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The size of Nigeria's economy will shoot up by some 40 percent in the second quarter this year, placing Africa's second-biggest economy on the list of middle income countries and bringing it closer to rival South Africa, a source close to the matter said. Full story
South African stocks edged up on Wednesday in thin trade with resource firms including platinum producer Lonmin leading the charge on expectations demand may pick up in China. Full story |
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The Netherlands has called an election for September 12, leaving the country open to months of political and economic turbulence after the government collapsed in a row over budget cuts that are needed to meet strict EU limits. Full storyNewt Gingrich is expected to withdraw next week from the U.S. Republican presidential contest, people familiar with the campaign said on Wednesday, a day after Mitt Romney added to his commanding lead with primary wins in five states. Full storyUkraine's top human rights official called for an investigation on Wednesday into allegations that Yulia Tymoshenko was beaten by prison guards, saying the former prime minister's treatment could amount to torture. Full story |
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Markets | Gold was flat on
W ednesday in a volatile session that saw the precious metal
tumble $10 an ounce after the Federal Reserve. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday
after Apple's blowout quarter overshadowed a drop in durable
goods and further lifted optimism in an earnings season. . . Full story | | Global shares jumped on
W ednesday after better-than-expected earnings from Apple Inc
bolstered optimism over corporate earnings and a policy
statement from the Federal. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks clung to strong
gains on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve repeated its
promise to leave interest rates on hold until at. . . Full story |
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| European shares rose for a
second day on Wednesday, bolstered by a crop of strong earnings
reports, but volatility remained high, with investors. . . Full story | | The UK's blue-chip index closed
up on Wednesday, shrugging off weak UK GDP figures showing
Britain slipped back into recession and disappointing
first-quarter results. . . Full story | | European shares rose for a
second day on Wednesday, bolstered by a crop of strong earnings
reports, but volumes were low, with investors. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened higher on
Wednesday after forecast-beating results from Apple removed a
weeks-old market overhang and lifted optimism in a corporate
earnings season. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's petrol pump price in the main inland commercial region of Gauteng will increase by 28 cents or 2.3 percent. . . Full story | | Coal of Africa, whose thermal and coking coal operations are all in South Africa, has moved its first production destined for. . . Full story | | Malawi's maize crop is forecast to fall this season by around 7 percent to 3.6 million tonnes, the southern African country's. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand and government bonds were slightly firmer on Wednesday with bond inflows supporting the rand, which looked to finally. . . Full story |
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| The size of Nigeria's economy will shoot up by some 40 percent in the second quarter this year, placing Africa's second-biggest. . . Full story | | The rand firmed as much as 0.5 percent to a fresh three-week high against the dollar on Wednesday and was on. . . Full story | | The size of Nigeria's economy
will shoot up by some 40 percent in the second quarter this
year, placing Africa's second-biggest economy on. . . Full story | | Rapid growth in South Africa's unsecured lending has not sparked a bubble and banks are managing exposure to the business prudently,. . . Full story |
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| China Development Bank (CDB),
Beijing's financing arm for big infrastructure projects, posted
a 22.9 percent rise in net profit in 2011 to 45.6 billion yuan
