Wednesday, 07 March 2012 - 20:00
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Impala Platinum, the world's second-biggest producer, has made an "irrevocable offer" to hand over a 29.5 percent stake in its Zimplats unit to a Zimbabwe state-run fund, a senior minister said on Wednesday. Full story
Kenya's CFC Stanbic Bank said on Wednesday its 2011 pretax profit jumped 40 percent to 2.8 billion shillings, helped by a rise in interest income. Full story |
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Mitt Romney reached out to conservatives suspicious of him and sought to assert himself as the inevitable Republican U.S. presidential nominee on Wednesday, despite failing to deliver a knockout blow to his rivals in the biggest round of nominating contests. Full storyThe U.N. humanitarian chief Valerie Amos accompanied a Syrian Arab Red Crescent team on Wednesday into a former rebel-held district of Homs where dissidents have reported bloody reprisals by President Bashar al-Assad's forces. Full storyFrance voiced scepticism on Wednesday that a planned revival of talks between six world powers and Iran would succeed, saying Tehran still did not seem sincerely willing to negotiate on the future of its contested nuclear programme. Full story |
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Markets | European stocks bounced
from one-month lows on Wednesday, helped by an upbeat U.S. job
report and growing confidence Greece's bond swap offer to
private. . . Full story | | Wall Street stocks
bounced back on Wednesday, a day after its worst selloff in
three months, as a report showed the U.S. private. . . Full story | | U.S. and European stocks
rebounded on Wednesday after encouraging U.S. jobs data ,
and the euro resumed its climb after hitting a. . . Full story | | A rally by recently beaten
down mining stocks and banks helped haul Britain's leading
shares index higher on Wednesday, as above-forecast U.S. private
payrolls. . . Full story |
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| European stocks bounced
from one-month lows on Wednesday, helped by an upbeat U.S. job
report and growing confidence Greece's bond swap offer to
private. . . Full story | | Gold prices snapped three
days of losses to rise on Wednesday, helped by the euro paring
losses versus the dollar, which eased negative. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks bounced back
from their worst session in three months to open higher on
Wednesday after a report showed the private sector. . . Full story | | Hong Kong shares
slumped to a third consecutive loss on Wednesday, with weakness
in China Life Insurance as investors locked in profit
ahead of. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South African government bonds edged higher on Wednesday and the rand was little changed against the dollar in very thin trading. . . Full story | | South African stocks rebounded on Wednesday after their heaviest one-day loss in over 3 months in the previous session, led by. . . Full story | | South African mobile phone operator MTN Group said it is struggling to get its money out of Iran due to tougher. . . Full story | | Aspen Pharmacare, the southern hemisphere's biggest generic drugs maker, booked a 22 percent rise in first-half profit on Wednesday as strong. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand will be more stable this year and not repeat the steep losses it suffered in 2011 as optimistic. . . Full story | | The world's two largest platinum producers said on Wednesday they were not affected by a 1-day nationwide strike in South Africa. . . Full story | | South African maize exports this market season, which ends April 30, could reach 2 million tonnes, similar to last season's figure,. . . Full story | | Business confidence in the South African economy improved to 99.5 index points in February, the highest level on the business confidence. . . Full story |
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| International sanctions
have a patchy history, and Iran's oil elite have been dodging
