Thursday, 02 February 2012 - 20:00
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Top News
South African stocks booked their eighth record close on Thursday, boosted by positive U.S. data and led by banks and miners such as Anglo American. Full story
South Africa's rand hovered close to the previous day's five-month highs against the dollar on Thursday but could come under renewed pressure in coming days as fears of global contagion from euro zone debt problems, particularly in Greece, persist. Full story |
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Egyptians incensed by the deaths of 74 people in soccer violence staged protests in central Cairo on Thursday as the army-led government came under fire for failing to prevent the deadliest incident since the overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Full storyU.S. forces will stop taking a lead role in combat operations in Afghanistan next year but continue to support Afghan combat missions under a plan announced by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that worried Afghans and surprised allies. Full storyHungarian villagers were scavenging for coal with their bare hands on Thursday as a blast of Siberian air killed scores in Eastern Europe and looked set to keep its icy grip on the continent for another week. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks seesawed in a
tight range on Thursday, with winners and losers
taking their cues from earnings reports, while a drop in. . . Full story | | Gold rose on
Thursday for a third consecutive day on a larger-than-expected
fall in new U.S. claims for unemployment benefits, but analysts
said bullion. . . Full story | | Stocks and the euro
seesawed on Thursday as data signaling further improvement in
the U.S. labor market and remarks from Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index
paused on Thursday after recent sharp gains with a rally in
miners on the prospects of a big sector. . . Full story |
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| European shares hit a
six-month closing high on Thursday, after U.S. weekly jobless
claims showed the market was improving, while Xstrata
and Glencore. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened higher
on Thursday after jobless claims fell more than
expected, boosting optimism about the upcoming government
payrolls report.. . . Full story | | European shares steadied
after hitting a six-month high on Thursday as strong gains in
miners on merger talks between Xstrata and Glencore
were. . . Full story | | Miners prevented Britain's
FTSE 100 falling sharply on Thursday, as merger news and talk of
China easing its monetary policy boosted the sector,. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's rand is set to give up recent gains against the dollar, with the persistent debt problems in the euro. . . Full story | | A study commissioned by South Africa's ruling ANC has rejected calls for mine nationalisation and come out in favour of higher. . . Full story | | Nigeria plans to auction treasury bills worth 149.27 billion naira at its regular debt auction next week, the central bank said. . . Full story | | Impala Platinum, the world's second largest platinum producer, said on Thursday it had dismissed 13,000 employees, bringing to 17,200 the total. . . Full story |
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| MTN Group, Africa's largest telecom group, said it faces a potential lawsuit from rival Turkcell that it asked South Africa to back Iran's nuclear development in return for a cellular licence. . . Full story | | As a tie-up between trader
Glencore and miner Xstrata is hammered out in
coming days there is plenty of scope for hard bargaining between
the two sides' highly competitive South African bosses.. . . Full story | | South Africa's total industry new vehicle sales increased by 7.0 percent to 48,251 units in January compared to the same month last year, a subdued but positive start to the year,. . . Full story |
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Company News | Disposal by Sasfin of its head office building to Primegro Properties Ltd Strategic relationship between Sasfin and Primegro Properties Limited effected. . . Full story | | The boards of directors of Amplats, a 79% held subsidiary of Anglo American plc, and Anooraq Resources Corporation ("Anooraq") (collectively "the. . . Full story | | Attention was drawn to the joint announcement dated 2 February 2012 in which Amplats and Anooraq Resources Corporation ("Anooraq") (collectively, "the. . . Full story | | Optimum Coal is currently finalising its interim results for the 6 months ended 31 December 2011, which will be released on. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders are advised that Mr Ismail Dawood has resigned from the board of Bonatla with effect from 31 January 2012.. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcement dated 19 December 2011, shareholders are advised that the company is still in negotiations. Accordingly, shareholders. . . Full story | | Implats wishes to advise that approximately 13 000 mining employees who participated in the illegal work stoppage at Impala Rustenburg which. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the SENS announcement published on 18 January 2012, wherein shareholders were advised, inter alia, that William Marshall-Smith. . . Full story |
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Company Results | The loss from operations narrowed by 63% to R12.5 million (loss of R33.9 million). A net attributable profit of R88.2 million (loss of R245.9 million) was recorded. In addition, headline earnings from continuing operations soared by 314% to 16.7c (loss of. . . Full story | | Rental revenue rose significantly to R1.9 billion (R720.8 million) and profit attributable to ordinary shareholders increased to R1.6 billion (R976.4 million). However, headline earnings per unit dropped to 72.74cpu (75.6cpu).
