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SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (GLD), DRDGOLD Ltd. (ADR) (DRD): Three Gold Shares Rising Strongly

Published on June 18, 2013 at 3:38 pm by The Motley Fool in News

LONDON — The price of gold bounced around last week, ranging between $1,366 and $1,395 per ounce. However, by the end of the week, little had changed, and gold for immediate delivery ended the week 0.4% higher at $1,387 per ounce.

Of course, the only practical way for most private investors to invest in gold is through exchange-traded funds. The largest gold ETF, the $51 billion SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEMKT:GLD), ended the week 0.73% higher at $134.43, while London-listed Gold Bullion Securities Limited (LON:GBS) edged up 0.53% to end the week at $133.93. So far this year, shareholders of Gold Bullion Securities Limited (LON:GBS) have seen the value of their holdings fall by 15.2%, while the value of SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEMKT:GLD) shares has fallen by 17.6%.

SPDR Gold Trust (ETF) (NYSEARCA:GLD)

Gold’s big movers
Several miners made gains last week, outperforming the price of gold. Although these companies may not have issued major updates last week, their above-average performance suggests that investors may believe they have been discounted too heavily following recent falls in the price of gold.

Petropavlovsk PLC (LON:POG) climbed 3.2% to 140 pence over the final two days of last week after the company reported that asset manager
Schroders plc (LON:SDR) had taken a 5% stake in the company. Petropavlovsk PLC (LON:POG)’s share price has fallen by 62% so far this year but has gained 7.3% over the last month after the company announced cost-cutting plans and said it had hedged approximately 55% of its output for the next year at $1,408 per ounce, slightly above the current price of gold.
Shanta Gold Limited (LON:SHG) edged higher last week and has risen by 5.5% to 11.8 pence over the last month. The firm’s stock climbed on Friday following a report that a strategic advisor to the board of the company, Jonathan Leslie, had purchased 2,300,000 shares in a deal worth £270,250 that increased his stake in the firm to 3.34%, or 15.4 million shares. Shanta Gold Limited (LON:SHG)’s main asset is the New Luika gold mine in Tanzania, which began production in August 2012 and has sold 22,000 ounces of gold to date.
DRDGOLD Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:DRD) climbed 4.2% to $6.25 last week. Rather than mining gold, this South African firm is focused on large-scale reprocessing of the tailings, or waste piles, of large gold mines in order to extract the gold that was not captured by the original mining process. This business is heavily mechanized and requires a relatively small workforce, giving DRDGOLD Ltd. (ADR) (NYSE:DRD) some protection from the rising labor costs that are reducing the profitability of many South African mining firms.

The article 3 Gold Shares Rising Strongly originally appeared on Fool.com is written by Roland Head.

Roland Head has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool has no position in any of the stocks mentioned.

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