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Sector movers: Rio weighs on miners
Thu, 2 Jul 2009, 14:12:00
<b>Miner</b> Rio Tinto shareholders have taken up 96.97% of the shares offered to them as part of the miner's $15.2bn fully underwritten rights issue. Major shareholder Chinalco has taken up its entitlement in full. Fresnillo, Anglo American and Lonmin are also lower. Meanwhile, Sierra Leone-focused miner African Minerals has raised £63.8m ($105m) from a cash placing with institutional investors in North America and the UK. Only a handful of sectors amongst the risers, with <b>Beverages</b> the best of the lot. Top performing sectors so far today Beverages 6,361.74 +0.53% Electronic & Electrical Equipment 1,254.25 +0.11% Personal Goods 7,596.37 +0.09% Technology Hardware & Equipment 260.84 +0.02% Aeronautics and Defence NULL 0.00% Bottom performing sectors so far today Mining 13,908.22 -3.69% Automobiles & Parts 1,893.64 -3.61% Forestry & Paper 2,189.28 -2.87% Media 2,497.21 -2.63% Aerospace and Defence 2,488.44 -2.32%
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