Dividend
A cash distribution of 34.27cpu, being number 57, has been declared. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 34371.50 | 231.98 | 0.68% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 30728.25 | 209.59 | 0.69% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2930.05 | .70 | 0.02% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 23982.22 | 179.17 | 0.75% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 36110.45 | 142.87 | 0.40% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 30295.65 | 112.55 | 0.37% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 56538.90 | 554.17 | 0.99% | DJ Futures | 19:46 | 12635.00 | -18.00 | -0.14% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12687.06 | -29.40 | -0.23% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1323.50 | -0.59 | -0.04% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2853.43 | 5.16 | 0.18% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5796.07 | 5.35 | 0.09% | DAX | 19:06 | 6655.63 | 38.99 | 0.59% | CAC40 | 19:06 | 3376.66 | 9.20 | 0.27% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 8876.82 | 67.03 | 0.76% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2312.56 | 44.48 | 1.96% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 20739.45 | 406.08 | 2.00% | All Ords | 07:56 | 4333.20 | 42.20 | 0.98% | NZSE 50 | 06:46 | 3314.64 | 12.85 | 0.39% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1754.98 | 9.86 | 0.56% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 13398.39 | 35.16 | 0.26% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 430758 | 813 | 0.19% | Silver | 19:59 | 33.9130 | .2730 | 0.81% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1624.50 | 12.77 | 0.79% | Palladium | 19:59 | 704.25 | 10.65 | 1.54% | R157 | 11:02 | 6.38 | -.01 | -0.16% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.35 | -.04 | -0.54% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 110.86 | -.66 | -0.59% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.6345 | -0.0222 | -0.29% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.0474 | -0.0825 | -0.68% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.0453 | -0.0614 | -0.61% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.3610 | -0.0169 | -0.26% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.1863 | -0.0392 | -0.48% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 76.1100 | -0.0550 | -0.07% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7606 | 0.0017 | 0.22% | Dollar / Euro | 19:57 | 1.3146 | -0.0024 | -0.18% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6325 | 0.0019 | 0.30% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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02/02/2012 | 233 | 116 | 90 | 439 | 385,024,668 | R21,837,079,868 | 147033 | 2453113 | 01/02/2012 | 229 | 124 | 80 | 433 | 280,103,124 | R17,562,478,927 | 116723 | 2665124 | 31/01/2012 | 227 | 139 | 85 | 451 | 323,726,083 | R20,029,881,823 | 128319 | 2221949 | 30/01/2012 | 132 | 228 | 83 | 443 | 264,537,021 | R13,537,867,118 | 104364 | 2397787 | 27/01/2012 | 172 | 172 | 87 | 431 | 236,089,520 | R12,736,518,082 | 103386 | 2430322 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 30,728.25 | 209.59 | 0.69% | Industrial | 36,110.45 | 142.87 | 0.40% | Mid Cap | 46,187.93 | 293.58 | 0.64% | Small Cap | 34,435.28 | 224.78 | 0.66% | Resource 20 | 56,538.90 | 554.17 | 0.99% | Industrial 25 | 30,295.65 | 112.55 | 0.37% | Financial 15 | 9,073.96 | 69.34 | 0.77% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 33,847.92 | 155.74 | 0.46% | All Share | 34,371.50 | 231.98 | 0.68% | Oil & Gas | 