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South African stocks rose for the second straight session on Thursday, consolidating gains as global markets firmed on hopes that European policymakers would take coordinated steps to support banks there. Full story
South Africa's rand fell as much as 1.4 percent against the dollar on Thursday as a survey pointed to a decline in business confidence and in line with a weaker euro, before recouping those losses in volatile trade. Full story |
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Snipers loyal to Muammar Gaddafi held back government forces trying to capture his hometown on Thursday and the deposed leader warned the heads of the developing world who have recognised Libya's new rulers that they would face a similar fate to his own. Full storySweden's most famous living poet Tomas Transtromer won the Nobel prize for literature on Thursday, more than 20 years after a stroke severely limited his speech and movement but not the power of his writing. Full storyWakil Ahmad Muttawakil, a former right hand man to the reclusive, one-eyed leader of the Taliban, believes there is only one way to end a decade of fighting in Afghanistan. Return the hardline Islamists to power. Full story |
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Markets | Global stocks rallied for a
third straight day and oil prices rose on Thursday after the
European Central Bank renewed offers to aid. . . Full story | | European shares rose on Thursday
to hit a five-week closing high, with banks among the best
performers on hopes policymakers will come up. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Thursday
after the European Central Bank launched fresh liquidity
measures to help banks weather the euro zone's debt crisis,
easing. . . Full story | | Britain's top shares advanced on
Thursday as sentiment was lifted by hopes policymakers will take
the necessary measures to stabilise stressed European banks. . . Full story |
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| Gold rose for a second
session on Thursday, boosted by a rally in stocks and
commodities after the European Central Bank launched liquidity
measures. . . Full story | | European shares rose on Thursday
to hit their highest close in five weeks, led by miners as the
Bank of England launched fresh. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks fell at the open on
Thursday as traders reacted to developments from the European
Central Bank, including moves to ease bank. . . Full story | | World stocks kept a firmer tone on
Thursday after the Bank of England surprised the market by
launching a fresh round of monetary. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Zambia has lifted a ban on metal exports, just two days after imposing it to sort out irregularities and increase transparency. . . Full story | | Absa Group, the South African bank majority owned by British lender Barclays, said it would merge its business and retail banking. . . Full story | | Millions of Airtel Nigeria subscribers were without mobile phone coverage this week following a dispute between workers and the company, which. . . Full story | | South African telecommunications group MTN has raised its shareholding in its Rwandan unit to 80 percent as the Rwandan government has. . . Full story |
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| South Africa has tapped the head of risk management at a local investment bank as its next banking regulator, the central. . . Full story | | South Africa is contemplating a carbon
tax to reduce its carbon footprint. Below are some details on
South Africa's emissions profile and the. . . Full story | | South Africa's carbon tax
plan is running headlong into a clash with its job creation
plans, putting the government in a bind ahead. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand fell 1.2 percent against the dollar on Thursday after a survey pointed to a decline in domestic business. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's business confidence edged down for the third straight month in September, dipping to 98.4 from 98.6 index points in August, according to a survey by the South African Chamber. . . Full story | | South African state-owned
logistics group Transnet controls the country's rail
and port infrastructure. Below are some facts about Transnet and
its key rail projects.. . . Full story | | For all the confidence in China's
resilience to global economic shocks over the past decade, some
