BLBG: AngloGold, DRDGold, Wesizwe: South Africa Equity Preview
By Ron Derby
April 23 (Bloomberg) -- The following is a list of companies whose shares may have unusual price changes in South Africa. Stock symbols are in parentheses after company names and prices are from the last close.
South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index fell 116.44, or 0.4 percent, to 28,822.34.
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ANG SJ): Africa’s biggest gold miner said it closed a section of its TauTona mine in South Africa where a worker was killed in an accident. The company rose 50 cents, or 0.2 percent, to 289 rand.
DRDGold Ltd. (DRD SJ): The gold mining company releases annual earnings. The stock rose 9 cents, or 2.4 percent, to 3.90 rand.
Wesizwe Platinum Ltd. (WEZ SJ): The miner said conditions of its proposed acquisition of a 37 percent stake in the Western Bushveld joint-venture have been met. Wesizwe fell 8 cents, or 3.5 percent, to 2.20 rand.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ron Derby in Johannesburg at rderby1@bloomberg.net