Harmony Q2 blows past consensus on higher gold

Harmony Gold, South Africa's third-largest bullion producer, more than doubled its quarterly earnings on Monday, blowing past market expectations as it reaped the benefits of a weak rand and a sky-high gold price. The group's headline earnings for share, the main profit gauge in South Africa, totalled 242c in the October-December quarter, from 95c in preceding quarter.

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