investors are now starting to worry about a hard landing for the
high-flying economic giant.. . . Full story |
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Company News | In the interim period ended 31 August 2011, the Group benefited from an expanded customer base within the general distribution segment,. . . Full story | | On 5 October 2011 Bernardine Elizabeth De Beer has tendered her resignation as financial director of Evraz, part of the Evraz. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcement dated 25 August 2011 shareholders are advised that negotiations are still in progress which, if successfully. . . Full story | | Business Day reported that Anglo has acquired full ownership of its Peace River Coal partnership in British Columbia by buying the. . . Full story |
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| Business Report noted that Foschini has bought luxury menswear brand Fabiani. The acquisition will allow Foschini to expand its offering to wealthy customers and give additional support to the group's expansion plans. Foschini CFO Ronnie Stein said the group's brands mainly. . . Full story | | On the listing of Blue Label in 2007, Microsoft Corporation ("Microsoft") subscribed for 91 851 852 Blue Label shares at a price of R6.75 per share. On 5 October 2011, Blue Label entered into an agreement with Microsoft ("share buy-back agreement"). . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue declined dramatically to R90 million (R171.5 million). A loss from operations of R22.4 million (profit of R10 million) was made. The net attributable loss more than tripled to R34.5 million (loss of R9.2 million). In addition, the headline loss per. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period ended 31 August 2011 increased to R453.6 million (2010: R412 million). Gross profit decreased to R48 million (2010: R51.1 million), operating profit fell to R17.5 million (2010: R21.8 million), while total comprehensive income attributable to equity. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 29888.87 | 420.31 | 1.43% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 26674.15 | 440.35 | 1.68% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2741.60 | 3.16 | 0.12% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 20731.13 | 194.51 | 0.95% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 31646.07 | 371.80 | 1.19% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 26642.91 | 383.70 | 1.46% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 48635.90 | 971.02 | 2.04% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 10940.00 | 96.00 | 0.89% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 11027.14 | 87.19 | 0.80% | SP 500 | 19:56 | 1154.55 | 10.52 | 0.92% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2488.00 | 27.49 | 1.12% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5291.26 | 189.09 | 3.71% | DAX | 18:06 | 5645.25 | 172.22 | 3.15% | CAC40 | 18:06 | 3075.37 | 101.47 | 3.41% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 8522.02 | 139.04 | 1.66% | Shanghai | 05/10 | 2359.47 | .25 | 0.01% | Hang-Seng | 09:46 | 17128.45 | 878.18 | 5.40% | All Ords | 07:37 | 4132.10 | 139.60 | 3.50% | NZSE 50 | 06:46 | 3346.21 | 18.09 | 0.54% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:57 | 1649.75 | 8.82 | 0.54% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 13110.07 | 59.85 | 0.46% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 421489 | 7229 | 1.74% | Silver | 19:58 | 31.9030 | 1.4880 | 4.89% | Platinum | 19:58 | 1509.00 | 22.50 | 1.51% | Palladium | 19:58 | 599.25 | 32.75 | 5.78% | R157 | 16:00 | 6.80 | -.02 | -0.29% | R204 | 17:06 | 7.93 | .01 | 0.13% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 105.07 | 2.45 | 2.39% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 7.9467 | -0.0059 | -0.07% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.2127 | -0.0719 | -0.59% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.6676 | 0.0380 | 0.36% | Rand / NZD | 19:57 | 6.1091 | 0.0081 | 0.13% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 7.7370 | 0.0407 | 0.53% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 76.6690 | -0.1110 | -0.14% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7445 | -0.0044 | -0.59% | Dollar / Euro | 19:57 | 1.3423 | 0.0079 | 0.59% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6486 | 0.0022 | 0.34% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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06/10/2011 | 224 | 119 | 71 | 414 | 292,484,257 | R16,823,576,216 | 122944 | 3312569 | 05/10/2011 | 177 | 173 | 79 | 429 | 294,756,850 | R13,474,859,930 | 114803 | 3212100 | 04/10/2011 | 84 | 289 | 65 | 438 | 348,539,112 | R14,855,231,660 | 136212 | 3146716 | 03/10/2011 | 198 | 182 | 67 | 447 | 310,747,175 | R12,673,282,800 | 125660 | 3091086 | 30/09/2011 | 182 | 189 | 72 | 443 | 357,259,565 | R20,021,170,857 | 142842 | 3252798 |