them for decades.. . . Full story | | South Africa's net gold and foreign exchange reserves stood at$49.639 billion at the end of February from $49.072 billion in January, data from the central bank showed on Wednesday.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Capital Shopping Centres Group PLC has today published its Annual Report for the year ended 31 December 2011 ("Annual Report"), Notice. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the announcement on 12 December 2011, regarding Afrimat entering into an agreement to acquire 100% of the. . . Full story | | The Nevada operations continue to deliver results from trial mining activities in line with the previously announced production targets. Additional emphasis. . . Full story | | Results of general meeting and finalisation announcement relating to the distribution of shares in Sephaku Fluoride Ltd. ("Sephaku Fluoride") to Sephaku. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders are referred to the SENS announcement dated 26 January 2012 wherein they were informed that a wholly-owned subsidiary of Spur. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the announcement, the reviewed condensed consolidated Interim Results for the six months ended 31 August 2011 and. . . Full story | | The board of Top Fix advised that Ms Sarah Liezel Kemp has been appointed as acting executive financial director with effect. . . Full story | | Further to its announcement of this morning, Capital Shopping Centres Group PLC (CSC) now announces the pricing of the sale by. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the year ended 31 December 2011 increased to R1.9 billion (2010: R1.8 billion). Operating profit however more than halved. . . Full story | | Net income decreased to R23.9 billion (R24.7 billion). Net attributable profit was down to R805 million (R1.1 billion) and headline earnings. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year ended 31 December 2011 weakened to R2.4 billion (2010: R2.6 million). EBITDA fell to R379.8 million (2010:. . . Full story | | Revenue rose to USD530.4 million (December 2010:USD326.9 million). Net earnings of USD88.4 million (December 2010: loss of USD153.7 million) was recorded.. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33592.32 | 205.28 | 0.61% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29822.39 | 210.08 | 0.71% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2577.93 | 30.29 | 1.19% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 24307.76 | 84.13 | 0.35% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 36720.93 | 209.85 | 0.57% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 30809.09 | 187.60 | 0.61% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 51302.25 | 420.92 | 0.83% | DJ Futures | 19:46 | 12818.00 | 74.00 | 0.58% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12836.95 | 77.80 | 0.61% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1353.01 | 9.65 | 0.72% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2940.06 | 29.74 | 1.02% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5791.41 | 25.61 | 0.44% | DAX | 19:06 | 6671.11 | 38.00 | 0.57% | CAC40 | 19:06 | 3392.33 | 29.77 | 0.89% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 9576.06 | -61.57 | -0.64% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2394.79 | -15.65 | -0.65% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 20627.78 | -178.47 | -0.86% | All Ords | 07:38 | 4234.40 | -61.10 | -1.42% | NZSE 50 | 06:46 | 3403.05 | 1.22 | 0.04% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1682.51 | 8.65 | 0.52% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 12809.45 | 2.67 | 0.02% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 411824 | 1010 | 0.25% | Silver | 19:59 | 33.3640 | .4610 | 1.40% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1624.50 | 13.00 | 0.81% | Palladium | 19:59 | 681.00 | 20.50 | 3.10% | R157 | 17:00 | 6.70 | -.02 | -0.22% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.56 | -.02 | -0.26% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 123.39 | .80 | 0.65% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.6133 | -0.0361 | -0.47% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 11.9608 | -0.0367 | -0.31% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.0152 | -0.0223 | -0.22% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.2434 | 0.0299 | 0.48% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.0598 | -0.0190 | -0.24% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 81.0150 | 0.2930 | 0.36% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7602 | -0.0021 | -0.28% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3143 | 0.0032 | 0.24% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6349 | -0.0012 | -0.19% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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07/03/2012 | 188 | 146 | 79 | 413 | 226,621,928 | R12,621,970,487 | 95753 | 2228472 | 06/03/2012 | 87 | 