Thursday, 17 May 2012 - 20:00
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South Africa's rand held clear of its 2012 low on Thursday, supported by a higher gold price, while government bonds latched on to slightly better global sentiment to close firmer. Full story
South African stocks slid nearly 1 percent on Thursday, as investment bank and asset manager Investec was hit after reporting a 26 percent drop in full-year earnings. Full story |
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The head of Syria's top opposition body said on Thursday he was ready to step down for the sake of unity among dissidents -exiled and in Syria - whose divisions have kept them from their goal of recognition as successors to President Bashar al-Assad. Full storyGreece's surging leftist leader predicted on Thursday his party would sweep next month's election and refused to stop demanding an end to "barbaric" austerity policies he said were bankrupting the nation. Full storyHong Kong shares were set to
start higher on Thursday, led by China Mobile Ltd, but
the tone will remain fragile after the market's worst day in six
months in the previous session pushed it further into
technically oversold territory. Full story |
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Markets | Gold rallied more than
2.6 percent o n Thursday, its largest one-day gain since late
January, as technical buy signals and new signs. . . Full story | | The euro and world stocks
declined on Thursday on concerns about the health of Spain's
banks and the prospect of Greece leaving the. . . Full story | | European shares hit multi-month
troughs and a key banking index its lowest mark ever on
Thursday, falling for a fourth straight session as. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks fell on Thursday,
with the S&P on track for a fifth straight day of declines as
weak economic data spooked investors. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks fell on Thursday,
with the S&P 500 down 1 percent and on track for a fifth
straight day of declines as. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index closed
below 5,400 for the first time this year on Thursday, extending
its falls to a fourth straight session. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks fell on Thursday,
with the Nasdaq down 1 percent and the S&P on track for a fifth
straight day of declines. . . Full story | | European shares were heading for
their steepest weekly loss since November after falling for a
fourth straight session on Thursday, as the spectre. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South African state power utility Eskom said on Thursday electricity supply would be extremely tight over the next month as temperatures drop with the onset of the southern hemisphere winter.. . . Full story | | Tanzania's mobile phone subscribers rose 22 percent to 25.6 million last year, helped by lower tariffs, senior telecommunications officials said on Thursday.. . . Full story | | Miner Anglo American has made a priority of its struggling platinum business, admitting earlier this year that the world's largest primary producer is underperforming in the face of soaring costs, imposed. . . Full story |
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| As African governments seek
to extract more revenue from their mining sectors, the
continent's biggest economy has given gold producers a
much-needed tax break. . . Full story | | | | South Africa's rand pulled away on Thursday from the previous day's five month lows against the dollar, which had left it. . . Full story | | |
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Company News | MICROmega's subsidiary company NOSA (Pty) Ltd. ("NOSA") has secured an additional tender for the provision of a "Working at Heights" solution from Transnet Rail Engineering ("Transnet").. . . Full story | | As a courtesy, PPC informed stakeholders that there will be a webcast of its 2012 interim results presentation at 10h00 on 17 May 2012. Stakeholders can access the webcast and/or download the presentation from www.ppc.co.za or www.corpcam.com/streamregister.asp?regid=781 at 10h00.. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Total revenue increased to R17.2 million (R15.7 million). Net attributable profit rose to R1.8 million (R1.7 million). In addition, headline earnings. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R102.1 million (R97.9 million). Gross profit rose surged by almost 50% to R46.4 million (R31.9 million). EBITDA soared. . . Full story | | | | Revenue increased to USD5 billion (USD4.3 billion). Gross profit rose to USD704.6 million (USD597.6 million) and operating profit improved to USD150.6. