2. Index Performance

Index            VALUE      VALUE      % Change   VALUE     % Change
                 at Jan 98  at Jan 97  Jan 97     at 31     Dec 97
                                       to Jan 98  Dec 97    to Jan 98

All Share        6,550      6,676      -1.9       6,202     +5.6
Mining Producers 2,737      3,828     -28.5       2,604     +5.1
All Gold           881      1,350     -34.7         802     +9.9
Financial       11,209      7,812     +43.5      10,163    +10.3
Industrial       7,670      8,003      -4.2       7,426     -3.3


as at 31 January 1998



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