Thursday, 19 January 2012 - 20:00
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South Africa's All-Share index booked its third straight record closing high on Thursday, edging up 0.11 percent as Standard Bank and other major lenders were lifted by a global rally in banking shares. Full story
South Africa's Reserve Bank left its repo rate unchanged at 5.5 percent on Thursday as expected, with concerns about a slowing economy off-setting the pressures from inflation, which is likely to stay outside its target band for longer than previously expected. Full story |
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Iran's foreign minister warned Arab neighbours on Thursday not to put themselves in a "dangerous position" by aligning themselves too closely with the United States in the escalating dispute over Tehran's nuclear activity. Full storyTexas Governor Rick Perry dropped out of the race for the 2012 Republican U.S. presidential nomination on Thursday after a series of gaffes and controversies undercut the campaign of the one-time frontrunner. He endorsed former rival Newt Gingrich. Full storyPakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned a contempt hearing for Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in a case that could push him from office and is adding to growing pressure on the unpopular civilian government. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks rose on
Thursday, putting the S&P on track for its third straight
advance after earnings from Bank of America and. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index
closed higher on Thursday, led by banks after bullish earnings
from their U.S. peers and with hopes building that. . . Full story | | European shares advanced
for a fourth straight session on Thursday as strong auctions of
euro zone debt and encouraging results from top U.S.. . . Full story | | World stocks and the euro
rose on Thursday as solid European bond auctions
eased worries about the euro zone debt crisis, while encouraging
earnings. . . Full story |
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| Gold edged lower on
Thursday as the euro's retreat from highs in the wake of U.S.
economic data prompted some buyers to cash. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks edged
higher at the open on Thursday after Bank of
America and Morgan Stanley reported earnings and as strong
demand at European. . . Full story | | European stocks rose on
Thursday in brisk volume, as strong demand and falling yields at
Spanish and French debt sales soothed worries over. . . Full story | | European shares rose for a
fourth straight session to trade near a 5-1/2-month high on
Thursday on hopes Greece would reach an agreement. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Zambia has robust maize stocks and sees little risk in using them to partly fill a regional gap as a supply. . . Full story | | Global brewer SABMiller reported a 3 percent rise in beer volumes in the last three months of 2011, as growth in. . . Full story | | | | Spot gold edged higher on Thursday, on course for a fourth session of gains, supported by hopes of increased funding from. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's government bonds weakened and yields edged higher, while the rand firmed slightly after the Reserve Bank kept its key. . . Full story | | South Africa's third-largest mobile operator, Cell C, has named the former head of Vodacom as its new chief executive, turning to. . . Full story | | | | The South African rand held firm near two month highs against the dollar on Thursday, boosted by strong commodity prices and. . . Full story |
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| South African government bonds firmed on Wednesday, bringing yields down across the curve as the market trimmed its rate increase expectations after softer than expected data.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Trustco shareholders are advised that all three resolutions tabled at the special general meeting of Thursday, 19 January 2012, as set. . . Full story | | The company announced that Rene Medori, finance director of the company, was appointed as a non executive director of Petrofac Ltd. . . Full story | | At the eighth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the company (the "AGM") held today, all the ordinary and special. . . Full story | | De Beers announced its appointment of Gareth Mostyn as CFO. Gareth is currently group head of corporate finance at Anglo and. . . Full story |
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| Following the announcement made by the company on SENS, informing shareholders of the acquisition by Blackstar Group SE of 28% of Mvela Group's issued ordinary share capital and changes made to. . . Full story | | Amplats is currently finalising its results for the year ended 31 December 2011 ("the period"), which will be released on SENS on or about 13 February 2012. Following the achievement of. . . Full story | | Business Day reported that Pick n Pay has entered into a partnership with BankservAfrica regarding a money transfer deal. The arrangement will aim to allow customers to transfer money between two. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Investment income dropped to R86 million (R93.9 million) but realised trading profits rose to R65.8 million (R43.8 million). Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the company fell to R12 million (R13 million) and earnings per share decreased to 136.4cps (147.7cps).
