Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,294.50	-12.67	-0.08%
S&P 500	1,650.51	-4.84	-0.29%
Nasdaq	3,459.42	-3.88	-0.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,294.50

-12.67

-0.08%

S&P 500

1,650.51

-4.84

-0.29%

Nasdaq

3,459.42

-3.88

-0.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,773.80	-2.98	-0.11%
FTSE 100	6,652.44	-44.35	-0.66%
DAX	8,300.88	-51.10	-0.61%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,773.80

-2.98

-0.11%

FTSE 100

6,652.44

-44.35

-0.66%

DAX

8,300.88

-51.10

-0.61%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

South African Foreign-Currency Reserves Increase 2% in September

By Andres R. Martinez - 2012-10-05T06:04:36Z

South Africa’s gross gold and foreign currency reserves rose 2 percent in September.

Gross reserves increased to $51 billion last month, the Pretoria-based Reserve Bank said on its website today. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of five analysts was for a rise to $50.7 billion. Net reserves rose to $48.8 billion from $48.3 billion.

Gold reserves increased by $459 million to $7.1 billion. The metal gained 4.7 percent last month.

To contact the reporter on this story: Andres R. Martinez in Johannesburg at amartinez28@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Nasreen Seria at nseria@bloomberg.net

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