Friday, 05 August 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.
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Top News
South Africa's rand ended firmer against the dollar on Friday but may struggle to hold those gains into next week on the back of fragile risk sentiment prevailing in global markets. Full story
South Africa's rand erased earlier losses against the dollar on Friday, gaining more than one percent after the release of U.S. jobs data eased fears of a recession in the world's biggest economy. Full story |
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Tens of thousands of people marched across Syria on the first Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, stepping up defiance of President Bashar al-Assad's bloody crackdown on unrest as his tanks again shelled Hama and massed outside another restive city. Full storyLibya's rebels said on Friday a NATO air attack had killed Muammar Gaddafi's powerful son Khamis, who serves as commander of one of the Libyan leader's most loyal and best-equipped military units. Full storyYingluck Shinawatra was elected Thailand's first female prime minister on Friday in a parliamentary vote just 11 weeks into a political career crafted from exile by her brother and former premier, Thaksin Shinawatra. Full story |
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Markets | World stocks fell for an
eighth day but were off their lows on Friday after a dizzying
descent that has wiped $2.5. . . Full story | | European shares fell on Friday and
posted their biggest weekly decline in nearly three years on
worries about weak global growth and fears. . . Full story | | Gold rose on Friday, resuming
its month-long rally as a stronger-than-expected U.S. payrolls
report failed to quell fears of a double-dip recession and
expectations. . . Full story | | The selloff in U.S. stocks
returned on Friday as worries about slower global growth
remained firmly intact despite stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs
data.. . . Full story |
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| Banks and commodity stocks fell
sharply on Friday as Britain's top share index extended losses
into a sixth straight trading day, roiled by. . . Full story | | World stocks fell for an eighth
session on Friday though better-than-expected U.S. jobs data
limited losses and the euro gained as the European. . . Full story | | European shares plunged to
14-month lows on Friday following a global sell-off on growing
concerns the U.S. economy could be heading towards another
recession. . . Full story | | Gold edged up more than half a
percent on Friday as investors used bullion to shelter from the
storm engulfing financial markets on. . . Full story |
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SA Business | A South African judge on Friday ordered state utility Eskom to release details of an undisclosed pricing deal with mining giant. . . Full story | | South Africa's E. Oppenheimer family and Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings. . . Full story | | South Africa's government bonds weakened on Friday, with yields coming off nine-month lows as players took profits following this week's heavy. . . Full story | | More than 200,000 South African municipal workers will walk off the job from August 15 in a strike aimed at shutting. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's labour unions have so far
reached wage deals with gold, coal and diamond mining companies
to end strikes.. . . Full story | | Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is to pay $600 million to take control of the Argentina operations of South Africa's. . . Full story | | South Africa auctioned 3.825 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average yield of 5.56 percent, unchanged. . . Full story | | It is too early to say how the current uncertainty in global markets will affect South Africa and how monetary policymakers. . . Full story |
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| Diamond miners in South Africa returned to work on Friday after a 14-day strike, while a wage dispute at state power utility Eskom intensified, with unions threatening a strike that could. . . Full story | | South Africa's Standard Bank fell nearly 3 percent in early trade on Friday, as investors shrugged off the news it was selling down its stake in its Argentina operations.. . . Full story | | It is too early to say how the current uncertainty in global markets will affect South Africa and how monetary policymakers should respond to it, said Reserve. . . Full story |