Interest payment
Notice is hereby given that a debenture interest payment (number 49) of 49.606 cents per debenture in respect of the six months ended 31 December 2011. The board has resolved that debenture holde. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33586.15 | 36.06 | 0.11% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 30007.86 | 38.55 | 0.13% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2885.18 | -61.21 | -2.08% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 23524.11 | 205.90 | 0.88% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 35093.19 | -19.01 | -0.05% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 29391.66 | -20.66 | -0.07% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 55538.82 | -27.30 | -0.05% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 12540.00 | 36.00 | 0.29% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12600.29 | 21.34 | 0.17% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1313.91 | 5.87 | 0.45% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2790.77 | 21.06 | 0.76% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5741.15 | 38.78 | 0.68% | DAX | 19:06 | 6416.26 | 61.69 | 0.97% | CAC40 | 19:06 | 3328.94 | 64.01 | 1.96% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 8639.68 | 89.10 | 1.04% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2296.08 | 29.69 | 1.31% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 19942.95 | 256.03 | 1.30% | All Ords | 07:17 | 4278.60 | -2.00 | -0.05% | NZSE 50 | 07:06 | 3264.74 | 17.24 | 0.53% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1652.67 | -7.40 | -0.45% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 13065.51 | -141.21 | -1.07% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 420056 | -1508 | -0.36% | Silver | 19:59 | 30.4230 | .0650 | 0.21% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1511.00 | -7.00 | -0.46% | Palladium | 19:59 | 674.75 | 8.25 | 1.24% | R157 | 17:06 | 6.66 | -.01 | -0.15% | R204 | 17:06 | 7.62 | -.02 | -0.26% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 109.98 | -.64 | -0.58% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.9057 | -0.0492 | -0.62% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.2012 | -0.0430 | -0.35% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.2212 | -0.0042 | -0.04% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.3450 | -0.0393 | -0.62% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.2333 | -0.0597 | -0.72% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 77.2380 | 0.4570 | 0.60% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7736 | -0.0041 | -0.53% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.2930 | 0.0076 | 0.59% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6464 | -0.0015 | -0.23% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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19/01/2012 | 196 | 157 | 88 | 441 | 301,151,526 | R18,376,662,243 | 134493 | 2009824 | 18/01/2012 | 186 | 148 | 85 | 419 | 298,168,677 | R15,968,230,855 | 115329 | 2316915 | 17/01/2012 | 234 | 119 | 68 | 421 | 247,149,350 | R13,046,681,084 | 103346 | 1725911 | 16/01/2012 | 193 | 141 | 75 | 409 | 148,686,393 | R8,209,738,647 | 72543 | 2130728 | 13/01/2012 | 174 | 170 | 70 | 414 | 195,429,084 | R11,916,728,085 | 87447 | 2291739 |
