| USD/EUR | 0.7308 | -0.18 % |
| Pound / Dollar | 0.6637 | -0.52 % |
| Rand / Dollar | 7.4101 | 0.08 % |
| Brent Crude Oil | 79.66 | 0.45 % |
| GOLD | 1104 | 0.48 % |
Mining shares have turned red hot this year after a disastrous 2008 and are set to keep outpacing other sectors as the top beneficiaries of growing optimism that a global recession will be shorter than feared.