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Friday, 15 April 2011 - 20:00
Sharenet is pleased to announce the launch of our new publication, The Sharenet Daily. We have built on the success of our Daily Equity Report, while adding more content and helpful information. The result is a publication that gives readers a quick, easy to read and informative synopsis of market activity, company results and news on the JSE for the day, as well as an overview of what transpired on important overseas markets.The Sharenet Daily includes helpful charts that give a graphical impression of events, and our news content is sourced from a number of contributors, including Reuters. In addition, Sharenet's popular price information is available in our Spot Price format which provides a snapshot of the JSE and world indices, currencies and commodities.
All the JSE trading statistics; major movers; latest dividends; upcoming AGM dates and more are provided to insure that you keep abreast of market developments. The Sharenet Daily is published at 8pm each day on the website and also distributed via email for your convenience. As always, we welcome your comments, feedback and suggestions at support@sharenet.co.za
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![[IMAGE]](image.php@width=300&height=150&cropratio=2%253A1&image=%252Fnewsimages%252F2011-04-15T113658Z_01_AJOE73E0W9P00_RTROPTP_3_OZABS-GOLDFIELDS-IAMGOLD-20110415.JPG "A Gold Fields Mine company logo is seen outside the South Deep Gold mine") Iamgold will sell its 18.9 percent interest in the Tarkwa and Damang gold mines in Ghana to Gold Fields, the world's fourth largest gold producer, for $667 million in cash. Full story ![[IMAGE]](image.php@width=300&height=150&cropratio=2%253A1&image=%252Fnewsimages%252F2011-04-15T121102Z_01_AJOE73E0XUH00_RTROPTP_3_OZABS-MAIZE-SAFRICA-FUTURES-20110415.JPG "-PHOTO TAKEN 21FEB06- Zimbabwean Agnes Brovera holds an open ear of ripe maize, which is the country..") South Africa's most traded maize futures ended the week on a high note on Friday due in part to a weaker rand, with prices expected to rise further in the months ahead on lower stocks. Full story |
 Hamas found the body on Friday of a pro-Palestinian Italian activist who was killed by al Qaeda sympathisers in the Gaza Strip, raising questions about the Islamist group's control over the beleaguered enclave. Two men were arrested and others were being sought for the abduction and killing of Vittorio Arrigoni, 36, who was found strangled in an abandoned house on Friday, Hamas officials said. Full story  More than a hundred government rockets crashed into Misrata Friday after Western allies denounced a "medieval siege" of the city and vowed to keep bombing Muammar Gaddafi's forces until he stepped down Full story  Opponents of Yemen's president stepped up a campaign on Friday to force him out, but Ali Abdullah Saleh was defiant as he addressed thousands of supporters and urged the opposition to join peace talks. Full story |
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Markets |
U.S. stocks rose on Friday
as encouraging economic indicators overshadowed disappointing
results from Bank of America and Google.. . . Full story |
Gold rose 1 percent to a
record and silver soared on Friday, as inflation worries amid a
crude oil rally and a downgrade. . . Full story |
European stocks ended slightly
higher on Friday, but posted their first weekly loss in a month
as the return of worries over the. . . Full story |
The euro slid after Moody's
cut Ireland's sovereign rating to just above junk on Friday,
while U.S. and European stocks edged higher as. . . Full story | |||
Drugmakers and tobacco stocks
led a defensive rally that enabled Britain's top share index to
close higher on Friday.. . . Full story |
The euro fell along with bond
prices in its most-indebted member states on Friday after
Moody's cut Ireland's rating to just above "junk". . . Full story |
Hong Hong shares posted
their first weekly loss in a month on Friday, pressured by
profit taking in energy- and property-related stocks whose
weakness. . . Full story |
Gold jumped to another
record high on Friday after the dollar fell to its lowest since
late 2009 against a basket of major. . . Full story | ||||
SA Business |
South African bonds rallied on Friday and yields fell to their lowest levels in nearly a week, driven by higher offshore. . . Full story |
Burundi's mobile subscribers rose by 55 percent last year thanks to expanded network coverage in the central African nation and aggressive. . . Full story |
South Africa's powerful National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will decide on April 28 when to shut the sector down for a. . . Full story |
Zambia Sugar Plc, a unit of South Africa's Illovo Sugar, has sealed a $128 million syndicated term debt to refinance money. . . Full story | |||
The world's big economies
agreed on Friday on a plan for identifying countries whose
