Monday, 23 April 2012 - 20:00
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South Africa's rand fell nearly one percent against the dollar on Monday as emerging market currencies were sold in favour of the safer dollar in a risk-averse environment, putting the rand back in line with its peers after a week of out performance on domestic factors. Full story
Johannesburg shares slid nearly 2 percent on Monday, as nagging concerns about the European debt crisis sent shares of banks and miners sharply lower. Full story |
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George Zimmerman, the former neighbourhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, was released early on Monday from a Florida county jail on $150,000 bail. Full storyThe Dutch government will resign on Monday in a crisis over budget cuts, spelling the end of a coalition which has strongly backed a European Union fiscal treaty and lectured Greece on getting its finances in order. Full storySudanese war planes bombed a market in the capital of South Sudan's oil-producing Unity State on Monday, residents and officials said, in an attack the southern army called a declaration of war. Full story |
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Markets | Britain's top shares
surrendered almost all of last week's gains on Monday, led lower
by commodity stocks and banks, as political uncertainty and
disappointing. . . Full story | | European shares fell to a
three-month low in brisk volume on Monday and braced for a bumpy
ride as worsening global economic conditions. . . Full story | | Global equities and the euro
sank on Monday as political uncertainties in Europe raised fears
the euro zone debt crisis could spread to. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks slid on Monday as
resurgent uncertainty in Europe cast doubts on the bloc's
ability to push through measures to end its. . . Full story |
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| Gold slid below $1,630 an ounce on
Monday, mirroring losses in nominally higher risk assets like
stocks and crude oil, as concerns that. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened sharply
lower on Monday on weak European data and renewed anxiety over
how the region would tackle its debt crisis,. . . Full story | | Hong Kong shares suffered
their worst daily loss in more than six weeks on Monday, dragged
lower by a 3 percent slump in. . . Full story | | Shanghai shares slipped from
month-highs on Monday as A-share turnover spiked to its highest
since March 14, dragged lower by financial and energy. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Zambia's kwacha currency will strengthen modestly over the coming year as copper prices stay strong despite disappointing Chinese economic growth, a. . . Full story | | Swiss food group Nestle is to buy U.S. drugmaker Pfizer's baby food business for $11.85 billion, beating out French rival Danone. . . Full story | | Nigeria's naira should hold steady in the short term buoyed by higher oil prices and a tight monetary policy, but gains. . . Full story | | South Africa's maize stocks fell to their lowest level since the start of the May 2011-April 2012 marketing season, renewing fears. . . Full story |
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| Mozambique will buy 6 million gigajoules of gas from South African petrochemicals group Sasol to bring cleaner energy to the country,. . . Full story | | Private equity firm Lion
Capital is in talks to sell Weetabix, one of Britain's biggest
breakfast cereal producers, to Chinese government-backed food
and dairy. . . Full story | | South Africa's Hermans & Roman Properties (HRP) started a book building process on Monday for a private placement in which it. . . Full story | | Global brewer SABMiller said its European chief Alan Clark will succeed long-standing Chief Executive Graham Mackay in July 2013 in series. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar on Monday as it tracked the euro, with European countries coming under pressure from other world powers to do more to fix debt-heavy economies in the region.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Pick n Pay and BP Southern Africa (BPSA) will roll out small-format Pick n Pay stores at BP service stations in. . . Full story | | Earnings per share and the fully diluted earnings per share for the year ended 31 December 2011 is expected to reflect. . . Full story | | Chemspec advised shareholders that the company expects an improvement in the company's loss and headline loss per share for the twelve. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the announcement dated 14 February 2012 ("the February announcement") which advised shareholders that the company had entered. . . Full story |
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| Following the announcement by Old Mutual plc (the "Company") on 21 March 2012 regarding the completion of the sale of the Skandia Nordic business to Skandia Liv and the announcement on 9 March 2012 regarding the special dividend, final dividend and share consolidation, the company's share consolidation will become effective today. Applications have been made to the UK Listing Authority to amend the official list and to the LSE to amend the details of the company's shares for trading purp. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Contract revenue declined to R272.9 million (R386.6 million). Gross profit decreased to R29.1 million (R43.8 million) and operating profit more than halved to R5.9 million (R18.7 million). Net attributable profit slumped to R0.2 million (R12.3 million). In addition, headline earnings per share sunk to 0.1c (6cps).
