Friday, 24 February 2012 - 20:00
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South Africa's rand touched two-week highs against a broadly weaker dollar on Friday and bonds reversed some of their recent losses, although continued skepticism that a lower budget deficit will cap supply should maintain pressure on local debt. Full story
South African stocks edged higher for the second straight day on Friday as FirstRand hit another record high after the bank said it will post double-digit growth in first-half earnings. Full story |
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Foreign powers are turning a blind eye to weapons purchases by Syrian exiles who are already smuggling light arms, communications equipment and night vision goggles to rebels inside Syria, a Syrian opposition source said on Friday. Full storyTwelve people were killed on Friday in the bloodiest day yet in protests that have raged across Afghanistan over the desecration of copies of the Muslim holy book at a NATO military base with riot police and soldiers on high alert braced for more violence. Full storyIran has sharply stepped up its controversial uranium enrichment drive, a United Nations watchdog report showed on Friday, a defiant move certain to further fuel Western alarm about the Islamic Republic's atomic aims. Full story |
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Markets | Gold prices fell
on Friday, breaking ranks with the euro, as sharp gains from
earlier in the week based on economic optimism and. . . Full story | | European share price edged
up on Friday, bolstered by companies with exposure to
faster-growing foreign markets that are better protected from
the bloc's economic. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index
closed slightly lower on Friday after Lloyds Banking Group
reported a huge full-year loss, while oil-related
stocks firmed as. . . Full story | | Rising oil prices were
headed for a fifth straight weekly gain on Friday on
worries about cuts in supply from Iran, while U.S.. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks were little
changed on Friday, hovering around highs not seen
since June 2008, while energy shares gained alongside crude oil
prices.. . . Full story | | The spotlight shines on
Europe in the coming week as the ECB feeds banks a second huge
helping of three-year funds and the. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose at the
open on Friday and looked to extend gains that have
taken equities to highs not seen since before. . . Full story | | Britain's top shares
managed modest gains on Friday, as high oil prices supported
energy stocks and investors welcomed recent encouraging signs on
the global. . . Full story |
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SA Business | The South African government's plan to keep a lid on spending in the budget outlined this week will face a big. . . Full story | | Nigeria sold 149.65 billion naira worth of treasury bills this week with yields on the 182-day and 364-day papers lower than. . . Full story | | South Africa allotted 3.825 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average yield of 5.61 percent from. . . Full story | | Gold rose to a
three-month high on Thursday, extending to a fourth
straight day of gains, as a dollar drop and expectations of. . . Full story |
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| South African power utility Eskom Holdings said on Friday it would auction up to 150 million rand of its 2018 bond. . . Full story | | The South African
government's plan to keep a lid on spending in the budget
outlined this week will face a big test in. . . Full story | | Mead Johnson
and Danone have teamed up to bid for Pfizer's
$10 billion infant nutrition business, pitting them in a
two-horse race. . . Full story | | China Ming Yang
Wind Power Group Ltd, the country's fourth-largest wind
turbine maker, plans to boost sales in eastern Europe and other
markets, aiming. . . Full story |
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| Northam Platinum, one of South Africa's smaller platinum producers, said on Friday its first-half earnings more than doubled due to significantly improved production and a higher average price.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are referred to the reviewed abridged provisional consolidated financial results for the year ended 31 August 2011, published on SENS. . . Full story | | Further to the Government of Zimbabwe`s requirement to submit an Indigenisation Implementation Plan ("IIP"), Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Private) Ltd. ("Zimplats"), an. . . Full story | | Alan Knott-Craig has resigned as an independent non-executive director of Nedbank Group and Nedbank Ltd with effect from 24 February 2012.. . . Full story | | GPI advised that for the six months ended 31 December 2011, earnings per share will be between 700% and 710% higher. . . Full story |