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Company News | The Joint Provisional Liquidators of Pamodzi Gold Orkney (Pty) Ltd (in provisional liquidation) ("PGO") and China African Precious Metals (Pty) Ltd. . . Full story | | The company advised that Ms Ramani Naidoo has tendered her resignation as company secretary and group governance officer with effect from. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to an announcement released on SENS on 14 June 2011 wherein Afdawn shareholders were advised that the company. . . Full story | | The board has appointed Mr Richard Buchignani as a non-executive director with effect from 5 August 2011.. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders are referred to the 2011 interim results for Prudential plc released today, which contains the following information in respect of. . . Full story | | Spur Corporation announced in the press on 6 June 2011 that it planned to acquire a 60% stake in the Cappuccino's. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that, at the company's annual general meeting held on 4 August 2011, all the resolutions proposed thereat were. . . Full story | | Datatec announced the allotment of 20 950 ordinary R0.01 shares following the exercise of share options. Application has been made to. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Total revenue increased to R19.8 billion (R15.3 billion). Net attributable profit rose to R1.1 billion (R969 million). In addition, headline earnings. . . Full story | | Revenue increased from USD2.4 billion to USD3.2 billion in 2011. Gross profit rose to USD1.1 billion (June 2010: USD280 million) and. . . Full story | | Sales increased to USD1.8 billion (USD1.6 billion) and gross profit declined to USD163 million (USD288 million). Operating profit decreased to USD54. . . Full story | | Revenue for the half year ended 27 June 2011 reduced to R130 million from
R199. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:05 | 29256.75 | -344.86 | -1.17% | JSE Top 40 | 17:05 | 25993.94 | -284.43 | -1.08% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2486.14 | -47.18 | -1.86% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 20194.70 | -186.95 | -0.92% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 31081.60 | -103.70 | -0.33% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 25962.05 | -20.32 | -0.08% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 47494.03 | -1100.49 | -2.26% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 11420.00 | 99.00 | 0.87% | DJ Ind | 19:01 | 11465.19 | 81.51 | 0.72% | SP 500 | 19:10 | 1202.33 | 2.26 | 0.19% | Nasdaq | 19:10 | 2542.79 | -13.60 | -0.53% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5246.99 | -146.15 | -2.71% | DAX | 19:30 | 6236.16 | -178.60 | -2.78% | CAC40 | 19:30 | 3278.56 | -41.79 | -1.26% | Nikkei | 11:46 | 9299.88 | -359.30 | -3.72% | Shanghai | 11:46 | 2626.42 | -57.62 | -2.15% | Hang-Seng | 11:46 | 20946.14 | -938.60 | -4.29% | All Ords | 08:39 | 4169.70 | -183.20 | -4.21% | NZSE 50 | 11:46 | 3276.51 | -101.27 | -3.00% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1651.30 | 4.59 | 0.28% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 11355.83 | -61.17 | -0.54% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 365090 | -9631 | -2.57% | Silver | 20:00 | 37.8950 | -.8650 | -2.23% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1712.00 | -5.80 | -0.34% | Palladium | 19:59 | 738.00 | -6.00 | -0.81% | R157 | 17:00 | 7.15 | .05 | 0.70% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.87 | .10 | 1.22% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 108.59 | -.10 | -0.09% | Rand / Dollar | 20:00 | 6.8769 | -0.0572 | -0.82% | Rand / Pound | 19:59 | 11.2355 | -0.0124 | -0.11% | Rand / Euro | 19:59 | 9.8170 | 0.0410 | 0.42% | Rand / NZD | 19:59 | 5.8073 | 0.0409 | 0.71% | Rand / AUD | 19:59 | 7.2318 | -0.0220 | -0.30% | Yen / Dollar | 20:00 | 78.5800 | -0.4900 | -0.62% | Euro / Dollar | 19:59 | 0.7008 | -0.0085 | -1.20% | Dollar / Euro | 19:56 | 1.4265 | 0.0175 | 1.24% | Pound / Dollar | 19:59 | 0.6106 | -0.0042 | -0.68% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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05/08/2011 | 75 | 349 | 50 | 474 | 531,788,041 | R23,213,714,903 | 196854 | 2754610 | 04/08/2011 | 91 | 293 | 65 | 449 | 478,723,591 | R18,955,620,384 | 154441 | 2529938 | 03/08/2011 | 108 | 255 | 68 | 431 | 389,699,684 | R21,947,306,526 | 142168 | 2286336 | 02/08/2011 | 105 | 240 | 72 | 417 | 286,345,912 | R14,293,271,164 | 107043 | 2107619 | 01/08/2011 | 191 | 136 | 96 | 423 | 185,713,258 | R10,921,912,180 | 91439 | 1732371 |