($7.23 billion), the bank said in its annual report published on
Wednesday.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are referred to the announcement on Friday 30 March 2012 in which they were advised that the acquisition by KAP. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that, with immediate effect, Mr Mano Moodley has been appointed as an independent non-executive director of the company. . . Full story | | Pioneer provides these earnings guidance based on the provisional results for the six months to 31 March 2012 and further to. . . Full story | | At the annual general meeting held on 25 April 2012, all resolutions proposed at the meeting were passed by vote on. . . Full story |
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| Unitholders are advised that SA Corp has entered into discussions which, if successfully concluded, may have an effect on the price. . . Full story | | The company is continuously reviewing its business strategy to ensure that it maximises shareholder value. Pursuant to this strategy, shareholders are. . . Full story | | Total tonnes delivered to concentrators was 3% lower than the first quarter of 2011. Key contributing factors to the reduced mining. . . Full story | | The company advises that its basic and headline earnings per share for the year ended 31 March 2012, are expected to. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue increased to R25.9 million (R24 million). Operating profit rose to R18.3 million (R17.7 million). Profit after tax improved to R13.6. . . Full story | | Net revenue for the interim period jumped to R217.6 million (2011: R179.4 million). Operating profit increased to R21.7 million (2011: R12.7. . . Full story | | | | Revenue increased to R10 billion (R9.7 billion). EBITDA before capital items declined to R919 million (R1.1 billion). Results from operating activities. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 34028.81 | 207.94 | 0.61% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 30021.05 | 197.17 | 0.66% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2209.82 | 33.75 | 1.55% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 24820.70 | 110.76 | 0.45% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 38513.74 | 130.60 | 0.34% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 32416.16 | 108.90 | 0.34% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 49447.55 | 553.93 | 1.13% | DJ Futures | 24/04 | 12985.00 | -1.00 | 0.00% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 13068.24 | 66.68 | 0.51% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1388.23 | 16.26 | 1.19% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 3024.91 | 63.31 | 2.14% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5718.89 | 9.40 | 0.16% | DAX | 18:06 | 6704.50 | 114.09 | 1.73% | CAC40 | 18:06 | 3233.46 | 64.14 | 2.02% | Nikkei | 08:06 | 9561.01 | 92.97 | 0.98% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2406.81 | 17.98 | 0.75% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 20646.29 | -30.87 | -0.15% | All Ords | 24/04 | 4433.90 | 3.60 | 0.08% | NZSE 50 | 24/04 | 3519.86 | 6.41 | 0.18% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 20:00 | 1636.10 | -4.80 | -0.29% | Gold/Rand | 19:58 | 12746.62 | -25.16 | -0.20% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 409804 | -2818 | -0.68% | Silver | 19:59 | 30.4950 | -.3200 | -1.04% | Platinum | 20:00 | 1546.00 | 5.00 | 0.32% | Palladium | 19:59 | 658.40 | -1.90 | -0.29% | R157 | 17:06 | 6.49 | .01 | 0.08% | R204 | 17:06 | 7.32 | .02 | 0.21% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 118.96 | .88 | 0.75% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 7.7665 | -0.0169 | -0.22% | Rand / Pound | 20:00 | 12.5034 | -0.0254 | -0.20% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.2482 | -0.0191 | -0.19% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.3144 | -0.0136 | -0.21% | Rand / AUD | 20:00 | 8.0250 | -0.0065 | -0.08% | Yen / Dollar | 20:00 | 81.5240 | 0.2140 | 0.26% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7574 | -0.0002 | -0.03% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3191 | 0.0006 | 0.04% | Pound / Dollar | 19:40 | 0.6190 | -0.0002 | -0.03% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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25/04/2012 | 210 | 125 | 83 | 418 | 248,569,397 | R15,061,528,641 | 86233 | 2469731 | 24/04/2012 | 171 | 133 | 82 | 386 | 220,159,159 | R10,394,423,085 | 80692 | 2346008 | 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 |
