Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Kumba's stock hits fresh peak on price upgrade

(Reuters) - Shares in Africa's biggest iron ore producer Kumba Iron Ore hit an all-time fresh peak of 168 rand on Wednesday, buoyed partly by a research note, which set a fair value price of 205 rand for the stock.

Iron ore analysts and a fund manager said South African Kumba's shares rose partly on the research note by Merrill Lynch, and a purchase into a Brazilian iron ore by Kumba's parent company, mining giant Anglo American Plc.


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