Wednesday, 29 June 2011 - 20:00
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Charts
Top News
Gold edged higher
on Wednesday a fter the Greek parliament
approved a five-year austerity plan, which supported the euro
and boosted other risk-linked assets. Full story
Struggling South African builder Murray & Roberts said it had reached agreements on several contract disputes that would improve its cash flow and debt, sending it shares higher. Full story |
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Greek police fired teargas and battled masked demonstrators who attacked the finance ministry on Wednesday after lawmakers passed the first of two austerity bills demanded by international lenders to stave off default. Full storyAfghan police sifted through one of Kabul's landmark hotels room by room on Wednesday for any more casualties, securing the building after an overnight assault by Taliban suicide bombers killed eight Afghan civilians and police and a foreigner. Full story- Police in Cairo fired tear gas on Wednesday at hundreds of stone-throwing Egyptian youths after a night of clashes that injured more than 1,000 people, the worst violence in the capital in several weeks. Full story |
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Markets | World stocks rose for the
third straight day and oil prices jumped on Wednesday after
Greece's parliament approved the first of two austerity
measures. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks advanced on
Wednesday after the Greek parliament approved austerity
measures, taking an important step in the country's bid to
gain access to. . . Full story | | European shares hit their
highest close in two weeks on Wednesday after Greek lawmakers
approved austerity measures that are critical to the debt-laden
country. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index gained
sharply on Wednesday as Greece lawmakers backed an austerity
plan to pave the way for bailout aid, with. . . Full story |
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| Equities gained strongly and the
euro rose on Wednesday as investors bet on the ability of
Greece's government to pass new austerity measures. . . Full story | | Australian stocks closed up
1.2 percent on Wednesday, bolstered by the miners, on optimism
about Greece's ability to manage its debt crisis and. . . Full story | | The Nikkei average closed at a
seven-week high on Wednesday, close to the top of its trading
range since the March earthquake, helped. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose for a second
day on Tuesday on optimism that a solution to Greece's debt
crisis was near, although low volume. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's biggest service industry union is appealing Wal-Mart's $2.4 billion takeover of Massmart.. . . Full story | | Maize deliveries to South African silos rose to 2.22 million tonnes in the week to June 24, up from a revised. . . Full story | | South Africa's economic recovery is not sustainable yet and is still relying on loose monetary and expansionary fiscal policies, deputy Finance. . . Full story | | Stanbic Bank Ghana said on Wednesday it had closed a $60 million senior revolving loan with Gold Fields' unit in the. . . Full story |
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| Current plans to develop the stalled $8-$10 billion Inga 3 hydropower project on the Congo river may be too risky because. . . Full story | | South Africa's biggest
service industry union is appealing Wal-Mart's $2.4
billion takeover of Massmart .. . . Full story | | South Africa's Telkom on Wednesday named Jacques Schindehutte as Chief Financial Officer as the troubled fixed-line operator tries to make a. . . Full story | | South Africa's Treasury said on Wednesday it would issue 1.3 billion rand worth of the 2017 government bond and 800 million. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand firmed to the dollar on Wednesday and stock futures pointed to a positive start on the bourse as. . . Full story | | South Africa's stocks hit two-week highs and the rand firmed versus the dollar on Tuesday on hopes that Greece could approve. . . Full story | | Africa may be growing quickly, but it still offers less opportunities than more robust emerging markets such as China and India,. . . Full story | | South African fixed-line operator Telkom will sell its struggling Nigerian unit for around $10 million, exiting the troubled business for a. . . Full story |
