Friday, 23 December 2011 - 20:00
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Nigeria sold 130.23 billion nairashort-dated treasury bills at an auction on Thursday, even as yields on the papers climbed again compared with the trend at the previous auction, the central bank said on Friday. Full story
South Africa's rand edged higher against the dollar and government bonds were also firmer in thin trading on Friday as domestic markets closed early ahead of an extended weekend. Full story |
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Suicide car bombers struck Damascus on Friday, officials said, killing 40 people, gutting buildings and sending human limbs flying in the bloodiest violence seen in Syria's capital since a revolt against President Bashar al-Assad began nine months ago. Full storyThousands of Egyptians rallied in Cairo and other cities Friday to demand the military give up power and vent their anger after 17 people were killed in protests where troops beat and clubbed women and men even as they lay on the ground. Full storyPakistan's powerful military pledged on Friday to continue supporting democracy, reiterating it was not planning a takeover as tensions grew over a controversial memo alleging an army plot to seize power. Full story |
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Markets | European shares turned in
their best weekly performance since early December on Friday on
optimism about a global recovery after some positive. . . Full story | | Wall Street stocks got a
lift on Friday, and oil prices edged higher, while U.S. Treasury
debt prices fell, with recent economic data. . . Full story | | European shares made their
best weekly performance since early December on Friday in thin
volume on global recovery optimism after a range of. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks edged
higher on Friday, with the S&P 500 on track
for a fourth straight day of gains as a batch of. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks rose at the
open on Friday, with the S&P 500 on track for a
fourth straight day of gains as modest. . . Full story | | Gold prices firmed a touch
in Europe on Friday, tracking gains in the euro as upbeat U.S.
data boosted interest in assets seen. . . Full story | | Britain's leading share
index posted solid gains on Friday's final half-day trading
session before Christmas, albeit in very thin volumes, with
technical factors the. . . Full story | | European stocks rose to
their highest in two weeks on Friday, tracking Wall Street gains
as the world's biggest economy showed further signs. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South African stocks ended a holiday-shortened session higher on Friday, gaining 0.8 percent as firmer commodity prices helped put the benchmark index at a break-even level for 2011.. . . Full story | | The rand was firm against the dollar in early trade on Friday but looked to close within last week's range as thin trade and lack of market-moving data see the local currency follow the euro's moves.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders were advised that Adcock's 2011 integrated report, containing the annual financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2011, has. . . Full story | | AMAP advise shareholders that the arbitration award handed down in favour of AMAP in respect of a claim by AMAP's subsidiary,. . . Full story | | The company's results for the year to December 2011 are expected to show an improvement of at least 20% from those. . . Full story | | Shareholders were informed on 30 September 2011 that Imperial had entered into an agreement, through its wholly owned subsidiary Imperial Mobility. . . Full story |
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| Business Day quoted Standard Bank Group Ltd's SBG Securities analyst Risto Ketola as saying that Old Mutual should pay a GBP15p or R2.00 special dividend following the sale of its Nordic units. Mr Ketola also expects Old Mutual's share price to. . . Full story | | Coal advised that the company has entered into a binding sale of shares agreement ("SSA") to effect the sale of the NiMag Group of companies, consisting of Nimag (Pty) Ltd ("NiMag") and Metalloy Resources Investments (Pty) Ltd (together "the NiMag Group"),. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue from continuing operations increased to R21.7 million (August 2010: R16.1 million) and gross profit rose to R7.8million (August 2010: R3.9 million). The net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders grew to R36 million (August 2010: loss of R37.5 million). In addition,. . . Full story | | Revenue more almost doubled to USD23.1 million (USD11.6 million). The gross loss from mining activities widened to USD5.2 million (loss of USD4.9 million) and the operating loss grew to USD7.7 million (loss of USD6.7 million). The net attributable loss narrowed to. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 12:00 | 32127.25 | 223.11 | 0.70% | JSE Top 40 | 12:00 | 28641.11 | 228.08 | 0.80% | JSE Gold | 12:00 | 2955.86 | 64.12 | 2.22% | JSE Financial | 12:00 | 22204.05 | 102.54 | 0.46% | JSE Industrial | 12:00 | 34311.39 | 250.94 | 0.74% | JSE Indust 25 | 12:00 | 28802.33 | 242.59 | 0.85% | JSE Resource | 12:00 | 51916.00 | 392.93 | 0.76% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 12195.00 | 92.00 | 0.76% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12261.34 | 91.69 | 0.75% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1262.78 | 8.78 | 0.70% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2615.40 | 15.95 | 0.61% | FTSE 100 | 14:35 | 5512.70 | 55.73 | 1.02% | DAX | 18:46 | 5873.12 | 81.59 | 1.41% | CAC40 | 18:46 | 3095.86 | 17.14 | 0.56% | Nikkei | 22/12 | 8395.16 | -64.82 | -0.77% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2204.78 | 18.49 | 0.85% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 18629.17 | 250.94 | 1.37% | All Ords | 05:42 | 4192.10 | 49.90 | 1.20% | NZSE 50 | 06:06 | 3215.50 | 8.26 | 0.26% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1604.93 | -.80 | -0.05% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 13046.64 | -88.78 | -0.68% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 419449 | -3277 | -0.78% | Silver | 19:59 | 29.0910 | .0660 | 0.23% | Platinum | 19:56 | 1421.48 | 3.45 | 0.24% | Palladium | 19:58 | 661.25 | 10.96 | 1.69% | R157 | 09:02 | 6.73 | -.02 | -0.30% | R204 | 09:02 | 7.66 | -.02 | -0.26% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 109.40 | .72 | 0.66% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.1291 | -0.0519 | -0.63% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.6725 | -0.1224 | -0.96% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.6115 | -0.0650 | -0.61% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.2987 | -0.0338 | -0.53% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.2688 | -0.0232 | -0.28% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 78.0550 | -0.1010 | -0.13% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7662 | 0.0002 | 0.03% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3055 | 0.0005 | 0.04% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6400 | 0.0024 | 0.38% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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23/12/2011 | 180 | 89 | 68 | 337 | 100,708,473 | R4,320,560,662 | 35266 | 864953 | 22/12/2011 | 201 | 124 | 67 | 392 | 169,444,392 | R7,673,463,808 | 69376 | 2302948 | 21/12/2011 | 162 | 178 | 78 | 418 | 262,993,376 | R9,617,018,432 | 88799 | 2545586 | 20/12/2011 | 176 | 146 | 74 | 396 | 227,046,661 | R10,155,927,000 | 89781 | 2216082 | 19/12/2011 | 128 | 214 | 73 | 415 | 310,949,150 | R18,127,790,145 | 106848 | 2526846 |
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 28,641.11 | 228.08 | 0.80% | Industrial | 34,311.39 | 250.94 | 0.74% | Mid Cap | 43,802.17 | 107.65 | 0.25% | Small Cap | 32,618.69 | -42.80 | -0.13% | Resource 20 | 51,916.00 | 392.93 | 0.76% | Industrial 25 | 28,802.33 | 242.59 | 0.85% | Financial 15 | 8,356.62 | 48.10 | 0.58% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 31,886.05 | 250.83 | 0.79% | All Share | 32,127.25 | 223.11 | 0.70% | Oil & Gas | 28,692.01 | 691.67 | 2.47% | Mining | 33,558.09 | 164.64 | 0.49% | Gold Mining | 2,955.86 | 64.12 | 2.22% | Platinum Mining | 61.05 | .68 | 1.13% | GENERAL MINING | 8,195.08 | -9.90 | -0.12% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,427.16 | 371.89 | 2.47% | Basic Materials | 28,408.18 | 146.31 | 0.52% | Chemicals | 13,722.30 | 49.80 | 0.36% | Forestry & Paper | 11,670.26 | 140.63 | 1.22% | Industrial Metals | 30,089.04 | 191.89 | 0.64% | Industrials | 28,478.07 | 192.82 | 0.68% | General Industrials | 80,231.74 | 729.62 | 0.92% | Consumer Goods | 29,306.01 | 332.62 | 1.15% | Automobiles & Parts | 4,408.90 | 4.53 | 0.10% | Household Goods | 150.18 | 2 | 1.10% | Health Care | 35,507.17 | 314.05 | 0.89% | Beverages | 97.60 | 1.57 | 1.63% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 55,064.41 | -152.69 | -0.28% | Personal Goods | 412.49 | 3.80 | 0.93% | Consumer Services | 57,785.33 | 158.51 | 0.28% | General Retailers | 48,318.45 | 8.96 | 0.02% | Travel & Leisure | 3,744.03 | 12.93 | 0.35% | Media | 78.35 | .81 | 1.04% | Support Services | 2,151.40 | .00 | 0.00% | Telecommunications | 68,178.72 | 263.40 | 0.39% | Financials | 22,204.05 | 102.54 | 0.46% | Banks | 40,883.55 | 181.48 | 0.45% | Non-life Insurance | 34,215.47 | 19.40 | 0.06% | Life Insurance | 17,772.22 | 137.52 | 0.78% | General Financial | 2,095.09 | 12.78 | 0.61% | Technology | 25,430.46 | 4.31 | 0.02% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,061.63 | 24 | 0.80% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,132.41 | 23 | 0.74% | COAL MINING | 23,097.56 | 194 | 0.85% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 4,722.44 | 20 | 0.42% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,218.74 | 12 | 0.96% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 389.82 | | 0.15% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 317.12 | | 0.03% | RESOURCE | 28,681.70 | 222 | 0.78% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 176.69 | 1 | 0.34% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,673.58 | 53 | 0.80% | Capped Top 40 | 15,082.86 | 129 | 0.87% | Capped All Share | 16,240.60 | 116 | 0.72% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | TSH | TSOGO SUN HOLDINGS LIMITE... | BUY | 20 Dec | GRT | GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LI... | HOLD | 20 Dec | SOL | SASOL LIMITED | BUY | 20 Dec | ALT | ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMIT... | HOLD | 20 Dec | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | HOLD | 20 Dec |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 30 Dec 2011 | CULINAN5.5 | September 2011 (Final) | 30 Dec 2011 | CULINANPR | September 2011 (Final) | 30 Dec 2011 | CULLINAN | September 2011 (Final) | 30 Dec 2011 | CULPREF3 | September 2011 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TELEMASTR | 11-12-21 | 12-01-13 | 12-01-23 | R 0.0100 | GRANPRADE | 11-12-13 | 12-01-06 | 12-01-16 | R 0.6000 | NAMPAK 6%P | 11-12-08 | 12-01-20 | 12-01-30 | R 0.0600 | NAMPAK 6.5 | 11-12-08 | 12-01-20 | 12-01-30 | R 0.0650 | PBT | 11-11-30 | 11-12-29 | 12-01-09 | R 0.0333 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | CLOVERPREF | 11-12-07 | 11-12-21 | 12-01-03 | R 0.0586 | LIBHOLD11 | 11-12-05 | 11-12-21 | 12-01-03 | R 0.0550 | SALLIES-C | 11-12-07 | 11-12-21 | 12-01-03 | R 0.0252 |
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