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South Africa's energy regulator said on Friday it had cut the increase in electricity rates for power utility Eskom to 16 percent for the 2012/13 financial year from a previously approved hike of 25.9 percent. Full story
South Africa's government bonds weakened on Friday and the rand retreated nearly 1 percent against a resurgent dollar as investors found little incentive to take on risky assets, with nagging debt problems in Europe still casting a shadow. Full story |
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Syrian forces killed at least 54 people on Friday as they sought to quell demonstrations against President Bashar al-Assad before a peace mission by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, opposition activists said. Full storyA diplomatic row broke out between London and Rome on Friday over Britain's failure to inform the Italian government before launching a botched hostage rescue mission in Nigeria. Full storyThe U.N. nuclear watchdog does not rule out that Iran may be trying to remove evidence from a military site that inspectors want to visit as part of an inquiry into suspected research relevant to atomic bombs, the agency's chief said on Friday. Full story |
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Markets | Upbeat U.S. jobs data
helped Britain's top share index stretch gains into a third
straight session on Friday, sending a bullish signal as. . . Full story | | Global stocks rose and
the dollar rallied broadly on Friday after strong U.S. jobs data
beat expectations, providing another sign the world's biggest
economy. . . Full story | | European shares rose on
Friday, supported by stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data which
reaffirmed confidence in the strength of the world's biggest
economy and opened. . . Full story | | Gold rebounded in
heavy trade on Friday, reversing early sharp losses as the metal
took heart from gains in crude oil and U.S.. . . Full story |
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| Central bank policies and
euro zone rescue efforts have laid out a path for global
recovery, and higher prices for riskier assets, although. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose
on Friday, adding to their best two-day run in nearly
three months, after a report showed the U.S. economy. . . Full story | | Hong Kong shares ended
higher in thin Friday trade, bolstered by financials and
growth-sensitive sectors after a slew of weaker-than-expected
China data that is. . . Full story | | Gold edged up on
Friday, rising in tandem with other commodities and equities,
after a lower-then-expected inflation rate out of China
suggested more monetary. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South African stocks managed their third straight session in the black on Friday, cheered by the unveiling of lower-than-expected power price. . . Full story | | Ghana's full-year gold production declined by a few percentage points last year but is expected to rise in 2012, the head. . . Full story | | A South African court on Friday largely dismissed an appeal from government and unions to roll back approval for Wal-Mart's $2.4. . . Full story | | Mauritius' current account deficit widened to 10.3 percent of gross domestic product in 2011 from 8.2 percent a year earlier, pulled. . . Full story |
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| Indonesia's
decision to shut the door on foreign control of its mines has
gone down badly with global miners but none are yet. . . Full story | | South African investment firm Brait said on Friday had entered into a transaction alongside the founder and senior management to acquire. . . Full story | | Global investors in search
of high-dividend equity plays are heading to emerging markets,
abandoning their view of these stocks as a predominantly
growth-based investment.. . . Full story | | South Africa's government has no immediate plan to contest a court ruling against its appeal of Wal-Mart's $2.4 billion acquisition of. . . Full story |
