Movement Alert｜Anglogold Ashanti Rises 3.13% in Pre-Market Trading, Strong Q2 Earnings and $2B Buyback Approval Fuel Continued Rally

Market Focus08-21 16:28

On August 21, Anglogold Ashanti rose 3.13% in pre-market trading, trading at $118.09/share with turnover of $117,400, extending its recent strong upward momentum after gaining 6.08% in the prior session.

On the news front, multiple fundamental catalysts continue to underpin the stock. The company reported Q2 gold income of $3.03 billion, up 25.7% year-over-year, with earnings per share of $1.98, representing a 58.4% increase. Management maintained full-year production and cost guidance unchanged and indicated that unit costs are expected to decline in the second half as production volumes ramp up. Additionally, the proposed $2 billion share repurchase program has been approved by shareholders at a special meeting, further bolstering market confidence.

Gold prices have surged to $4,500 per ounce, providing strong macro tailwinds. Within the gold sector, peers are broadly higher, with Coeur Mining up 3.46%, Agnico Eagle Mines up 2.33%, Newmont Mining up 2.23%, Wheaton Precious Metals up 1.92%, and Barrick Mining up 1.69%.

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  • Ancient One
    08-21 17:34
    Ancient One
    This is a re-rating of AU and a re-rating of Gold and US treasury , or more correctly $40 Trillion of US debt . Finally people are waking up to 1. Fed has little room to increase rates without setting of a recession or forcing treasury to raise Bond rates, treasury cannot afford to increase bond rates as interest is 120% of USA GDP . (What does your neighbour do when their interest on loan becomes more than their income? - if they are law abiding, they declare bankruptcy, if they gangster, the start trying to steal from friends and rob strangers.)  2. It's not the interest rates, it's the real interest rates that's important  3. Gold pays no interest or dividends but miners are paying dividends and shares buybacks.  4. Next one that will fly is Barrick - when details of Thei
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