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 25,993.94 | -284.43 | -1.08% | Industrial | 31,081.60 | -103.70 | -0.33% | Mid Cap | 40,426.72 | -633.84 | -1.54% | Small Cap | 30,919.87 | -561.42 | -1.78% | Resource 20 | 47,494.03 | -1100.49 | -2.26% | Industrial 25 | 25,962.05 | -20.32 | -0.08% | Financial 15 | 7,502.39 | -54.93 | -0.73% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 28,705.75 | -55.94 | -0.19% | All Share | 29,256.75 | -344.86 | -1.17% | Oil & Gas | 23,798.37 | -745.65 | -3.04% | Mining | 31,287.25 | -677.99 | -2.12% | Gold Mining | 2,486.14 | -47.18 | -1.86% | Platinum Mining | 60.81 | -.94 | -1.52% | GENERAL MINING | 7,761.90 | -179.11 | -2.26% | Oil & Gas Producers | 12,795.95 | -400.92 | -3.04% | Basic Materials | 26,580.55 | -551.78 | -2.03% | Chemicals | 13,181.58 | -185.24 | -1.39% | Forestry & Paper | 12,465.87 | -25.35 | -0.20% | Industrial Metals | 27,676.81 | -469.49 | -1.67% | Industrials | 26,420.05 | -185.90 | -0.70% | General Industrials | 72,683.66 | 288.51 | 0.40% | Consumer Goods | 25,480.37 | -223.04 | -0.87% | Automobiles & Parts | 3,826.93 | -20.39 | -0.53% | Household Goods | 136.64 | -0 | -0.23% | Health Care | 32,061.09 | -80.94 | -0.25% | Beverages | 80.03 | -1.16 | -1.43% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 47,440.85 | -531.65 | -1.11% | Personal Goods | 387.42 | -.30 | -0.08% | Consumer Services | 51,245.51 | 235.88 | 0.46% | General Retailers | 41,449.75 | -236.34 | -0.57% | Travel & Leisure | 3,620.01 | -83.95 | -2.27% | Media | 77.25 | 1.80 | 2.39% | Support Services | 2,262.79 | -66.32 | -2.85% | Telecommunications | 65,959.63 | 258.79 | 0.39% | Financials | 20,194.70 | -186.95 | -0.92% | Banks | 37,591.61 | 127.70 | 0.34% | Non-life Insurance | 29,583.89 | -484.99 | -1.61% | Life Insurance | 14,359.24 | -334.71 | -2.28% | General Financial | 2,085.00 | -33.23 | -1.57% | Technology | 21,404.03 | -352.98 | -1.62% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,834.18 | -82 | -2.82% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 2,906.74 | -80 | -2.68% | COAL MINING | 21,968.08 | -863 | -3.78% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 4,479.28 | -66 | -1.46% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,128.89 | -25 | -2.15% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 383.18 | | -0.98% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 311.96 | | -1.20% | RESOURCE | 26,306.66 | -604 | -2.24% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 160.82 | -2 | -1.34% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,038.76 | -133 | -2.16% | Capped Top 40 | 13,650.27 | -134 | -0.97% | Capped All Share | 14,781.37 | -169 | -1.13% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | ILV | ILLOVO SUGAR LIMITED | SELL | 03 Aug | LBH | LIBERTY HOLDINGS LTD ORD | HOLD | 03 Aug | CAT | CAXTON & CTP PUBLISHERS &... | BUY | 03 Aug | NPK | NAMPAK | HOLD | 03 Aug | ASA | ABSA GROUP LIMITED | BUY | 03 Aug |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 08 Aug 2011 | IFA | June 2011 (Interim) | 08 Aug 2011 | URONE | June 2011 (Interim) | 10 Aug 2011 | BELL | June 2011 (Interim) | 11 Aug 2011 | AQUARIUS | June 2011 (Final) | 11 Aug 2011 | AQUARIUSCVT | June 2011 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | FIRSTRANDB-P | 11-08-04 | 11-08-19 | 11-08-29 | R 3.0516 | LIB-HOLD | 11-08-04 | 11-08-26 | 11-09-05 | R 1.8200 | ANGLD | 11-08-04 | 11-08-26 | 11-09-09 | R 0.9000 | CAPCO | 11-08-03 | 11-08-19 | 11-09-20 | R 0.0050 | CAPITAL | 11-08-02 | 11-08-19 | 11-08-29 | R 0.3136 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ZURICH SA | 11-07-25 | 11-08-04 | 11-08-15 | R 1.0000 | FOORDCMPS | 11-07-20 | 11-08-04 | 11-08-15 | R 0.3000 | MAS | 11-07-15 | 11-07-29 | 11-08-12 | R 0.0214 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | CRG | Cargo Carriers Ltd | 05/08/2011 | Confirmed | AFP | Alexander Forbes Preference Share Invest... | 10/08/2011 | Confirmed | LEW | Lewis Group Ltd | 12/08/2011 | Confirmed |
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