30,799.55 | 340.54 | 1.12% | Mining | 36,508.67 | 345.20 | 0.95% | Gold Mining | 2,930.05 | .70 | 0.02% | Platinum Mining | 63.49 | -1.07 | -1.66% | GENERAL MINING | 9,201.56 | 150.83 | 1.67% | Oil & Gas Producers | 16,560.35 | 183.10 | 1.12% | Basic Materials | 30,877.09 | 285.49 | 0.93% | Chemicals | 14,317.24 | 94.99 | 0.67% | Forestry & Paper | 12,916.74 | 108.79 | 0.85% | Industrial Metals | 32,037.45 | 192.83 | 0.61% | Industrials | 30,803.76 | 55.77 | 0.18% | General Industrials | 87,214.95 | 235.59 | 0.27% | Consumer Goods | 30,883.51 | -8.67 | -0.03% | Automobiles & Parts | 4,619.50 | 33.97 | 0.74% | Household Goods | 170.75 | 2 | 1.37% | Health Care | 37,233.75 | 253.01 | 0.68% | Beverages | 101.84 | -.68 | -0.66% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 57,104.18 | 98.11 | 0.17% | Personal Goods | 455.54 | 3.60 | 0.80% | Consumer Services | 61,363.70 | 11.35 | 0.02% | General Retailers | 51,215.94 | 139.95 | 0.27% | Travel & Leisure | 3,834.95 | -.27 | -0.01% | Media | 87.93 | .13 | 0.15% | Support Services | 2,292.13 | -13.43 | -0.58% | Telecommunications | 68,416.63 | 1358.78 | 2.03% | Financials | 23,982.22 | 179.17 | 0.75% | Banks | 45,098.81 | 402.32 | 0.90% | Non-life Insurance | 35,861.98 | 368.58 | 1.04% | Life Insurance | 18,972.20 | 111.51 | 0.59% | General Financial | 2,307.27 | 26.00 | 1.14% | Technology | 26,868.75 | 207.75 | 0.78% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,299.03 | 35 | 1.08% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,370.63 | 32 | 0.97% | COAL MINING | 27,085.04 | 47 | 0.18% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,061.17 | 39 | 0.79% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,241.15 | 16 | 1.27% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 411.63 | | 0.56% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 334.42 | | 0.61% | RESOURCE | 31,142.16 | 302 | 0.98% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 192.60 | 2 | 1.02% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,179.95 | 48 | 0.68% | Capped Top 40 | 16,143.48 | 107 | 0.67% | Capped All Share | 17,363.93 | 118 | 0.69% | JSE TABACO | 4,644.89 | -26 | -0.55% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | CPI | CAPITEC | HOLD | 30 Jan | VKE | VUKILE PROPERTY FUND LIMI... | BUY | 30 Jan | FFA | FORTRESS INCOME FUND LTD | BUY | 30 Jan | JSE | JSE LTD | BUY | 30 Jan | APN | ASPEN PHARMACARE HLDGS | HOLD | 30 Jan |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 03 Feb 2012 | OPTIMUM | December 2011 (Interim) | 03 Feb 2012 | RESGEN | December 2011 (Interim) | 06 Feb 2012 | HARMONY | December 2011 (Interim) | 06 Feb 2012 | HARMONY-P | December 2011 (Interim) | 06 Feb 2012 | JASCO | December 2011 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | CAPITAL | 12-02-01 | 12-02-17 | 12-02-27 | R 0.3427 | HUDACO | 12-01-26 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-12 | R 3.1000 | FOORDCMPS | 12-01-19 | 12-02-03 | 12-02-13 | R 0.4961 | WINHOLD | 11-11-28 | 12-02-10 | 12-02-20 | R 0.0700 | TREMATON | 11-11-15 | 12-02-03 | 12-02-13 | R 0.0200 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | SBR003 | 11-11-08 | 12-01-27 | 12-02-06 | R 1.4700 | PNR FOODS | 11-11-28 | 12-01-27 | 12-02-06 | R 0.4000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | OCT | Octodec Investments Ltd | 03/02/2012 | Confirmed | DON | The Don Group Ltd | 03/02/2012 | Confirmed | YRKP | York Timber Holdings Ltd | 06/02/2012 | Confirmed | IDQPB | Indequity Group Ltd | 06/02/2012 | Confirmed | YRK | York Timber Holdings Ltd | 06/02/2012 | Confirmed |
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