Thursday, 29 September 2011 - 20:00
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South African stocks ended lower for a second straight session after choppy trade on Tuesday as investors fled emerging markets and worse-than-expected producer inflation figures hit banks. Full story
Revenue increased to R81.5 million (2010: R76.3 million). Gross profit rose to R53.4 million (2010: R48.9 million), operating profit grew to R6.3 million (2010: R4.7 million), while total comprehensive income attributable to equity holders of the parent was slightly higher at R2.6 million (2 Full story |
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Typhoon Nesat hit Hainan island in south China on Thursday after it swept past Hong Kong, closing financial markets, schools and most businesses in one of Asia's most biggest financial centres. Full storyU.S. military action against insurgents in Pakistan would be unacceptable and the country's army would be capable of responding, intelligence chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha told a meeting of political leaders in Islamabad, according to media reports. Full storyLibyan interim government forces recaptured the airport in Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace, on Thursday, amid mounting concern for civilians trapped inside the besieged city. Full story |
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Markets | Upbeat economic news from
the United States and a stronger euro-zone bailout fund lifted
investor sentiment on Thursday, supporting most stock indexes
and the. . . Full story | | The Dow and S&P 500 rose on
Thursday on stronger-than-expected economic data and German
lawmakers' approval to strengthen the euro zone's crisis fund,
while. . . Full story | | European shares rose on Thursday
after better-than-expected U.S. economic data eased some market
worries about slowing growth, prompting a reverse of early falls
for. . . Full story | | Gold rose nearly 1
percent on Thursday on optimism that Germany's vote to beef up
the euro zone's bailout fund should avert that. . . Full story |
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| Britain's leading share index
fell back on Thursday, bucking firmer trends from both U.S. and
European equity markets and under pressure from big. . . Full story | | European stocks dipped on
Thursday, led lower by cyclical shares on nagging concerns over
the global economy, eclipsing a rally in banking shares. . . Full story | | China's stock market dropped
1.1 percent on Thursday to a nearly 15-month closing low,
weighed down by commodity and construction-related stocks, as
weakness in. . . Full story | | The Nikkei average reversed
losses to retake the 8,700 level for the first time in over a
week, on a rush of buying. . . Full story |
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SA Business | New Zambian President Michael Sata fired his respected central bank governor on Thursday and his new mines minister floated plans to. . . Full story | | Shares of South Africa's Telkom tumbled to their lowest in 2-1/2 years on Thursday after the struggling fixed-line operator warned of. . . Full story | | The tax the Zambian government is getting from mines in Africa's top copper producer is not enough and may need to. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar on Thursday with dealers expecting it to maintain its gains and make another attempt. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand extended its early gains on the dollar on Thursday but met resistance at 7.80 as investors opted to. . . Full story | | South Africa's Allied Technologies has replaced the head of its Kenyan data unit and named a new team to lead its. . . Full story | | | | South Africa grain futures edged lower on Thursday, tracking the fall in U.S. prices, but the local market was seen getting. . . Full story |
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| Harmony Gold, South Africa's third-largest gold miner, said on Thursday it had restarted most of the operations at its Evander mine. . . Full story | | South Africa needs to look in other parts of the world and diversify its trade and not focus only on Europe,. . . Full story | | Growth in credit demand by South Africa's private sector quickened to 6.06 percent year-on-year in August from 5.65 percent in July,. . . Full story | | South African gold miner Anglogold Ashanti will invest $250 million each year through 2016 to raise its Brazilian output of the. . . Full story |
