sectors last month.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Moreover, the scale of the downturn implied by the fast-falling PMI doesn’t tally well with continued positive signs from the construction and automotive sectors, both key metallic demand drivers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>However, together with ongoing weakness in Europe, the latest ISM survey suggests the world is still some way from the sort of synchronised growth that would lift metals such as copper and aluminium.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>MORE UNCERTAINTY?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Of course the Phase 1 deal between the United States and China could be a major boost for both countries’ manufacturing sectors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Whether there is ever going to be a “Phase 2” deal is a moot point but at the very least there is a sense that we may have passed the point of peak tariffs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>A renewed sense of optimism has been evident in the sharp turnaround in fund positioning on copper, as ever the metallic bellwether for the risk-on-risk-off trade.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The money men held a net collective short on the CME copper contract for most of 2019 but turned net long in the last days of the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Mind you, the last report from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission covered positions as of Dec. 31, since when global political tensions have reignited after the U.S. drone strike on Iran’s General Qassem Soleimani.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>One major source of uncertainty may have been removed but it has quickly been replaced with another, witness the ensuing jump in oil prices.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>If that means more price volatility in industrial metals, many traders will welcome it after last year’s turgid performance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>And if all else fails, there’s still always nickel for a bit of excitement.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;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:39.6pt;text-indent:1.35pt;line-height:105%'><o:p> </o:p></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:7.2pt'><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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#345883'>INVESTORS DIARY 2020</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;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:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 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 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:106%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Times New Roman",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:#D9D9D9;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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:#D9D9D9;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=222 style='width:166.45pt;border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;background:#D9D9D9;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=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:#D9D9D9;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;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=452 colspan=3 valign=top style='width:339.1pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#F2F2F2;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=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:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:3.25pt'><p class=MsoBodyText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:105%'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 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style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:39.6pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;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_2" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D5C5C3.626F65E0"></span></a><span lang=X-NONE style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm;height:99.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:105%'><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width=847 colspan=5 valign=top style='width:634.95pt;border:solid #BFBFBF 1.0pt;border-top:none;background:#1F497D;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p></td><td width=6 style='width:4.4pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><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:#1F497D;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:39.6pt;line-height:105%'><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:white'>DISCLAIMER: This report has been prepared by Bulls ‘n Bears, a division of Faith Capital (Pvt) Ltd for general information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities. 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