Miner BHP Billiton fell 1.7% to A$32.61 in Sydney ahead of the JSE’s opening on Tuesday morning, contributing to the ASX 200 index dropping 1% to 6,282 points.BHP raised its final dividend by 46.5% to $0.63 but that failed to meet the market’s high expectations.In Hong Kong, Naspers’s associate Tencent was down 0.11% to HK$350.40.Likely falls by both Naspers, the top 40’s largest constituent with a 22.45% weighting, and BHP, which ties in second place with Richemont with a 10.16% weighting, points to the JSE stumbling on Tuesday after three trading days of gains.Shoprite, the top 40’s 15th largest constituent with a weighting of 1.61%, will release its results for the 52 weeks ended July 1 on Tuesday, according to its website.Other retailers scheduled to release results this week include Woolworths and Massmart on Thursday.Harmony Gold said in a trading statement on August 17 that it expected to report on Tuesday that headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year to end-June grew ...
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