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Company News | Further to Shoprite's results for the year ended 30 June 2011, published on 23 August 2011, the annual report was posted. . . Full story | | PSV advises that, at the annual general meeting held today ("Thursday, 29 September 2011"), ordinary resolutions numbers 1 and 2 and. . . Full story | | Afdawn advised shareholders that the company expects a turnaround in the loss per share ("LPS") and headline loss per share ("HLPS"). . . Full story | | Omnia announced the appointment of Mr Ronald Clifford Bowen as an independent non-executive director to the board of the company with. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders were advised that the annual financial statements will be distributed to shareholders on 29 September 2011 and contain no modifications. . . Full story | | Taste is currently finalising its results for the six months ended 31 August 2011 and shareholders are advised that the directors. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcements dated 03 February 2011, 14 March 2011, 15 April 2011, 26 May 2011, 6 July 2011. . . Full story | | Merafe is hosting a site visit today for institutional investors to its Lion ferrochrome plant in Limpopo Province. No new trading. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue increased by 1% to R4 828 million (R4 788 million), but earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation ("EBITDA") fell. . . Full story | | Net interest income rose by 63% to R1.5 billion (R914.2 million). Operating profit before tax was up by 71% to R718.7. . . Full story | | Sales revenue for the interim period ended 30 June 2011 Increased to USD48.8 million (2010: USD45.2 million). A loss from operations. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2011 surged to R792.1 million (2010: R542.1 million). Gross profit rose to R250.5 million. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:02 | 29688.89 | -650.14 | -2.14% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 26405.63 | -647.60 | -2.39% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2714.92 | -99.91 | -3.55% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 20641.86 | -403.94 | -1.92% | JSE Industrial | 17:02 | 31584.32 | -778.43 | -2.41% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 26504.24 | -768.78 | -2.82% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 47966.65 | -942.01 | -1.93% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 11015.00 | 58.00 | 0.53% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 11086.70 | 75.80 | 0.69% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1152.31 | 1.25 | 0.11% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2459.14 | -32.44 | -1.30% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5196.84 | -20.79 | -0.40% | DAX | 18:06 | 5639.58 | 11.14 | 0.20% | CAC40 | 18:06 | 3027.65 | 32.03 | 1.07% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 8701.23 | 91.28 | 1.06% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2365.34 | -26.72 | -1.12% | Hang-Seng | 09:06 | 18011.06 | -119.49 | -0.66% | All Ords | 08:39 | 4067.90 | -29.80 | -0.73% | NZSE 50 | 06:46 | 3300.17 | 7.34 | 0.22% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1616.00 | 9.67 | 0.60% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 12850.27 | 187.77 | 1.48% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 413136 | -4779 | -1.14% | Silver | 19:59 | 30.4980 | .6480 | 2.17% | Platinum | 19:58 | 1520.75 | -.60 | -0.04% | Palladium | 19:58 | 618.00 | 1.97 | 0.32% | R157 | 16:02 | 6.88 | .03 | 0.44% | R204 | 17:06 | 7.93 | .05 | 0.63% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 106.17 | -.42 | -0.39% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.9519 | 0.0728 | 0.92% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.3939 | 0.1155 | 0.94% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.7960 | 0.0975 | 0.91% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.1038 | 0.0012 | 0.02% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 7.7548 | 0.0208 | 0.27% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 76.6910 | 0.1860 | 0.24% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7364 | -0.0027 | -0.37% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3575 | 0.0048 | 0.35% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6400 | -0.0020 | -0.31% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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29/09/2011 | 119 | 240 | 66 | 425 | 285,644,825 | R13,005,600,239 | 122857 | 3150586 | 28/09/2011 | 165 | 183 | 78 | 426 | 245,121,585 | R11,723,965,394 | 105084 | 3008022 | 27/09/2011 | 261 | 112 | 82 | 455 | 324,128,466 | R15,194,670,689 | 118382 | 3003265 | 26/09/2011 | 139 | 223 | 82 | 444 | 446,064,084 | R14,236,072,927 | 120183 | 3511827 | 23/09/2011 | 111 | 259 | 66 | 436 | 360,263,164 | R17,681,511,150 | 148007 | 3381375 |
