Friday, 29 April 2011 - 20:00
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Top News
South Africa's trade account recorded a 0.97 billion rand surplus in March compared with a 0.4 billion rand shortfall in February, the South African Revenue Service (SARS) said on Friday. Full story
South Africa's maize futures fell on Friday in a delayed response to U.S. corn futures which a day earlier fell to their lowest level in nearly a month amid the biggest fund liquidation of the year. Full story |
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Syrian forces killed 15 people when they fired on thousands of protesters trying to enter the southern city of Deraa, the heart of a six week uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, a medical source said on Friday. Full storyPresident Barack Obama promised federal help on Friday to rebuild the tornado-ravaged U.S. South after seeing close-up the "heartbreaking" destruction inflicted by deadly twisters that killed at least 310 people. Full storyNASA delayed Friday's scheduled launch of the space shuttle Endeavour at least until Monday because heaters on one of the ship's power units failed about four hours before liftoff. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks rose on Friday,
with the Dow Jones industrial average headed for its best
month since December, and the dollar hit 3-year. . . Full story | | A strong showing by
Caterpillar and other U.S. industrials' shares led the market
higher on Friday, putting the Dow on track for its. . . Full story | | European stocks inched higher on
Friday, rallying for a seven straight session and posting their
best monthly performance since December, but volumes were. . . Full story | | Gold rose to a third
consecutive record high on Friday, closing in on $1,550 an
ounce as the dollar fell to a three-year. . . Full story |
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| European shares edged up on
Friday, heading for a seventh straight session of gains, as some
analysts said equities would be supported by. . . Full story | | Hong Kong shares ended April
with only mild gains after a 1.7 percent dip on the week on the
back of weak mainland. . . Full story | | Australian shares finished 1 percent lower on
Friday after a robust local dollar battered mining stocks and companies whose
offshore earnings are. . . Full story | | Silver soared to an all-time
high on Thursday and gold rose to another record, as the dollar
fell and as signs that the. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's rand steadied near four-month highs against the dollar on Friday and looked set to holding its gains with the dollar on the back foot and gold prices near record highs.. . . Full story | | Growth in credit demand by South Africa's private sector slowed to 5.13 percent year-on-year in March, compared with 5.43 percent rise in February, central bank data showed on Friday.. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's government will neither accept new applications nor finalise current bids for shale gas exploration until its own feasibility study on the matter is finalised, the department of minerals said on Friday.. . . Full story | | South Africa auctioned 3.825 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average yield of 5.53 percent, unchanged from last week.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are advised that all conditions precedent detailed in the circular to shareholders dated 11 February 2011 and approved by shareholders. . . Full story | | Business Report noted that Anglo aims to more than quadruple nickel output over the period from 2011-2020 so that it will. . . Full story | | According to Business Day, Keaton has set itself a production target of 5 million tons of coal per annum in coming. . . Full story | | At the sixth annual general meeting (AGM) of the shareholders of the JSE held yesterday, 28 April 2011, all the ordinary. . . Full story |
