NWR Jumps Most in Six Months as Xstrata Takeover Boosts Miners

Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- New World Resources Plc rose the most in almost six months after Xstrata Plc confirmed that Glencore International Plc approached it about a takeover offer, boosting investor demand for mining companies across Europe.

NWR, the biggest Czech coking-coal producer, increased 7.7 percent to 153.9 koruna at the close in Prague, its biggest one- day rally since Aug. 15. The stock was the best performer today in the PX equity gauge, which added 1.5 percent. Turnover was 978,740 NWR shares, or three times the three-month daily average.

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