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 26,405.63 | -647.60 | -2.39% | Industrial | 31,584.32 | -778.43 | -2.41% | Mid Cap | 40,821.32 | -406.41 | -0.99% | Small Cap | 31,139.51 | -16.18 | -0.05% | Resource 20 | 47,966.65 | -942.01 | -1.93% | Industrial 25 | 26,504.24 | -768.78 | -2.82% | Financial 15 | 7,696.51 | -181.48 | -2.30% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 29,352.40 | -823.01 | -2.73% | All Share | 29,688.89 | -650.14 | -2.14% | Oil & Gas | 24,942.22 | -461.04 | -1.81% | Mining | 31,387.45 | -632.40 | -1.98% | Gold Mining | 2,714.92 | -99.91 | -3.55% | Platinum Mining | 61.56 | -.85 | -1.36% | GENERAL MINING | 7,577.22 | -127.53 | -1.66% | Oil & Gas Producers | 13,410.97 | -247.89 | -1.81% | Basic Materials | 26,536.87 | -538.70 | -1.99% | Chemicals | 12,420.14 | 6.11 | 0.05% | Forestry & Paper | 12,111.31 | -255.36 | -2.06% | Industrial Metals | 25,939.05 | -734.70 | -2.75% | Industrials | 26,208.54 | -577.03 | -2.15% | General Industrials | 72,566.20 | -1924.10 | -2.58% | Consumer Goods | 26,695.77 | -731.97 | -2.67% | Automobiles & Parts | 3,645.78 | 47.56 | 1.32% | Household Goods | 142.99 | -3 | -1.87% | Health Care | 33,773.12 | -159.09 | -0.47% | Beverages | 87.82 | -1.63 | -1.82% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 48,784.88 | 236.64 | 0.49% | Personal Goods | 381.53 | -21.17 | -5.26% | Consumer Services | 52,471.59 | -981.27 | -1.84% | General Retailers | 42,368.23 | -448.31 | -1.05% | Travel & Leisure | 3,427.41 | -37.46 | -1.08% | Media | 76.37 | -3.23 | -4.06% | Support Services | 2,189.02 | 11.12 | 0.51% | Telecommunications | 64,632.81 | -2377.53 | -3.55% | Financials | 20,641.86 | -403.94 | -1.92% | Banks | 38,347.00 | -1265.15 | -3.19% | Non-life Insurance | 33,706.24 | -218.24 | -0.64% | Life Insurance | 15,286.19 | -261.67 | -1.68% | General Financial | 2,050.12 | -22.34 | -1.08% | Technology | 23,072.96 | 145.06 | 0.63% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,835.13 | -72 | -2.49% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 2,907.21 | -69 | -2.33% | COAL MINING | 24,546.44 | -207 | -0.84% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 4,488.62 | 15 | 0.34% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,100.60 | -14 | -1.25% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 375.06 | | -0.48% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 309.98 | | -0.02% | RESOURCE | 26,547.66 | -529 | -1.95% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 163.12 | -2 | -1.34% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,141.41 | -141 | -2.25% | Capped Top 40 | 13,912.36 | -347 | -2.44% | Capped All Share | 15,013.24 | -330 | -2.15% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | NPK | NAMPAK | HOLD | 27 Sep | ASA | ABSA GROUP LIMITED | BUY | 27 Sep | SHF | STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL H... | BUY | 27 Sep | EMI | EMIRA PROPERTY FUND | HOLD | 27 Sep | FSR | FIRSTRAND LIMITED | BUY | 27 Sep |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 30 Sep 2011 | ACCENT | June 2012 (Final) | 30 Sep 2011 | AWETHU | June 2011 (Final) | 30 Sep 2011 | BOWCALF | June 2011 (Final) | 30 Sep 2011 | CAPEMR | June 2011 (Interim) | 30 Sep 2011 | DON | June 2011 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | PAN-AF | 11-09-28 | 11-11-04 | 11-11-25 | R 0.0051 | EXCELL | 11-09-28 | 11-10-28 | 11-11-07 | R 0.0400 | CAPITEC | 11-09-28 | 11-11-25 | 11-12-05 | R 1.2500 | AFRO-C | 11-09-27 | 11-11-18 | 11-11-28 | R 0.0900 | BSI STEEL | 11-09-27 | 11-10-14 | 11-10-24 | R 0.0200 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | A-V-I | 11-09-05 | 11-09-23 | 11-10-03 | R 0.7500 | BIPSTOP40 | 11-08-31 | 11-09-23 | 11-10-03 | R 0.2904 | GROUP 5 | 11-08-15 | 11-09-23 | 11-10-03 | R 0.2000 | MUSTEK | 11-08-26 | 11-09-23 | 11-10-03 | R 0.1700 | BIPINF | 11-08-31 | 11-09-23 | 11-10-03 | R 0.1433 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | PSV | PSV Holdings Ltd | 29/09/2011 | Confirmed | ART | Argent Industrial Ltd | 29/09/2011 | Confirmed | CSP | Chemical Specialities Ltd | 29/09/2011 | Confirmed | CMO | Chrometco Ltd | 30/09/2011 | Confirmed | APKP | Astrapak Ltd | 30/09/2011 | Confirmed |
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