Johannesburg - Shares of Mpact [JSE:MPT] rose more than 2%
after the packaging firm says it expects headline earnings per share for the
year to the end of December to rise by more than 20% due to improved trading
and lower finance costs.
Mpact‚ which listed on JSE in July 2011 following a demerger
from Mondi‚ said it would issue a further trading statement in due course.
At 07:47 GMT, Mpact is up 1.59% at R19.79, outperforming a
0.38% rise in the JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index.
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