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 30,007.86 | 38.55 | 0.13% | Industrial | 35,093.19 | -19.01 | -0.05% | Mid Cap | 45,276.37 | -6.00 | -0.01% | Small Cap | 33,741.49 | 23.97 | 0.07% | Resource 20 | 55,538.82 | -27.30 | -0.05% | Industrial 25 | 29,391.66 | -20.66 | -0.07% | Financial 15 | 8,897.32 | 90.30 | 1.03% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 32,921.62 | 90.07 | 0.27% | All Share | 33,586.15 | 36.06 | 0.11% | Oil & Gas | 31,025.81 | 453.29 | 1.48% | Mining | 35,671.03 | -139.63 | -0.39% | Gold Mining | 2,885.18 | -61.21 | -2.08% | Platinum Mining | 62.96 | -.42 | -0.66% | GENERAL MINING | 8,958.13 | 5.02 | 0.06% | Oil & Gas Producers | 16,682.01 | 243.73 | 1.48% | Basic Materials | 30,148.99 | -100.04 | -0.33% | Chemicals | 14,084.18 | -46.23 | -0.33% | Forestry & Paper | 12,450.37 | 213.80 | 1.75% | Industrial Metals | 31,037.16 | -102.57 | -0.33% | Industrials | 29,829.31 | 112.05 | 0.38% | General Industrials | 83,940.87 | 454.46 | 0.54% | Consumer Goods | 29,778.79 | -92.32 | -0.31% | Automobiles & Parts | 4,678.37 | 18.11 | 0.39% | Household Goods | 163.99 | 3 | 1.84% | Health Care | 36,532.73 | -180.58 | -0.49% | Beverages | 95.72 | -.99 | -1.02% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 56,960.81 | 375.30 | 0.66% | Personal Goods | 448.44 | 4.39 | 0.99% | Consumer Services | 60,582.14 | 9.55 | 0.02% | General Retailers | 51,500.10 | 247.77 | 0.48% | Travel & Leisure | 3,801.55 | -.34 | -0.01% | Media | 83.50 | .53 | 0.64% | Support Services | 2,259.80 | .56 | 0.02% | Telecommunications | 66,319.25 | 59.27 | 0.09% | Financials | 23,524.11 | 205.90 | 0.88% | Banks | 44,232.52 | 685.32 | 1.57% | Non-life Insurance | 35,161.18 | -315.24 | -0.89% | Life Insurance | 18,681.41 | -40.33 | -0.22% | General Financial | 2,227.63 | 40.67 | 1.86% | Technology | 26,753.76 | -90.52 | -0.34% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,231.60 | 3 | 0.09% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,300.77 | 3 | 0.08% | COAL MINING | 25,493.94 | 456 | 1.82% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 4,964.13 | 21 | 0.43% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,240.06 | -3 | -0.25% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 405.51 | | 0.32% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 328.75 | | 0.75% | RESOURCE | 30,565.51 | -35 | -0.11% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 186.05 | 1 | 0.30% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,015.44 | 23 | 0.33% | Capped Top 40 | 15,758.56 | 19 | 0.12% | Capped All Share | 16,962.77 | 17 | 0.10% | JSE TABACO | 4,553.53 | -145 | -3.09% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | KIO | KUMBA IRON ORE LTD | HOLD | 17 Jan | MSM | MASSMART HOLDINGS LTD | SELL | 17 Jan | SPP | THE SPAR GROUP LTD | HOLD | 17 Jan | MPC | MR PRICE GROUP LIMITED | HOLD | 17 Jan | CLS | CLICKS GROUP LTD | SELL | 17 Jan |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 20 Jan 2012 | FOORD | December 2011 (Final) | 20 Jan 2012 | FOORDCMPS | December 2011 (Final) | 20 Jan 2012 | FOORDDP | December 2011 (Final) | 20 Jan 2012 | FOORDPP | December 2011 (Final) | 24 Jan 2012 | ELLIES | October 2011 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | REUNERT5.5 | 12-01-06 | 12-01-20 | 12-01-30 | R 0.0550 | AFPREFINV | 12-01-06 | 12-01-20 | 12-01-30 | R 0.2518 | NAMPAK 6.5 | 11-12-08 | 12-01-20 | 12-01-30 | R 0.0650 | NAMPAK 6%P | 11-12-08 | 12-01-20 | 12-01-30 | R 0.0600 | PNR FOODS | 11-11-28 | 12-01-27 | 12-02-06 | R 0.4000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ASTRAL | 11-11-14 | 12-01-13 | 12-01-23 | R 5.0500 | REUNERT | 11-11-15 | 12-01-13 | 12-01-23 | R 2.5300 | LEWIS | 11-11-14 | 12-01-13 | 12-01-23 | R 1.7200 | TONGAAT | 11-11-14 | 12-01-13 | 12-01-26 | R 1.2000 | OMNIA | 11-11-22 | 12-01-13 | 12-01-23 | R 1.0000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | CCL | Compu-Clearing Outsourcing Ltd | 19/01/2012 | Confirmed | BCX | Business Connexion Group Ltd | 19/01/2012 | Confirmed | BCA | Business Connexion Group Ltd | 19/01/2012 | Confirmed | EXLD | Excellerate Holdings Ltd | 20/01/2012 | Confirmed | BWI | B-W Instrumentation and Electrical Ltd | 20/01/2012 | Confirmed |
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