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Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 30,021.05 | 197.17 | 0.66% | Industrial | 38,513.74 | 130.60 | 0.34% | Mid Cap | 48,913.24 | 205.45 | 0.42% | Small Cap | 36,011.77 | 91.20 | 0.25% | Resource 20 | 49,447.55 | 553.93 | 1.13% | Industrial 25 | 32,416.16 | 108.90 | 0.34% | Financial 15 | 9,330.46 | 47.40 | 0.51% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 35,709.85 | 140.86 | 0.40% | All Share | 34,028.81 | 207.94 | 0.61% | Oil & Gas | 27,606.08 | 121.08 | 0.44% | Mining | 31,802.49 | 389.59 | 1.24% | Gold Mining | 2,209.82 | 33.75 | 1.55% | Platinum Mining | 56.39 | .21 | 0.37% | GENERAL MINING | 8,235.78 | 108.07 | 1.33% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,843.28 | 65.10 | 0.44% | Basic Materials | 27,263.34 | 308.77 | 1.15% | Chemicals | 14,961.43 | -235.15 | -1.55% | Forestry & Paper | 14,173.67 | 125.55 | 0.89% | Industrial Metals | 30,674.76 | 104.76 | 0.34% | Industrials | 33,114.30 | 271.65 | 0.83% | General Industrials | 89,936.18 | 933.58 | 1.05% | Consumer Goods | 33,425.38 | 281.37 | 0.85% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,046.10 | .00 | 0.00% | Household Goods | 184.69 | 1 | 0.72% | Health Care | 42,336.37 | -386.45 | -0.90% | Beverages | 111.69 | -.02 | -0.02% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 60,518.24 | 524.31 | 0.87% | Personal Goods | 485.50 | 13.68 | 2.90% | Consumer Services | 66,877.13 | -453.82 | -0.67% | General Retailers | 55,196.08 | 377.40 | 0.69% | Travel & Leisure | 3,790.38 | -27.41 | -0.72% | Media | 100.10 | -2.13 | -2.08% | Support Services | 2,405.56 | 8.39 | 0.35% | Telecommunications | 67,478.37 | 387.90 | 0.58% | Financials | 24,820.70 | 110.76 | 0.45% | Banks | 47,356.63 | 274.94 | 0.58% | Non-life Insurance | 44,069.20 | 786.09 | 1.82% | Life Insurance | 19,347.31 | 90.23 | 0.47% | General Financial | 2,343.90 | 5.45 | 0.23% | Technology | 28,385.88 | 24.70 | 0.09% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,046.74 | 35 | 1.17% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,167.11 | 34 | 1.08% | COAL MINING | 27,568.23 | 288 | 1.06% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,402.55 | -20 | -0.38% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,212.05 | -40 | -3.21% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 415.24 | | 0.23% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 336.70 | | 0.19% | RESOURCE | 27,242.35 | 302 | 1.12% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 197.40 | 1 | 0.40% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,063.82 | 51 | 0.73% | Capped Top 40 | 15,839.65 | 101 | 0.64% | Capped All Share | 17,212.78 | 105 | 0.61% | JSE TABACO | 5,024.28 | -49 | -0.96% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | NED | NEDBANK GROUP LTD | HOLD | 24 Apr | OCT | OCTODEC INVESTMENTS LIMIT... | BUY | 24 Apr | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | SELL | 24 Apr | AIP | ADCOCK INGRAM HLGS LD | HOLD | 24 Apr | IPF | INVESTEC PROPERTY FUND LT... | HOLD | 24 Apr |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 26 Apr 2012 | 1TIME | December 2011 (Final) | 26 Apr 2012 | AQUARIUS | March 2012 (Q) | 26 Apr 2012 | AQUARIUSCVT | March 2012 (Q) | 26 Apr 2012 | ARROWA | September 2011 (Final) | 26 Apr 2012 | ARROWB | September 2011 (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 | NTC PREF | 12-04-02 | 12-04-25 | 12-05-07 | R 3.7227 | 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 | SBR003 | 12-02-06 | 12-04-25 | 12-05-07 | R 1.4700 | SANLAM | 12-03-08 | 12-04-19 | 12-05-09 | R 1.3000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | ZSA | Zurich Insurance Company South Africa Lt... | 25/04/2012 | Confirmed | JSE | JSE Ltd. | 25/04/2012 | Confirmed | IDEP | Ideco Group Ltd. | 26/04/2012 | Confirmed | IDE | Ideco Group Ltd. | 26/04/2012 | Confirmed |
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