The wool market rose sharply at the last sale before the Christmas recess with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator gaining 4,6% on the previous week’s sale to close at R116,58/kg (clean). This also represents a 14.3% increase on the ...
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This week’s sale saw prices rising slightly on the back of a weaker rand and the Cape Wools Merino indicator gained 1.3% on last week to close the day at R112.13/kg (clean). The rand has weakened over the last few days, falling to ...
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The wool market rose sharply at the final sale before the Christmas recess with the Cape Wools Merino indicator reaching an all-time high when it gained 7%on the previous week to close at R109.91/kg(clean). This not only is higher than ...
Cape Wools reported that wool prices rose sharply for a second week in a row with the market indicator gaining 4.5% at this week’s sale to close at R101.19/kg (clean). This is up almost 15% on the opening level and represents an ...
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The upward trend in wool prices continued at this week's sale and the Cape Wools indicator gained another 3.2% to close at R104.43/kg (clean). This is a 19.5% increase on the opening sale. The increase was prompted by good demand ...
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The wool market held on to last week’s gains and the Cape Wools merino indicator closed the day up a marginal 0.3% at R88,82/kg (clean). Although traders say trading conditions remain tough, there was solid demand from the ...
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The market was slightly weaker at this week’s sale as demand conditions remain tough and the Cape Wools Merino indicator shed 0.8% compared with last week to close at R88.09/kg (clean). This is in line with the ...
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The wool market was softer at this week sale with the Cape Wools Merino indicator shedding 1.6% to close the day at R98.73/kg (clean). This is still 13% up on the opening sale but slightly lower than at the same sale last season. The ...
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After a five-week rally, which saw the Cape Wools Merino indicator gaining 17%, wool prices softened at this week's sale with the indicator shedding 3.9% to close at R100.29/kg (clean). There were concerns that the huge hike in prices ...
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This week's sale saw a sharp increase in prices compared with last week and the Cape Wools Merino indicator gained 8.3% to close at R96.86/kg (clean). This was due to a much weaker rand, an increase in the Australian market and possibly ...
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A weaker rand supported the market at this week's sale and the Cape Wool Merino indicator gained 1.5% to close at R89.44/kg (clean) - its highest level for the season. The market is performing reasonably well despite the current difficult ...
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