Murray & Roberts is one of this year’s sleeper stocks — it has gained 94% in the year to date, putting on a 20% burst since the company’s results presentation on August 24. The confusion as to whether the Gauteng province had okayed the construction company’s higher economic interest in Gautrain operator Bombela is now behind it. And the market has clearly bought CEO Henry Laas’s view that growth for companies working in the global oil and gas business is back. Roll on 2018.

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