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| Insurer Old Mutual fired the starting gun on an ambitious African expansion strategy, encouraged by the continent's robust economic growth, as it reported a 17 percent jump in its 2011 earnings.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are advised that pursuant to the debt restructuring agreement concluded by Blue in December 2010 and as part of the. . . Full story | | Further to the interim cash dividend declared on 16 February 2012 and payable on 12 March 2012, notice of which was. . . Full story | | Old Mutual announced the appointment of Nedbank Capital, a division of Nedbank Ltd., as joint sponsor to the company with effect. . . Full story | | Old Mutual announced that Ms Nonkululeko ("Nku") Nyembezi-Heita has agreed to join its board as an independent non-executive director.. . . Full story |
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| Holders of Vukile Linked Units ("linked unitholders") are referred to the circular issued by Vukile on 31 January 2012 ("circular"), the posting of circular announcement released on SENS the same day. . . Full story | | The Aspen board of directors announce that Mr Kuseni Dlamini has been appointed to the board as an independent non- executive director with effect from 1 April 2012.. . . Full story | | Great Basin announced that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by RBC Capital Markets pursuant to which the underwriters have agreed to, on a bought. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period ended 31 January 2012 increased by 4.9% to R809.4 million (2010: R771.9 million). Operating profit however. . . Full story | | Profit before tax fell to R8.6 billion (2010: R9.3 billion). Profit for the year decreased to R6.1 (2010: R6.5 million), while. . . Full story | | Mpact declared its maiden final results, therefore there are no comparable figures. Revenue for the year came in at R6.3 billion.. . . Full story | | Headline earnings Continuing operations 20. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33926.20 | 167.58 | 0.50% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 30100.61 | 129.77 | 0.43% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2541.95 | -14.10 | -0.55% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 24654.75 | 152.21 | 0.62% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 37260.76 | 261.89 | 0.71% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 31263.13 | 202.67 | 0.65% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 51367.54 | 76.94 | 0.15% | DJ Futures | 19:26 | 12875.00 | 31.00 | 0.24% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12949.61 | 41.67 | 0.32% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1373.75 | 7.84 | 0.57% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2992.44 | 22.02 | 0.74% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5887.49 | 27.76 | 0.47% | DAX | 19:06 | 6880.21 | 45.67 | 0.67% | CAC40 | 19:06 | 3487.48 | 9.12 | 0.26% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 9929.74 | 160.78 | 1.65% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2439.46 | 19.19 | 0.79% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 21086.00 | 185.27 | 0.89% | All Ords | 07:37 | 4300.50 | 38.30 | 0.90% | NZSE 50 | 06:46 | 3433.82 | 20.03 | 0.59% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1711.55 | 12.10 | 0.71% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 12890.88 | 190.08 | 1.50% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 414442 | 8245 | 2.03% | Silver | 19:59 | 34.3330 | .4820 | 1.42% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1678.00 | 24.50 | 1.48% | Palladium | 19:59 | 706.90 | 11.55 | 1.66% | R157 | 17:00 | 6.66 | .01 | 0.15% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.54 | .02 | 0.20% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 125.81 | .01 | 0.01% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.5317 | 0.0591 | 0.79% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 11.7671 | -0.0284 | -0.24% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 9.8740 | -0.0459 | -0.46% | Rand / NZD | 04:58 | 6.1894 | 0.0305 | 0.50% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 7.9730 | 0.0155 | 0.19% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 82.5110 | 0.9810 | 1.20% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7620 | 0.0089 | 1.18% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.3116 | -0.0161 | -1.21% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6377 | 0.0061 | 