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Wednesday, 04 May 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.
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![[IMAGE]](image.php@width=300&height=150&cropratio=2%253A1&image=%252Fnewsimages%252F2011-05-04T154749Z_01_AJOE74317VR00_RTROPTP_3_OZABS-SAFRICA-WALMART-20110504.JPG "A shopper leaves the Game store in South Gate mall south of Johannesburg") South Africa wants "concrete commitments" from U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart not to cut jobs in its proposed takeover of regional chain Massmart, trade minister Rob Davies said on Wednesday. Full story ![[IMAGE]](image.php@width=300&height=150&cropratio=2%253A1&image=%252Fnewsimages%252F2011-05-04T154857Z_01_AJOE74317XM00_RTROPTP_3_OZABS-SAFRICA-RAND-20110504.JPG "A new five rand coin is displayed during its launch at the South African Mint.") South Africa's government is not planning to intervene to weaken the rand currency, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday. Full story |
 The United States said on Wednesday that killing al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was an act of national self-defence, countering allegations the raid by U.S. commandos on his Pakistani hide-out was illegal. Full story  Palestinian leaders formally ended a four-year rift between the secular Fatah and Islamist Hamas groups at a ceremony in Egypt on Wednesday, a reconciliation they see as crucial for their drive for an independent state. Full story  A field where children once played football has become a mass grave, Red Cross officials say, a reminder of lingering fighting between Ivory Coast forces and the last of Laurent Gbagbo's gunmen. Full story |
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Markets |
Commodity prices fell on
Wednesday, driving world stocks lower, as disappointing U.S.
economic data and concerns about the slowdown of the Chinese
economy prompted. . . Full story |
U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday
as investors took profits in energy and other top-performing
sectors for a third day, casting doubt on how. . . Full story |
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Commodity stocks dragged Britain's
top share index lower on Wednesday, ending the FTSE 100's recent
rally as disappointing U.S. manufacturing data spoiled
investors' appetite. . . Full story | |||
Silver and gold recovered some
losses on Wednesday as the dollar wilted on U.S. data however
precious metals remained under pressure after a. . . Full story |
China's stocks fell to a
two-month low on Wednesday as investors dumped commodity-related
sectors for a sixth straight session, but Hong Kong stocks
closed. . . Full story |
Australian stocks fell 0.9
percent on Wednesday on profit-taking in the heavyweight banks
after two of the big four gave subdued outlooks and. . . Full story |
Asian shares fell on Wednesday,
led by Chinese markets, with soft commodity prices making
investors nervous a broader pullback in risk taking may. . . Full story | ||||
SA Business |
South Africa's big three gold miners will report drops in production in the first three months of 2011 but earnings will. . . Full story |
Ghana's annual gold output in 2011 should be higher than last year's run of about 3 million ounces, although rising electricity. . . Full story |
Gold miner Mwana Africa said on Wednesday production at a key gold mine in Zimbabwe rose above its Phase 1 target,. . . Full story |
South Africa's new vehicle sales rose by 8.0 percent year-on-year in April to 38,566 units, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers. . . Full story | |||
South Africa's National Union of Metal Workers (NUMSA) said on Wednesday it wanted a 20 percent, one-year wage increase for all. . . Full story | South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is demanding a 14 percent pay rise for its members at Impala Platinum, the. . . Full story | South African maize futures fell on Wednesday as U.S. corn futures extended their decline, but solid export data could lend the. . . Full story | South Africa exported 140,103 tonnes of white maize in the two weeks to April 29 compared with 45,132 tonnes in the. . . Full story |
Aquarius Platinum said it would boost its resource base by nearly a quarter as it announced a mineral rights acquisition that analysts say is a game changing deal for the platinum. . . Full story | South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar on Wednesday, with dealers seeing a bit of weakness in the currency partly as the greenback rebounded.. . . Full story | South Africa's Merafe Resources, the country's largest ferrochrome producer, said first-quarter production rose 3.8 percent, but said the company would operate at a lower rate during June to August.. . . Full story |
Company News |
Further to the cautionary announcement dated 30 September 2010 and subsequent renewal of cautionary announcements, the last of which was dated. . . Full story |
Reference was made to the circulars which were published dated 17 August 2010 regarding the BCX Black Economic Empowerment ("BEE") transaction. . . Full story |
Shareholders were advised that iThemba Governance and Statutory Solutions (Pty) Ltd has resigned as company secretary of Simmers with effect from. . . Full story |