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Company News | Simmers shareholders are referred to the circular dated 2 March 2011 (the "circular") and the subsequent announcements released on the Securities. . . Full story | | Further to the publication on 30 May 2011 of Tongaat's audited results for the year ended 31 March 2011, shareholders were. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that the company expects headline earnings per share ("HEPS") for the year ended 30 April 2011 to be. . . Full story | | With regard to the audited results for the year ended 31 March 2011, shareholders were advised that the annual report has. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on 28 June 2011 which dealt with directors dealings in securities. Lewis confirmed that. . . Full story | | Property loan stock company Vukile shrugged off a sluggish economic recovery to increase its full year distribution to linked unitholders by. . . Full story | | Old Mutual plc announces the results of its tender offer in respect of its Euro750,000,000 Fixed to Floating Rate Callable Option. . . Full story | | Messrs G E Rudman and P de V Rademeyer have resigned as non-executive directors with effect from 30 June 2011.. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Group revenue rose 6% to R9 368 million (2010: R8 827 million) on the back of volume increases in the Mining. . . Full story | | Revenue declined to R523.8 million (February 2010: R573.5 million) and group operating profit was significantly impacted by the loss of connection. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year ended 31 March 2011 increased to R127 million (2010: R104.4 million). Gross profit improved to R750 000. . . Full story | | Revenue for the six months ended 31 May 2011 went up by 26% to R1.4 billion (2010: R1.1 billion) and gross. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 31726.30 | 434.65 | 1.39% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 28428.72 | 426.70 | 1.52% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2398.15 | 57.56 | 2.46% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 21502.52 | 216.71 | 1.02% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 32841.13 | 357.10 | 1.10% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 27578.00 | 313.67 | 1.15% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 53728.66 | 997.30 | 1.89% | DJ Futures | 19:40 | 12210.00 | 71.00 | 0.58% | DJ Ind | 19:05 | 12276.74 | 88.05 | 0.72% | SP 500 | 19:50 | 1308.71 | 12.04 | 0.93% | Nasdaq | 19:50 | 2745.79 | 16.48 | 0.60% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5855.95 | 89.07 | 1.54% | DAX | 18:00 | 7294.14 | 123.71 | 1.73% | CAC40 | 17:46 | 3924.23 | 72.34 | 1.88% | Nikkei | 08:32 | 9797.26 | 148.28 | 1.54% | Shanghai | 09:22 | 2728.48 | -31.49 | -1.14% | Hang-Seng | 10:22 | 22061.18 | -.60 | -0.00% | All Ords | 08:38 | 4579.80 | 56.60 | 1.25% | NZSE 50 | 07:32 | 3414.92 | -26.09 | -0.76% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1510.60 | 9.74 | 0.65% | Gold/Rand | 19:58 | 10294.43 | 10294.43 | 0.00% | Gold/R kg | 19:56 | 330999 | 955 | 0.29% | Silver | 19:59 | 34.8250 | .9200 | 2.71% | Platinum | 19:57 | 1721.25 | 32.05 | 1.90% | Palladium | 19:58 | 748.00 | 16.50 | 2.26% | R157 | 16:06 | 7.49 | .05 | 0.67% | R204 | 16:06 | 8.30 | .07 | 0.79% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 112.29 | 4.12 | 3.81% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 6.8128 | -0.0347 | -0.51% | Rand / Pound | 19:59 | 10.9131 | -0.0083 | -0.08% | Rand / Euro | 19:59 | 9.8330 | -0.0052 | -0.05% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 5.6108 | 0.0541 | 0.97% | Rand / AUD | 19:59 | 7.2658 | 0.0453 | 0.63% | Yen / Dollar | 19:55 | 80.8000 | -0.2000 | -0.25% | Euro / Dollar | 19:59 | 0.6927 | -0.0030 | -0.43% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.4432 | 0.0068 | 0.47% | Pound / Dollar | 19:59 | 0.6223 | -0.0026 | -0.42% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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29/06/2011 | 235 | 102 | 78 | 415 | 275,539,044 | R12,480,755,484 | 97455 | 1675558 | 28/06/2011 | 234 | 86 | 74 | 394 | 268,579,526 | R11,882,121,405 | 96798 | 1757624 | 27/06/2011 | 159 | 169 | 78 | 406 | 243,185,782 | R11,483,560,630 | 86968 | 1579010 | 24/06/2011 | 220 | 108 | 69 | 397 | 276,851,828 | R14,165,604,557 | 106252 | 1990628 | 23/06/2011 | 93 | 239 | 78 | 410 | 263,723,203 | R11,996,827,092 | 92708 | 1918022 |