Outlook
The general economy, and in particular the construction sector, is starting to show signs of recovery. Prospects appear more promising than 18 months ago and B&W i. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33703.21 | -513.34 | -1.50% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29686.12 | -499.65 | -1.66% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2178.18 | -24.24 | -1.10% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 24721.07 | -416.07 | -1.66% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 38127.88 | -437.08 | -1.13% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 32033.87 | -378.87 | -1.17% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 48817.29 | -970.33 | -1.95% | DJ Futures | 19:50 | 12830.00 | -158.00 | -1.22% | DJ Ind | 19:41 | 12888.76 | -140.50 | -1.08% | SP 500 | 19:56 | 1364.29 | -14.24 | -1.03% | Nasdaq | 19:56 | 2964.48 | -35.97 | -1.20% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5665.57 | -106.58 | -1.85% | DAX | 18:06 | 6523.00 | -227.12 | -3.36% | CAC40 | 18:06 | 3098.37 | -90.21 | -2.83% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 9542.17 | -19.19 | -0.20% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2388.59 | -18.28 | -0.76% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 20624.39 | -386.25 | -1.84% | All Ords | 08:40 | 4430.30 | -14.10 | -0.32% | NZSE 50 | 07:46 | 3513.45 | -2.78 | -0.08% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1634.50 | -6.19 | -0.38% | Gold/Rand | 19:58 | 12848.44 | 12848.44 | 0.00% | Gold/R kg | 19:56 | 413083 | 1212 | 0.29% | Silver | 19:59 | 30.6690 | -.9680 | -3.06% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1554.50 | -24.50 | -1.55% | Palladium | 19:59 | 669.50 | -4.20 | -0.62% | R157 | 17:06 | 6.52 | .08 | 1.16% | R204 | 17:06 | 7.36 | .06 | 0.75% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 118.30 | -.19 | -0.16% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.8631 | 0.0593 | 0.76% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.6380 | 0.0687 | 0.55% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.3267 | 0.0191 | 0.19% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.3862 | 0.0053 | 0.08% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.1013 | -0.0077 | -0.09% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 81.0900 | -0.4880 | -0.60% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7610 | 0.0032 | 0.42% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3135 | -0.0057 | -0.43% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6202 | 0.0005 | 0.08% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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23/04/2012 | 88 | 243 | 71 | 402 | 204,113,275 | R11,320,174,796 | 82413 | 2858692 | 20/04/2012 | 195 | 119 | 93 | 407 | 269,085,600 | R14,135,784,647 | 101126 | 2688673 | 19/04/2012 | 168 | 151 | 76 | 395 | 229,816,222 | R13,336,662,825 | 96441 | 2527578 | 18/04/2012 | 203 | 118 | 80 | 401 | 199,632,859 | R12,760,927,679 | 82566 | 1477805 | 17/04/2012 | 186 | 140 | 79 | 405 | 230,459,376 | R13,103,586,330 | 89562 | 2438894 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,686.12 | -499.65 | -1.66% | Industrial | 38,127.88 | -437.08 | -1.13% | Mid Cap | 48,757.20 | -409.27 | -0.83% | Small Cap | 36,165.69 | -147.22 | -0.41% | Resource 20 | 48,817.29 | -970.33 | -1.95% | Industrial 25 | 32,033.87 | -378.87 | -1.17% | Financial 15 | 9,284.69 | -188.35 | -1.99% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 35,343.85 | -529.96 | -1.48% | All Share | 33,703.21 | -513.34 | -1.50% | Oil & Gas | 27,503.92 | -261.08 | -0.94% | Mining | 31,360.91 | -674.66 | -2.11% | Gold Mining | 2,178.18 | -24.24 | -1.10% | Platinum Mining | 55.68 | -.76 | -1.35% | GENERAL MINING | 8,121.84 | -204.56 | -2.46% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,788.35 | -140.38 | -0.94% | Basic Materials | 26,889.50 | -573.14 | -2.09% | Chemicals | 15,201.77 | -24.31 | -0.16% | Forestry & Paper | 14,066.15 | -209.24 | -1.47% | Industrial Metals | 29,944.03 | -849.59 | -2.76% | Industrials | 32,816.23 | -403.52 | -1.21% | General Industrials | 88,407.69 | -1033.53 | -1.16% | Consumer Goods | 32,936.28 | -480.18 | -1.44% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,046.10 | -56.62 | -0.93% | Household Goods | 181.73 | -4 | -2.16% | Health Care | 42,650.35 | 242.08 | 0.57% | Beverages | 110.99 | -1.13 | -1.01% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 60,074.11 | -384.89 | -0.64% | Personal Goods | 463.53 | -12.78 | -2.68% | Consumer Services | 66,429.90 | -907.08 | -1.35% | General Retailers | 54,381.38 | -952.26 | -1.72% | Travel & Leisure | 3,831.63 | -26.40 | -0.68% | Media | 99.77 | -.94 | -0.93% | Support Services | 2,397.73 | -5.04 | -0.21% | Telecommunications | 66,878.80 | -91.62 | -0.14% | Financials | 24,721.07 | -416.07 | -1.66% | Banks | 46,978.31 | -1105.55 | -2.30% | Non-life Insurance | 43,711.89 | 176.11 | 0.40% | Life Insurance | 19,295.67 | -399.29 | -2.03% | General Financial | 2,323.70 | -41.04 | -1.74% | Technology | 28,347.35 | -50.10 | -0.18% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,997.27 | -53 | -1.73% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,120.84 | -52 | -1.64% | COAL MINING | 27,009.00 | -520 | -1.89% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,409.31 | 12 | 0.23% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,270.79 | 11 | 0.88% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 415.20 | | -0.01% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 336.24 | | -0.32% | RESOURCE | 26,905.47 | -530 | -1.93% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 196.35 | -3 | -1.28% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,993.21 | -119 | -1.68% | Capped Top 40 | 15,663.33 | -257 | -1.62% | Capped All Share | 17,048.14 | -258 | -1.49% | JSE TABACO | 5,185.41 | -15 | -0.29% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | BTI | BRITISH AM. TOBACCO PLC | BUY | 19 Apr | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | BUY | 19 Apr | PIK | PICK N PAY STORES LIMITED | SELL | 19 Apr | NED | NEDBANK GROUP LTD | HOLD | 18 Apr | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | SELL | 18 Apr |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 24 Apr 2012 | ASTRAPAK | February 2012 (Final) | 24 Apr 2012 | ASTRAPAKP | February 2012 (Final) | 25 Apr 2012 | ALTECH | February 2012 (Final) | 25 Apr 2012 | CMH | February 2012 (Final) | 25 Apr 2012 | CMH PREF | February 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | PHUMELELA | 12-04-19 | 12-05-18 | 12-05-28 | R 0.2500 | PREMIUM | 12-04-19 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-21 | R 0.6000 | OCTODEC | 12-04-19 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-21 | R 0.7120 | PICKNPAY | 12-04-18 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 1.0835 | PIKWIK | 12-04-18 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 0.5257 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | LIB-HOLD | 12-04-02 | 12-04-19 | 12-04-30 | R 2.2100 | TRUWTHS | 12-04-03 | 12-04-19 | 12-04-30 | R 1.6900 | SANLAM | 12-03-08 | 12-04-19 | 12-05-09 | R 1.3000 | SHOPRIT | 12-04-02 | 12-04-19 | 12-04-30 | R 1.0900 | A-V-I | 12-04-02 | 12-04-19 | 12-04-30 | R 0.8300 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | MTL | Mercantile Bank Holdings Ltd. | 23/04/2012 | Confirmed | MTLP | Mercantile Bank Holdings Ltd. | 23/04/2012 | Confirmed | ABSP | Absa Bank Ltd. | 24/04/2012 | Confirmed | JSE | JSE Ltd. | 25/04/2012 | Confirmed | ZSA | Zurich Insurance Company South Africa Lt... | 25/04/2012 | Confirmed |
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