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| Mr H R (Hennie) van der Merwe has resigned his position as managing director and will assume the role of a. . . Full story | | In compliance with the JSE Listing Requirements, the following information is disclosed:. . . Full story | | Further to Cipla's reviewed condensed consolidated results for the year ended 31 December 2010, published on 17 March 2011 ("the results"),. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcements dated 24 December 2010, 04 February 2011 and 18 March 2011 respectively, shareholders were advised that. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the quarter ended 31 March 2010 increased to USD183 million (2010: USD128.8 million). Gross profit rose to USD58.4 million. . . Full story | | Net loss for the year widened to USD72.1 million (loss of USD46.3 million). However, the basic and diluted loss per share. . . Full story | | Revenue dropped to R2.1 million (R2.7 million) and gross profit fell to R1.6 million (R1.7 million). Operating loss narrowed to R1.6. . . Full story | | Revenue was stable around R1.1 billion (R1.1 billion) and operating profit before depreciation and amortisation rose to R116.4 million (R104.1 million).. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 32836.23 | 176.28 | 0.54% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29564.28 | 162.14 | 0.55% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2764.82 | 19.76 | 0.72% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 22006.02 | 164.98 | 0.76% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 33227.56 | 338.07 | 1.03% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 27891.32 | 317.26 | 1.15% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 57233.30 | -46.89 | -0.08% | DJ Futures | 18:56 | 12780.00 | 73.00 | 0.57% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12820.64 | 57.33 | 0.45% | SP 500 | 19:50 | 1364.08 | 3.60 | 0.26% | Nasdaq | 19:50 | 2874.44 | 1.91 | 0.07% | FTSE 100 | 28/04 | 6069.90 | 1.74 | 0.03% | DAX | 18:00 | 7514.46 | 39.24 | 0.52% | CAC40 | 17:46 | 4106.92 | 2.02 | 0.05% | Nikkei | 28/04 | 9849.74 | 157.90 | 1.63% | Shanghai | 09:36 | 2912.14 | 24.47 | 0.85% | Hang-Seng | 10:22 | 23720.81 | -84.82 | -0.36% | All Ords | 08:36 | 4899.00 | -53.30 | -1.08% | NZSE 50 | 07:26 | 3519.33 | 15.57 | 0.44% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1557.79 | 23.33 | 1.52% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 10198.54 | 66.66 | 0.66% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 327883 | 2085 | 0.64% | Silver | 19:59 | 48.4200 | .0140 | 0.03% | Platinum | 19:58 | 1870.00 | 33.25 | 1.81% | Palladium | 19:58 | 791.00 | 19.27 | 2.50% | R157 | 16:06 | 7.64 | .02 | 0.26% | R204 | 16:06 | 8.33 | .02 | 0.24% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 125.46 | 1.06 | 0.85% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 6.5468 | -0.0527 | -0.80% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 10.9429 | -0.0043 | -0.04% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 9.7412 | -0.0409 | -0.42% | Rand / NZD | 19:56 | 5.2935 | -0.0052 | -0.10% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 7.2007 | -0.0131 | -0.18% | Yen / Dollar | 19:56 | 81.2200 | -0.2900 | -0.36% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6740 | -0.0003 | -0.04% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.4834 | 0.0011 | 0.07% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.5983 | -0.0025 | -0.42% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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29/04/2011 | 199 | 94 | 83 | 376 | 149,762,539 | R6,806,835,882 | 58871 | 1183771 | 28/04/2011 | 206 | 129 | 70 | 405 | 233,471,083 | R10,955,131,903 | 108893 | 2096163 | 26/04/2011 | 162 | 153 | 80 | 395 | 152,008,139 | R5,540,863,757 | 58892 | 1928441 | 21/04/2011 | 223 | 136 | 63 | 422 | 248,156,160 | R10,902,844,838 | 78224 | 2014329 | 20/04/2011 | 229 | 108 | 61 | 398 | 330,373,534 | R13,333,978,657 | 94209 | 1985016 |