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 26,674.15 | 440.35 | 1.68% | Industrial | 31,646.07 | 371.80 | 1.19% | Mid Cap | 40,363.87 | 61.77 | 0.15% | Small Cap | 30,932.96 | 37.82 | 0.12% | Resource 20 | 48,635.90 | 971.02 | 2.04% | Industrial 25 | 26,642.91 | 383.70 | 1.46% | Financial 15 | 7,718.84 | 78.06 | 1.02% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 29,536.74 | 408.96 | 1.40% | All Share | 29,888.87 | 420.31 | 1.43% | Oil & Gas | 24,866.26 | 606.91 | 2.50% | Mining | 31,900.85 | 588.94 | 1.88% | Gold Mining | 2,741.60 | 3.16 | 0.12% | Platinum Mining | 60.21 | .00 | 0.00% | GENERAL MINING | 7,791.72 | 210.75 | 2.78% | Oil & Gas Producers | 13,370.13 | 326.33 | 2.50% | Basic Materials | 26,932.79 | 495.55 | 1.87% | Chemicals | 12,408.71 | 35.82 | 0.29% | Forestry & Paper | 11,891.98 | 386.55 | 3.36% | Industrial Metals | 26,236.98 | 317.91 | 1.23% | Industrials | 25,822.85 | -21.53 | -0.08% | General Industrials | 71,918.57 | -145.56 | -0.20% | Consumer Goods | 27,305.15 | 642.69 | 2.41% | Automobiles & Parts | 3,577.84 | -22.65 | -0.63% | Household Goods | 143.56 | -1 | -0.40% | Health Care | 33,481.91 | -6.98 | -0.02% | Beverages | 92.32 | 3.35 | 3.77% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 49,021.63 | 211.36 | 0.43% | Personal Goods | 377.03 | 5.59 | 1.50% | Consumer Services | 51,778.35 | 551.80 | 1.08% | General Retailers | 41,334.32 | 437.49 | 1.07% | Travel & Leisure | 3,402.16 | -.39 | -0.01% | Media | 75.94 | 1.10 | 1.47% | Support Services | 2,175.52 | 1.91 | 0.09% | Telecommunications | 64,409.64 | -49.93 | -0.08% | Financials | 20,731.13 | 194.51 | 0.95% | Banks | 39,015.96 | 416.20 | 1.08% | Non-life Insurance | 33,107.29 | -598.95 | -1.78% | Life Insurance | 15,093.08 | 127.33 | 0.85% | General Financial | 2,009.07 | 22.72 | 1.14% | Technology | 22,474.60 | -3.58 | -0.02% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,860.45 | 44 | 1.58% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 2,925.61 | 41 | 1.41% | COAL MINING | 22,269.71 | 90 | 0.41% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 4,469.42 | 3 | 0.07% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,091.59 | 5 | 0.45% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 379.38 | | 0.49% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 312.64 | | 0.70% | RESOURCE | 26,910.70 | 519 | 1.96% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 161.20 | 0 | 0.14% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,181.80 | 97 | 1.59% | Capped Top 40 | 14,029.35 | 220 | 1.60% | Capped All Share | 15,103.02 | 208 | 1.39% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | SAP | SAPPI LIMITED | HOLD | 05 Oct | AFE | A E C I LIMITED | HOLD | 04 Oct | NED | NEDBANK GROUP LTD | HOLD | 03 Oct | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | SELL | 03 Oct | AIP | ADCOCK INGRAM HLGS LD | HOLD | 03 Oct |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 10 Oct 2011 | PSG | August 2011 (Interim) | 10 Oct 2011 | PSGFIN PREF | August 2011 (Interim) | 10 Oct 2011 | TASTE | August 2011 (Interim) | 11 Oct 2011 | METMAR | August 2011 (Interim) | 12 Oct 2011 | DATATEC | August 2011 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | DCENTRIX | 11-10-04 | 11-10-21 | 11-10-31 | R 0.1340 | INSIMBI | 11-10-04 | 11-10-21 | 11-10-31 | R 0.0200 | NTC PREF | 11-10-03 | 11-10-21 | 11-10-31 | R 3.3842 | PHUMELELA | 11-09-30 | 11-10-14 | 11-10-24 | R 0.4300 | BOWCALF | 11-09-30 | 11-10-21 | 11-10-31 | R 0.2000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ASTRAPAKP | 11-09-09 | 11-09-30 | 11-10-10 | R 3.6493 | SASFIN-P | 11-09-14 | 11-09-30 | 11-10-10 | R 3.3473 | CERAMIC | 11-09-08 | 11-09-30 | 11-10-10 | R 1.6000 | MMI HLDGS | 11-09-13 | 11-09-30 | 11-10-10 | R 0.6300 | SPURCORP | 11-09-08 | 11-09-30 | 11-10-10 | R 0.3300 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | SNV | Santova Logistics Ltd | 06/10/2011 | Confirmed | VMK | Verimark Holdings Ltd | 06/10/2011 | Confirmed | RBX | Raubex Group Ltd | 07/10/2011 | Confirmed | ADW | African Dawn Capital Ltd | 07/10/2011 | Confirmed | BFS | Blue Financial Services Ltd | 10/10/2011 | Confirmed |
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