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 28,428.72 | 426.70 | 1.52% | Industrial | 32,841.13 | 357.10 | 1.10% | Mid Cap | 41,987.63 | 314.32 | 0.75% | Small Cap | 31,976.27 | 70.09 | 0.22% | Resource 20 | 53,728.66 | 997.30 | 1.89% | Industrial 25 | 27,578.00 | 313.67 | 1.15% | Financial 15 | 8,101.78 | 93.28 | 1.16% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 30,679.65 | 367.34 | 1.21% | All Share | 31,726.30 | 434.65 | 1.39% | Oil & Gas | 26,728.12 | 384.90 | 1.46% | Mining | 35,283.35 | 678.32 | 1.96% | Gold Mining | 2,398.15 | 57.56 | 2.46% | Platinum Mining | 69.92 | .54 | 0.78% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,371.22 | 206.95 | 1.46% | Basic Materials | 29,897.96 | 544.83 | 1.86% | Chemicals | 13,660.74 | -12.22 | -0.09% | Forestry & Paper | 14,378.50 | 85.54 | 0.60% | Industrial Metals | 29,751.60 | 345.72 | 1.18% | Industrials | 27,990.80 | 402.82 | 1.46% | General Industrials | 76,100.80 | 789.08 | 1.05% | Consumer Goods | 27,290.88 | 308.05 | 1.14% | Automobiles & Parts | 3,396.69 | .00 | 0.00% | Household Goods | 144.58 | 5 | 3.46% | Health Care | 33,310.43 | 137.07 | 0.41% | Beverages | 83.05 | .97 | 1.18% | Food Producers | 47,593.98 | 329.06 | 0.70% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Personal Goods | 444.35 | 4.00 | 0.91% | Consumer Services | 52,830.43 | 387.27 | 0.74% | General Retailers | 41,213.57 | 197.75 | 0.48% | Travel & Leisure | 3,734.04 | 2.13 | 0.06% | Media | 82.85 | .94 | 1.15% | Support Services | 2,433.88 | 36.29 | 1.51% | Telecommunications | 69,151.81 | 1048.64 | 1.54% | Financials | 21,502.52 | 216.71 | 1.02% | Banks | 40,163.80 | 470.27 | 1.18% | Non-life Insurance | 31,766.31 | .00 | 0.00% | Life Insurance | 15,806.80 | 191.93 | 1.23% | General Financial | 2,252.25 | 26.02 | 1.17% | Technology | 21,634.25 | -18.49 | -0.09% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,141.76 | 57 | 1.85% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,205.37 | 55 | 1.76% | COAL MINING | 23,384.62 | 288 | 1.25% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 4,504.12 | -1 | -0.01% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,070.14 | -6 | -0.52% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 382.33 | | 0.54% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 317.35 | | 0.54% | RESOURCE | 29,650.51 | 551 | 1.89% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 166.81 | 2 | 0.97% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,615.80 | 97 | 1.48% | Capped Top 40 | 14,829.44 | 214 | 1.46% | Capped All Share | 15,983.40 | 215 | 1.36% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | NED | NEDBANK GROUP LTD | SELL | 27 Jun | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | SELL | 27 Jun | AIP | ADCOCK INGRAM HLGS LD | HOLD | 27 Jun | LHC | LIFE HEALTHCARE GRP HLDG ... | BUY | 27 Jun | EQS | EQSTRA HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 27 Jun |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 30 Jun 2011 | AMECOR | March 2011 (Final) | 30 Jun 2011 | IPSA | March 2011 (Final) | 30 Jun 2011 | NICTUS | March 2011 (Final) | 30 Jun 2011 | NICTUSDA | March 2011 (Final) | 30 Jun 2011 | NICTUSDB | March 2011 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TRUSTCO | 11-06-28 | 11-07-15 | 11-08-12 | R 0.0200 | NASPERS-N | 11-06-27 | 11-09-16 | 11-09-26 | R 2.7000 | ARGENT | 11-06-23 | 11-09-02 | 11-09-12 | R 0.0300 | NAMPAK 6.5 | 11-06-23 | 11-07-22 | 11-08-01 | R 0.0650 | AVUSA | 11-06-23 | 11-07-22 | 11-08-01 | R 0.8500 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TIGBRANDS | 11-05-30 | 11-06-24 | 11-07-04 | R 2.8100 | VODACOM | 11-05-16 | 11-06-24 | 11-07-04 | R 2.8000 | ACUCAP | 11-06-09 | 11-06-24 | 11-07-04 | R 1.3888 | ALTRON PP | 11-05-04 | 11-06-24 | 11-07-04 | R 1.0800 | ALTRON | 11-05-04 | 11-06-24 | 11-07-04 | R 1.0800 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | FBR | Famous Brands Ltd | 29/06/2011 | Confirmed | MZR | Mazor Group Ltd | 30/06/2011 | Confirmed | TRE | Trencor Ltd | 30/06/2011 | Confirmed | TED2 | Trencor Ltd | 30/06/2011 | Confirmed | RBA | RBA Holdings Ltd | 30/06/2011 | Confirmed |
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