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,564.28 | 162.14 | 0.55% | Industrial | 33,227.56 | 338.07 | 1.03% | Mid Cap | 42,259.50 | 226.87 | 0.54% | Small Cap | 32,513.77 | 19.80 | 0.06% | Resource 20 | 57,233.30 | -46.89 | -0.08% | Industrial 25 | 27,891.32 | 317.26 | 1.15% | Financial 15 | 8,341.78 | 62.77 | 0.76% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 31,245.00 | 341.32 | 1.10% | All Share | 32,836.23 | 176.28 | 0.54% | Oil & Gas | 28,732.09 | 60.89 | 0.21% | Mining | 37,554.20 | -37.71 | -0.10% | Gold Mining | 2,764.82 | 19.76 | 0.72% | Platinum Mining | 76.62 | .68 | 0.90% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,448.72 | 32.75 | 0.21% | Basic Materials | 31,694.01 | -8.79 | -0.03% | Chemicals | 13,647.76 | 106.64 | 0.79% | Forestry & Paper | 14,391.49 | 8.78 | 0.06% | Industrial Metals | 30,676.63 | 368.36 | 1.22% | Industrials | 28,044.05 | 247.46 | 0.89% | General Industrials | 77,704.60 | 1020.47 | 1.33% | Consumer Goods | 27,307.12 | 191.50 | 0.71% | Automobiles & Parts | 3,172.51 | 2.27 | 0.07% | Household Goods | 160.79 | 2 | 1.08% | Health Care | 32,003.58 | 279.66 | 0.88% | Beverages | 84,746.31 | 58.09 | 0.07% | Food Producers | 48,567.29 | 317.18 | 0.66% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Personal Goods | 423.28 | 6.50 | 1.56% | Consumer Services | 54,946.35 | 637.13 | 1.17% | General Retailers | 42,539.60 | 201.67 | 0.48% | Travel & Leisure | 3,731.84 | 8.74 | 0.23% | Media | 87,101.74 | 1497.83 | 1.75% | Support Services | 2,419.25 | 12.93 | 0.54% | Telecommunications | 70,530.74 | 1221.34 | 1.76% | Financials | 22,006.02 | 164.98 | 0.76% | Banks | 41,378.53 | 335.56 | 0.82% | Non-life Insurance | 31,499.57 | -12.13 | -0.04% | Life Insurance | 16,412.06 | 109.57 | 0.67% | General Financial | 2,292.22 | 11.43 | 0.50% | Technology | 20,523.55 | 55.44 | 0.27% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,313.92 | 8 | 0.23% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,367.80 | 9 | 0.26% | COAL MINING | 23,885.86 | 136 | 0.57% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 4,543.72 | 20 | 0.43% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,007.88 | -11 | -1.04% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 381.32 | | 1.12% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 318.88 | | 1.14% | RESOURCE | 31,601.13 | -19 | -0.06% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 171.41 | 1 | 0.66% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,868.83 | 40 | 0.58% | Capped Top 40 | 15,416.56 | 107 | 0.70% | Capped All Share | 16,529.98 | 101 | 0.62% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | EMI | EMIRA PROPERTY FUND | HOLD | 21 Apr | FSR | FIRSTRAND LIMITED | BUY | 21 Apr | NED | NEDBANK GROUP LTD | SELL | 21 Apr | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | SELL | 21 Apr | AIP | ADCOCK INGRAM HLGS LD | HOLD | 21 Apr |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 03 May 2011 | SOVFOOD | February 2011 (Final) | 04 May 2011 | ADCORP | February 2011 (Final) | 04 May 2011 | ALTRON | February 2011 (Final) | 04 May 2011 | ALTRON PP | February 2011 (Final) | 05 May 2011 | NET1UEPS | March 2011 (Q) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | OCTODEC | 11-04-26 | 11-05-12 | 11-05-23 | R 0.6500 | PREMIUM | 11-04-26 | 11-05-12 | 11-05-23 | R 0.5820 | ALTECH | 11-04-20 | 11-05-20 | 11-05-30 | R 3.5600 | CMH | 11-04-19 | 11-06-03 | 11-06-13 | R 0.3000 | PBT | 11-04-19 | 11-05-20 | 11-05-30 | R 0.0300 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | PHUMELELA | 11-04-08 | 11-04-28 | 11-05-09 | R 0.2500 | VIVIDEND | 11-04-08 | 11-04-28 | 11-05-09 | R 0.0996 | ZEDER | 11-04-11 | 11-04-28 | 11-05-09 | R 0.0400 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | BEL | Bell Equipment Ltd | 04/05/2011 | Confirmed | MTA | Metair Investments Ltd | 04/05/2011 | Confirmed | NBKO | Nedbank Ltd | 05/05/2011 | Confirmed | NBKP | Nedbank Ltd | 05/05/2011 | Confirmed | WEZ | Wesizwe Platinum Ltd | 05/05/2011 | Confirmed |
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