0.97% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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09/03/2012 | 209 | 120 | 89 | 418 | 223,412,715 | R10,721,735,604 | 81913 | 2268613 | 08/03/2012 | 224 | 119 | 83 | 426 | 271,402,811 | R16,743,014,100 | 96844 | 2348090 | 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 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 30,100.61 | 129.77 | 0.43% | Industrial | 37,260.76 | 261.89 | 0.71% | Mid Cap | 47,320.95 | 405.93 | 0.87% | Small Cap | 35,467.36 | 172.95 | 0.49% | Resource 20 | 51,367.54 | 76.94 | 0.15% | Industrial 25 | 31,263.13 | 202.67 | 0.65% | Financial 15 | 9,357.48 | 60.01 | 0.65% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 34,907.70 | 215.31 | 0.62% | All Share | 33,926.20 | 167.58 | 0.50% | Oil & Gas | 29,721.94 | 141.51 | 0.48% | Mining | 32,950.59 | 24.92 | 0.08% | Gold Mining | 2,541.95 | -14.10 | -0.55% | Platinum Mining | 60.50 | -.02 | -0.03% | GENERAL MINING | 8,285.84 | 21.40 | 0.26% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,980.94 | 76.09 | 0.48% | Basic Materials | 28,222.23 | 30.36 | 0.11% | Chemicals | 15,238.75 | 14.26 | 0.09% | Forestry & Paper | 14,251.58 | 46.50 | 0.33% | Industrial Metals | 32,003.11 | 183.42 | 0.58% | Industrials | 32,196.69 | 415.88 | 1.31% | General Industrials | 89,248.47 | 847.16 | 0.96% | Consumer Goods | 31,765.69 | .65 | 0.00% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,196.93 | -11.32 | -0.22% | Household Goods | 180.09 | 3 | 1.86% | Health Care | 39,025.07 | 389.61 | 1.01% | Beverages | 105.01 | -.44 | -0.42% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 59,058.84 | 448.08 | 0.76% | Personal Goods | 461.83 | -.30 | -0.06% | Consumer Services | 63,128.79 | 590.08 | 0.94% | General Retailers | 52,848.65 | 416.13 | 0.79% | Travel & Leisure | 3,792.82 | 72.02 | 1.94% | Media | 90.00 | .78 | 0.87% | Support Services | 2,543.28 | 1.90 | 0.07% | Telecommunications | 70,056.86 | 1186.60 | 1.72% | Financials | 24,654.75 | 152.21 | 0.62% | Banks | 46,645.60 | 199.05 | 0.43% | Non-life Insurance | 39,962.51 | -19.39 | -0.05% | Life Insurance | 19,732.73 | 205.17 | 1.05% | General Financial | 2,343.46 | 17.67 | 0.76% | Technology | 27,435.87 | 36.94 | 0.13% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,121.91 | 12 | 0.40% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,223.64 | 14 | 0.45% | COAL MINING | 27,476.14 | -30 | -0.11% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,270.95 | 4 | 0.07% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,237.85 | -115 | -8.51% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 414.56 | | 0.36% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 335.02 | | 0.57% | RESOURCE | 28,391.41 | 39 | 0.14% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 196.86 | 1 | 0.66% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,121.05 | 38 | 0.54% | Capped Top 40 | 15,892.95 | 70 | 0.44% | Capped All Share | 17,165.28 | 85 | 0.50% | JSE TABACO | 4,817.53 | 13 | 0.27% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | SNT | SANTAM LTD | BUY | 07 Mar | HSP | HOLDSPORT LIMITED | BUY | 06 Mar | NED | NEDBANK GROUP LTD | HOLD | 06 Mar | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | SELL | 06 Mar | PFG | PIONEER FOODS GROUP LTD | SELL | 06 Mar |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 12 Mar 2012 | A-V-I | December 2011 (Interim) | 12 Mar 2012 | A-V-I-P | December 2011 (Interim) | 12 Mar 2012 | BEE-SASOL | December 2011 (Interim) | 12 Mar 2012 | PETMIN | December 2011 (Interim) | 12 Mar 2012 | SASOL | December 2011 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | OLDMUTUAL | 12-03-09 | 12-04-13 | 12-06-07 | R 0.0350 | OLDMUTUAL | 12-03-09 | 12-04-13 | 12-06-07 | R 0.1800 | MPACT | 12-03-08 | 12-04-19 | 12-04-30 | R 0.4000 | STANBANK | 12-03-08 | 12-03-23 | 12-04-02 | R 2.8400 | CERAMIC | 12-03-08 | 12-03-23 | 12-04-02 | R 1.1000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | KUMBA | 12-02-09 | 12-03-09 | 12-03-19 | R 22.5000 | HUDACO | 12-01-26 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-12 | R 3.1000 | DSY B PREF | 12-02-23 | 12-03-09 | 12-03-19 | R 2.8923 | MASSMART | 12-02-22 | 12-03-09 | 12-03-19 | R 2.5200 | GFIELDS | 12-02-17 | 12-03-02 | 12-03-12 | R 2.3000 |
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