policies could put the global economy at risk if. . . Full story | South Africa's head of banking regulation will go on early retirement at the end of July this year, the central bank. . . Full story | South African power utility Eskom said on Friday it would auction up to 300 million rand of its ES23 bond on. . . Full story | Harmony Gold was not sure when its closed Masimong mine in South Africa's Free State province would reopen, spokeswoman Marian van. . . Full story |
The rand steadied at key support levels in early Friday trade, coming off previous two-week highs as a week-long correction seemed. . . Full story | Egypt's Orascom Telecom (OT) chairman on Thursday expressed doubt that Russia's Vimpelcom would succeed in talks over a dispute with the. . . Full story | The U.S. Export-Import Bank on Thursday gave initial approval for an $805 million loan to help develop a high-tech giant coal. . . Full story | South Africa's powerful National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) may shut the sector down for a day to protest a recent surge. . . Full story |
Company News |
Further to the cautionary announcement on 13 September 2010 and subsequent renewals of the cautionary announcement released on SENS, shareholders were. . . Full story |
Shareholders are referred to the cautionary announcements, dated 03 February 2011 and 14 March 2011, and are advised that Trustco's subsidiary,. . . Full story |
According to Business Day, Old Mutual says it will increase marketing and distribution efforts to grow the market share of its. . . Full story |
Shareholders are advised that Nu-World, for its six months ended 28 February 2011, is expecting a decline in earnings per share. . . Full story | |||
Company Results | Revenue declined to R1.9 billion (R2 billion). Gross profit decreased to R540.8 million (R591.3 million) and operating profit slumped to R40.2 million (R122 million). Net attributable profit declined to R28.5 million. . . Full story | Turnover increased from R6.6 billion to R7.2 billion in 2011.Gross profit increased to R1.7 billion (2010: R1.5 billion) and operating profit increased to R462.3 million (2010: R396.8 million). Profit attributable to. . . Full story | Revenue for the interim period fell to R28.7 million (2010: R30.4 million), while profit before taxation increased to R7.9 million (2010: R5.7 million), and profit attributable to equity holders of the. . . Full story |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics| Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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| 15/04/2011 | 138 | 165 | 97 | 400 | 314,291,948 | R11,231,575,882 | 92021 | 1900066 |
| 14/04/2011 | 149 | 168 | 91 | 408 | 262,351,618 | R12,143,488,835 | 103431 | 2026385 |
| 13/04/2011 | 173 | 149 | 74 | 396 | 287,045,805 | R12,191,506,387 | 87265 | 1930759 |
| 12/04/2011 | 86 | 265 | 80 | 431 | 266,083,945 | R12,023,754,615 | 98390 | 2054868 |
| 11/04/2011 | 138 | 172 | 90 | 400 | 261,279,957 | R13,981,320,906 | 102090 | 1616361 |
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Stock Exchange News Service
| Date | Time | Headline |
| 15/04/2011 | 17:24 | Net 1 UEPS Technologies, Inc. to Host Conference Call to Review Third |
| 15/04/2011 | 17:07 | PSG/PGFP - PSG Group Limited/ PSG Financial Services Limited - Recurring |
| 15/04/2011 | 17:00 | Command Holdings Limited - Update Announcement |
| 15/04/2011 | 17:00 | Old Mutual Plc - Notification of Transactions of Directors, Persons |
| 15/04/2011 | 16:51 | Vunani - Fulfilment of condition precedent |
| 15/04/2011 | 16:10 | RPBI - Real People Investment Holdings (Proprietary) Limited - Appointment of |
| 15/04/2011 | 16:04 | PC1 - Private Commercial Mortgages (Pty) Limited - Full Capital |
| 15/04/2011 | 16:04 | CPI/ CPIP - Appointment to the boards of Capitec and Capitec Bank |
| 15/04/2011 | 15:54 | ARB Holdings Limited - Dealings in securities by directors |
| 15/04/2011 | 15:32 | Nedbank Group Limited - Dealing in Securities by Aka-Nedbank Eyethu Trust |
| 15/04/2011 | 15:21 | Vox Telecom - Renewal of cautionary announcement |
| 15/04/2011 | 15:05 | Ingenuity Property Investments Limited - Unaudited Consolidated Interim |
| 15/04/2011 | 14:14 | WG Wearne Limited - Appointment of chief executive officer |
| 15/04/2011 | 13:30 | Litha Healthcare Group Limited - Dealing In Securities |
| 15/04/2011 | 13:26 | Bauba Platinum Limited - Updated Trading Statement |
| 15/04/2011 | 13:00 | Gold Fields Limited - Acquisition of IAMGOLD`S minority interests in |
| 15/04/2011 | 13:00 | Trustco Group Holdings Limited - Further cautionary announcement relating |
| 15/04/2011 | 12:47 | Consolidated Infrastructure Group Limited - Results of general meeting |
| 15/04/2011 | 12:30 | Sekunjalo Investments Limited - Trading Statement |
| 15/04/2011 | 12:13 | Consolidated Infrastructure Group Limited - Results of annual general |
| 15/04/2011 | 08:00 | MND/MNP - Mondi Limited/Mondi plc - Mondi signs new Euro750 million revolving |
| 15/04/2011 | 08:00 | GLD - NewGold - Listing of additional Newgold Debentures |
| 15/04/2011 | 08:00 | Nu-World Holdings Limited - Trading Statement |
| 15/04/2011 | 07:10 | British American Tobacco p.l.c.- Transaction in own shares |
| 15/04/2011 | 07:05 | BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares |
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