PSV will hold a general meeting to discuss amendments to the PSV Conditional Share Plan on Friday, 6 May 2011. A. . . Full story | |||
Shareholders were advised that the board of Simmers has approved the change in financial year-end of the company from 31 March. . . Full story |
Optimum Coal, a leading South African coal mining and exploration group, listed on the JSE Ltd, wishes to inform shareholders and. . . Full story |
Shareholders are referred to the cautionary announcements, the last of which was dated 11 March 2011, and were advised that discussions. . . Full story |
Business Report highlighted that gaming and leisure company Grand Parade Investments(GPI) will roll out 1000 Limited Payout Machine( LPM) slots starting. . . Full story | ||||
Company Results | RedefIntl's maiden interim results as at 28 February 2011 showed gross rental income amounted to GBP11.6 million and a net. . . Full story | Revenue increased marginally to R22.8 billion (R22.3 billion) and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to R2.1 billion. . . Full story | Rent received amounted EUR1.7 million (February 2010: EUR 291 000) for the company's full-year results as at 28 February 2011. Results. . . Full story | Total revenue for the interim period rose to R1.678 billion (2010: R1.481 billion). Net operating income increased to R1.222 billion (2010:. . . Full story |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics| Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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| 04/05/2011 | 95 | 240 | 75 | 410 | 268,867,587 | R13,667,771,530 | 100927 | 2202187 |
| 03/05/2011 | 107 | 242 | 72 | 421 | 244,019,025 | R11,158,093,078 | 116065 | 2159242 |
| 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 |
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Stock Exchange News Service
| Date | Time | Headline |
| 04/05/2011 | 17:30 | Brait S.A - Report on proceedings at extraordinary General Meeting |
| 04/05/2011 | 17:20 | Village Main Reef Limited - Change In Company Secretary |
| 04/05/2011 | 17:13 | Cape Empowerment Limited - Voluntary announcement of corporate action |
| 04/05/2011 | 16:44 | IQuad Group Limited - Reviewed Preliminary Condensed Financial Statements |
| 04/05/2011 | 16:22 | MTN Group Limited - Dealing in securities by a director of a major |
| 04/05/2011 | 16:15 | ARB Holdings Limited - Dealing in securities by a director of a major |
| 04/05/2011 | 16:09 | Digicore Holdings Limited - Appointments to the board of Directors |
| 04/05/2011 | 16:08 | Metmar Limited - Results Update |
| 04/05/2011 | 16:05 | Redefine Properties Limited - Unaudited results for the six months ended |
| 04/05/2011 | 16:04 | MAS PLC - Abridged Audited Consolidated Results for the Year Ended 28 |
| 04/05/2011 | 15:47 | Thabex Limited - Renewal of Cautionary Announcement |
| 04/05/2011 | 15:28 | CA - Business Connexion Group Limited - Abridged Pre-Listing Statement |
| 04/05/2011 | 15:22 | Simmer & Jack Mines, Limited - Change in company secretary |
| 04/05/2011 | 15:12 | Redefine Properties Limited - Potential acquisition of a property |
| 04/05/2011 | 14:57 | Metair Investments Limited - Results of Annual General Meeting |
| 04/05/2011 | 14:40 | Simmer & Jack Mines, Limited - Change in financial year-end |
| 04/05/2011 | 13:40 | Further update on Imuniti Packs |
| 04/05/2011 | 13:36 | Discovery Holdings Limited - Dealing in securities by director |
| 04/05/2011 | 13:15 | Anglo American plc - Directors` Interests |
| 04/05/2011 | 12:46 | Cashbuild - Third quarter operational update FY 2011 |
| 04/05/2011 | 12:29 | Randgold & Exploration Company Limited - Further Cautionary Announcement |
| 04/05/2011 | 12:12 | Octodec Investments Limited - Announcement regarding the acquisition of a |
| 04/05/2011 | 12:05 | MTN Group Limited - Planned release of MTN Group Limited subscriber |
| 04/05/2011 | 11:37 | BRC Diamondcore Ltd - BRC Diamondcore reports Iron Ore Exploration results |
| 04/05/2011 | 11:15 | PTXTEN - PROPTRAX TEN - Initial offer for PROPTRAX TEN participatory |
| 04/05/2011 | 10:56 | Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Sale of shares by a director of a major |
| 04/05/2011 | 10:37 | AVI Limited - Appointment of company secretary |
| 04/05/2011 | 10:16 | Optimum Coal Holdings Limited - Acquisition of prospecting rights |
| 04/05/2011 | 09:13 | GEN - GENERAL - IFC - Emphasis of matter |
| 04/05/2011 | 09:00 | SABMiller Board Management Changes |
| 04/05/2011 | 09:00 | COLRMB - RMB COAL ETN 05MAY2016 - Announcement |
| 04/05/2011 | 09:00 | African Dawn Capital Limited - Further cautionary announcement |
| 04/05/2011 | 08:30 | Merafe - First quarter 2011 production update and winter closures |
| 04/05/2011 | 08:01 | Acquisition of mineral rights adjacent to Everest Mine |
| 04/05/2011 | 08:00 | ATN/ATNP - Allied Electronics Corporation Limited - Summarised Audited |
| 04/05/2011 | 08:00 | Northam Platinum Limited - Announcement relating to the proposed sale of |
| 04/05/2011 | 07:24 | First Uranium Obtains Noteholder Consent to Amend MWS/Gold Wheaton |
| 04/05/2011 | 07:22 | BHP Billiton Plc - Transaction in shares |
| 04/05/2011 | 07:15 | Spanjaard Limited - Trading Statement |
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