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Gold stocks rally as rand tanks

Johannesburg - Gold stocks rallied on Thursday‚ with Harmony Gold Mining [JSE:HAR] soaring nearly 20%‚ on the combination of a firmer gold price and rand weakness.

The domestic currency breached the R10/$ for the first time since March 2009 while the gold spot was 1.66% to $1 414.06oz.

At 16:50 on Tuesday‚ the gold index was up 11.10%‚ reversing May’s losses.

Harmony shares were up 17.05% to R41.20‚ while Gold Fields [JSE:GFI] lifted 10.57% to R62.36. AngloGold Ashanti [JSE:ANG] and Sibanye Gold [JSE:SGL] picked up 10.63% to R175.95 and 8.03% to R8.07 respectively.
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Rand - Dollar
18.96
-0.3%
Rand - Pound
23.95
-0.2%
Rand - Euro
20.48
-0.1%
Rand - Aus dollar
12.36
-0.1%
Rand - Yen
0.13
-0.4%
Platinum
911.60
+1.6%
Palladium
1,012.97
+1.1%
Gold
2,216.03
+1.0%
Silver
24.89
+1.0%
Brent Crude
86.09
-0.2%
Top 40
68,346
+1.0%
All Share
74,536
+0.9%
Resource 10
57,251
+2.9%
Industrial 25
103,936
+0.6%
Financial 15
16,502
-0.1%
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