267 | 66 | 420 | 280,646,722 | R15,125,479,596 | 106442 | 2189355 | 05/03/2012 | 169 | 189 | 81 | 439 | 195,533,091 | R10,001,326,627 | 77993 | 2234758 | 02/03/2012 | 163 | 183 | 70 | 416 | 295,751,073 | R12,536,138,390 | 96929 | 2363212 | 01/03/2012 | 179 | 166 | 74 | 419 | 271,385,725 | R13,010,101,703 | 103845 | 2663127 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,822.39 | 210.08 | 0.71% | Industrial | 36,720.93 | 209.85 | 0.57% | Mid Cap | 46,692.36 | 40.54 | 0.09% | Small Cap | 35,115.95 | 181.11 | 0.52% | Resource 20 | 51,302.25 | 420.92 | 0.83% | Industrial 25 | 30,809.09 | 187.60 | 0.61% | Financial 15 | 9,210.08 | 42.00 | 0.46% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 34,402.41 | 211.20 | 0.62% | All Share | 33,592.32 | 205.28 | 0.61% | Oil & Gas | 29,671.99 | -143.79 | -0.48% | Mining | 32,921.12 | 349.23 | 1.07% | Gold Mining | 2,577.93 | 30.29 | 1.19% | Platinum Mining | 60.78 | .17 | 0.28% | GENERAL MINING | 8,239.17 | 101.43 | 1.25% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,954.08 | -77.31 | -0.48% | Basic Materials | 28,172.43 | 292.18 | 1.05% | Chemicals | 15,221.59 | -15.96 | -0.10% | Forestry & Paper | 14,009.96 | 336.76 | 2.46% | Industrial Metals | 31,742.38 | -8.15 | -0.03% | Industrials | 31,577.24 | 47.06 | 0.15% | General Industrials | 87,552.73 | 504.40 | 0.58% | Consumer Goods | 31,530.73 | 120.27 | 0.38% | Automobiles & Parts | 4,975.02 | 45.29 | 0.92% | Household Goods | 174.37 | 1 | 0.72% | Health Care | 38,007.65 | -231.99 | -0.61% | Beverages | 105.07 | -.03 | -0.03% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 58,479.77 | 142.86 | 0.24% | Personal Goods | 455.44 | 6.00 | 1.33% | Consumer Services | 61,708.83 | -40.08 | -0.06% | General Retailers | 51,950.91 | -20.80 | -0.04% | Travel & Leisure | 3,694.40 | 5.17 | 0.14% | Media | 87.59 | -.24 | -0.27% | Support Services | 2,579.91 | 104.35 | 4.22% | Telecommunications | 68,976.24 | 1833.99 | 2.73% | Financials | 24,307.76 | 84.13 | 0.35% | Banks | 46,022.27 | 250.00 | 0.55% | Non-life Insurance | 39,981.90 | -26.68 | -0.07% | Life Insurance | 19,238.80 | 118.88 | 0.62% | General Financial | 2,311.08 | 2.32 | 0.10% | Technology | 27,191.87 | -142.90 | -0.52% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,103.32 | 34 | 1.11% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,201.21 | 33 | 1.03% | COAL MINING | 27,465.67 | -298 | -1.07% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,260.56 | -1 | -0.03% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,313.24 | -20 | -1.52% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 413.19 | | -0.24% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 333.31 | | -0.06% | RESOURCE | 28,362.57 | 233 | 0.83% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 194.85 | 1 | 0.32% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,042.60 | 53 | 0.76% | Capped Top 40 | 15,743.98 | 105 | 0.67% | Capped All Share | 16,995.86 | 102 | 0.60% | JSE TABACO | 4,780.85 | -24 | -0.49% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | INL | INVESTEC LIMITED | BUY | 05 Mar | HPA | HOSPITALITY PROP FUND A | BUY | 05 Mar | VPF | VUNANI PROP INV FUND LTD | BUY | 05 Mar | REB | REBOSIS PROPERTY FUND LTD | BUY | 05 Mar | CPI | CAPITEC | HOLD | 05 Mar |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 08 Mar 2012 | CERAMIC | January 2012 (Interim) | 08 Mar 2012 | MPACT | December 2011 (Final) | 08 Mar 2012 | SIMMERS | December 2011 (Interim) | 08 Mar 2012 | STANBANK | December 2011 (Final) | 08 Mar 2012 | STANBANK-P | December 2011 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | RMIH | 12-03-07 | 12-03-23 | 12-04-02 | R 0.3000 | SASFIN-P | 12-03-07 | 12-03-23 | 12-04-02 | R 3.4027 | SASFIN | 12-03-07 | 12-04-04 | 12-04-16 | R 0.4900 | MTN GROUP | 12-03-07 | 12-03-23 | 12-04-02 | R 4.7600 | SHFINV-PREF | 12-03-06 | 12-04-13 | 12-04-23 | R 3.7400 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | HUDACO | 12-01-26 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-12 | R 3.1000 | GFIELDS | 12-02-17 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-12 | R 2.3000 | ANGLD | 12-02-15 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-16 | R 2.0000 | DISTELL | 12-02-15 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-12 | R 1.4300 | IMPLATS | 12-02-16 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-12 | R 1.3500 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | QPG | Quantum Property Group Ltd. | 08/03/2012 | Confirmed |
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