Friday, August 3, 2007

Miners, banks push S.Africa Top-40 index 1 pct up

(Reuters) - South Africa's blue chip Top-40 index gained over one percent in early trade on Friday, boosted by mining and bank stocks as global stock markets recovered.

The Top-40 index rose as much as 1.28 percent to 25,518 points. By 0748 GMT, the index was 0.97 percent firmer at 25,493 points.


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