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| Vukile wishes to advise linked unitholders that a notice of general meeting ("notice"), is being distributed today, 24 February 2012. The. . . Full story | | The board advised shareholders that the earnings per share and headline earnings per share are expected to increase by between 34%. . . Full story | | The company released a trading statement on SENS yesterday, 23 February 2012 ("the trading statement") stating that it expects earnings per. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the results of general meeting announcement released on SENS on 8 February 2012 and are advised that. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period increased to R143.3 million (2010: R127.7 million). Gross profit grew to R77 million (2010: R66.4 million),. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R12.5 billion (R10.1 billion). Net operating profit rose to R2.8 billion (R2.5 billion). Net attributable profit rose to. . . Full story | | Group revenue for the year ended 31 December 2011 EUR5.7 5,610 . Gross margin. . . Full story | | Revenue from continuing operations grew to GBP516.1 million (GBP420.3 million) and operating profit fell to GBP474.4 million (GBP733.6 million). Profit from. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 34260.76 | 152.56 | 0.45% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 30560.09 | 157.46 | 0.52% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2808.29 | -13.95 | -0.49% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 24588.17 | 337.38 | 1.39% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 36630.72 | 131.62 | 0.36% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 30730.25 | 123.80 | 0.40% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 54098.78 | -4.62 | -0.01% | DJ Futures | 19:40 | 12985.00 | 11.00 | 0.08% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 13002.40 | 17.71 | 0.14% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1368.26 | 4.80 | 0.35% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2969.77 | 12.79 | 0.43% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5935.13 | -2.76 | -0.05% | DAX | 19:06 | 6864.43 | 54.97 | 0.81% | CAC40 | 19:06 | 3467.03 | 19.72 | 0.57% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 9647.38 | 51.81 | 0.54% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2439.63 | 30.07 | 1.25% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 21406.86 | 25.87 | 0.12% | All Ords | 07:37 | 4389.00 | 21.50 | 0.49% | NZSE 50 | 06:46 | 3319.76 | -3.40 | -0.10% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1774.09 | -6.20 | -0.35% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 13465.34 | -175.82 | -1.29% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 432911 | -4852 | -1.11% | Silver | 19:59 | 35.2800 | -.1390 | -0.39% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1706.20 | -12.30 | -0.72% | Palladium | 19:59 | 708.50 | -1.40 | -0.20% | R157 | 17:00 | 6.65 | -.02 | -0.30% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.52 | -.02 | -0.27% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 126.36 | 2.36 | 1.90% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.5900 | -0.0725 | -0.95% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.0218 | -0.0170 | -0.14% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.2242 | -0.0312 | -0.30% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.3516 | -0.0621 | -0.97% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.1343 | -0.0847 | -1.03% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 80.8590 | 0.8750 | 1.09% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7423 | -0.0051 | -0.68% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3464 | 0.0096 | 0.72% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6296 | -0.0052 | -0.82% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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24/02/2012 | 175 | 158 | 86 | 419 | 283,345,148 | R14,343,158,399 | 103811 | 2091555 | 23/02/2012 | 165 | 168 | 86 | 419 | 461,389,422 | R14,075,753,347 | 100485 | 2107216 | 22/02/2012 | 140 | 186 | 87 | 413 | 260,627,284 | R13,323,663,639 | 93501 | 1923969 | 21/02/2012 | 164 | 155 | 81 | 400 | 250,963,560 | R12,117,791,523 | 74201 | 2133714 | 20/02/2012 | 180 | 144 | 85 | 409 | 195,412,533 | R8,972,011,057 | 65519 | 1867969 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 30,560.09 | 157.46 | 0.52% | Industrial | 36,630.72 | 131.62 | 0.36% | Mid Cap | 46,502.16 | 51.04 | 0.11% | Small Cap | 35,015.48 | -3.52 | -0.01% | Resource 20 | 54,098.78 | -4.62 | -0.01% | Industrial 25 | 30,730.25 | 123.80 | 0.40% | Financial 15 | 9,368.15 | 166.43 | 1.81% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 34,534.57 | 302.46 | 0.88% | All Share | 34,260.76 | 152.56 | 0.45% | Oil & Gas | 30,307.66 | 151.35 | 0.50% | Mining | 34,919.51 | -21.22 | -0.06% | Gold Mining | 2,808.29 | -13.95 | -0.49% | Platinum Mining | 63.55 | .57 | 0.91% | GENERAL MINING | 8,716.63 | -10.76 | -0.12% | Oil & Gas Producers | 16,295.87 | 81.38 | 0.50% | Basic Materials | 29,705.50 | 4.61 | 0.02% | Chemicals | 15,012.00 | 4.99 | 0.03% | Forestry & Paper | 13,826.97 | 40.96 | 0.30% | Industrial Metals | 31,705.50 | 439.03 | 1.40% | Industrials | 31,597.25 | 179.79 | 0.57% | General Industrials | 88,098.92 | 486.40 | 0.56% | Consumer Goods | 31,636.43 | 92.54 | 0.29% | Automobiles & Parts | 4,902.55 | -22.65 | -0.46% | Household Goods | 175.49 | 2 | 1.02% | Health Care | 37,784.08 | -55.23 | -0.15% | Beverages | 105.22 | .18 | 0.17% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 56,602.61 | 373.73 | 0.66% | Personal Goods | 463.63 | .40 | 0.09% | Consumer Services | 62,190.29 | 72.95 | 0.12% | General Retailers | 51,799.56 | -192.57 | -0.37% | Travel & Leisure | 3,711.77 | 27.86 | 0.76% | Media | 89.15 | -.04 | -0.04% | Support Services | 2,359.29 | -5.59 | -0.24% | Telecommunications | 66,786.01 | 430.28 | 0.65% | Financials | 24,588.17 | 337.38 | 1.39% | Banks | 46,943.26 | 1089.49 | 2.38% | Non-life Insurance | 37,011.39 | 387.99 | 1.06% | Life Insurance | 19,599.88 | 195.47 | 1.01% | General Financial | 2,339.63 | 25.18 | 1.09% | Technology | 27,005.07 | 171.02 | 0.64% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,210.95 | 5 | 0.16% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,293.95 | 5 | 0.14% | COAL MINING | 27,317.46 | 73 | 0.27% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,237.46 | 18 | 0.35% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,336.01 | 83 | 6.60% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 405.55 | | -0.45% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 329.73 | | -0.23% | RESOURCE | 29,912.02 | 7 | 0.02% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 195.48 | 2 | 0.84% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,181.37 | 48 | 0.67% | Capped Top 40 | 16,103.93 | 90 | 0.56% | Capped All Share | 17,324.06 | 80 | 0.46% | JSE TABACO | 4,817.53 | 35 | 0.73% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | NED | NEDBANK GROUP LTD | HOLD | 22 Feb | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | HOLD | 22 Feb | AIP | ADCOCK INGRAM HLGS LD | HOLD | 22 Feb | IPF | INVESTEC PROPERTY FUND LT... | HOLD | 22 Feb | LHC | LIFE HEALTHCARE GRP HLDG ... | HOLD | 22 Feb |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 27 Feb 2012 | ARM | December 2011 (Interim) | 27 Feb 2012 | BIDVEST | December 2011 (Interim) | 27 Feb 2012 | KERSAFP | December 2011 (Interim) | 27 Feb 2012 | SILVERB | December 2011 (Interim) | 27 Feb 2012 | SUNINT | December 2011 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | MASSMART | 12-02-22 | 12-03-09 | 12-03-19 | R 2.5200 | IMPERIALP | 12-02-22 | 12-03-15 | 12-03-26 | R 3.3843 | TRNPACO | 12-02-22 | 12-03-15 | 12-03-26 | R 0.3100 | GROWPNT | 12-02-22 | 12-03-09 | 12-03-19 | R 0.6780 | ROLFES | 12-02-22 | 12-03-09 | 12-03-19 | R 0.0500 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | FIRSTRANDB-P | 12-02-03 | 12-02-17 | 12-02-27 | R 3.0516 | PALAMIN | 12-02-06 | 12-02-24 | 12-03-05 | R 2.0700 | ZURICH SA | 12-02-06 | 12-02-24 | 12-03-05 | R 2.0000 | RESILIENT | 12-02-08 | 12-02-24 | 12-03-05 | R 1.2135 | BHPBILL | 12-02-08 | 12-02-24 | 12-03-22 | R 0.5500 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | TFX | Top Fix Holdings Ltd. | 29/02/2012 | Confirmed | RAC | RACEC Group Ltd. | 02/03/2012 | Unconfirmed | JDH | John Daniel Holdings Ltd | 02/03/2012 | Confirmed |
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