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33538.92 | -255.80 | -0.76% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29580.86 | -273.54 | -0.92% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2271.39 | 48.68 | 2.19% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 25027.63 | -135.45 | -0.54% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 38457.64 | -218.67 | -0.57% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 32474.63 | -221.59 | -0.68% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 47016.74 | -616.61 | -1.29% | DJ Futures | 18:42 | 12500.00 | -76.00 | -0.60% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12524.19 | -74.36 | -0.59% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1315.33 | -9.47 | -0.71% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2841.71 | -32.33 | -1.12% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5338.38 | -66.87 | -1.24% | DAX | 18:06 | 6308.96 | -75.30 | -1.18% | CAC40 | 18:06 | 3011.99 | -36.68 | -1.20% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 8876.59 | 75.42 | 0.86% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2378.89 | 32.69 | 1.39% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 19200.93 | -58.90 | -0.31% | All Ords | 09:01 | 4208.50 | -6.20 | -0.15% | NZSE 50 | 07:46 | 3521.51 | 7.00 | 0.20% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold | 19:59 | 1573.08 | 34.98 | 2.27% | Gold/Rand | 20:00 | 13056.56 | 254.54 | 1.99% | Gold/R kg | 20:00 | 419769 | 5653 | 1.37% | Silver | 19:59 | 28.0380 | .8430 | 3.10% | Platinum | 19:59 | 1449.00 | 22.75 | 1.60% | Palladium | 19:59 | 601.30 | 10.30 | 1.74% | R157 | 17:02 | 6.44 | -.04 | -0.62% | R204 | 17:02 | 7.31 | -.06 | -0.81% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 108.55 | -.69 | -0.63% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.3000 | -0.0190 | -0.23% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.0941 | -0.1158 | -0.88% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.5569 | -0.0239 | -0.23% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.3682 | 0.0086 | 0.14% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.2550 | 0.0020 | 0.02% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 79.3500 | -0.9720 | -1.21% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7859 | -0.0002 | -0.03% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2721 | 0.0005 | 0.04% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6320 | 0.0038 | 0.60% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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17/05/2012 | 163 | 220 | 76 | 459 | 278,715,954 | R15,485,435,660 | 128363 | 2574021 | 16/05/2012 | 173 | 165 | 83 | 421 | 352,334,176 | R16,210,565,377 | 150333 | 3610141 | 15/05/2012 | 130 | 191 | 80 | 401 | 315,570,504 | R21,722,076,112 | 104651 | 3535890 | 14/05/2012 | 91 | 261 | 53 | 405 | 196,689,890 | R11,540,231,698 | 91794 | 3462836 | 11/05/2012 | 187 | 150 | 77 | 414 | 221,124,619 | R11,934,872,759 | 93887 | 2824782 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,580.86 | -273.54 | -0.92% | Industrial | 38,457.64 | -218.67 | -0.57% | Mid Cap | 48,246.95 | -7.62 | -0.02% | Small Cap | 35,625.19 | 39.07 | 0.11% | Resource 20 | 47,016.74 | -616.61 | -1.29% | Industrial 25 | 32,474.63 | -221.59 | -0.68% | Financial 15 | 9,435.62 | -72.39 | -0.76% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 35,889.48 | -269.98 | -0.75% | All Share | 33,538.92 | -255.80 | -0.76% | Oil & Gas | 27,065.01 | -291.34 | -1.06% | Mining | 30,144.87 | -369.60 | -1.21% | Gold Mining | 2,271.39 | 48.68 | 2.19% | Platinum Mining | 53.62 | .34 | 0.64% | GENERAL MINING | 7,673.48 | -177.42 | -2.26% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,552.35 | -156.66 | -1.07% | Basic Materials | 25,861.02 | -326.29 | -1.25% | Chemicals | 14,800.41 | -50.11 | -0.34% | Forestry & Paper | 13,526.81 | -158.67 | -1.16% | Industrial Metals | 28,997.21 | -670.71 | -2.26% | Industrials | 32,450.85 | -215.77 | -0.66% | General Industrials | 88.73 | -.94 | -1.05% | Consumer Goods | 33,883.54 | -104.16 | -0.31% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,604.53 | -33.97 | -0.60% | Household Goods | 181.07 | -1 | -0.58% | Health Care | 43,175.98 | 176.55 | 0.41% | Beverages | 111.79 | -.20 | -0.18% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 61,401.54 | 1.98 | 0.00% | Personal Goods | 503.28 | -2.29 | -0.45% | Consumer Services | 66,629.83 | -84.09 | -0.13% | General Retailers | 54,651.83 | -585.51 | -1.06% | Travel & Leisure | 3,799.74 | -.57 | -0.01% | Media | 102.06 | .76 | 0.75% | Support Services | 2,406.25 | 5.59 | 0.23% | Telecommunications | 66,746.39 | -1219.42 | -1.79% | Financials | 25,027.63 | -135.45 | -0.54% | Banks | 48,738.31 | 14.11 | 0.03% | Non-life Insurance | 42,823.71 | 176.10 | 0.41% | Life Insurance | 19,355.95 | -391.64 | -1.98% | General Financial | 2,244.62 | -23.50 | -1.04% | Technology | 28,649.70 | -209.96 | -0.73% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,952.94 | -40 | -1.32% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,075.86 | -36 | -1.16% | COAL MINING | 24,355.65 | -754 | -3.00% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,363.47 | -16 | -0.30% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,209.68 | -3 | -0.24% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 419.78 | | -0.06% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 340.07 | | -0.11% | RESOURCE | 25,954.58 | -312 | -1.19% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 192.18 | -2 | -0.89% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,949.18 | -63 | -0.90% | Capped Top 40 | 15,638.87 | -136 | -0.86% | Capped All Share | 16,969.97 | -128 | -0.75% | JSE TABACO | 5,174.81 | -34 | -0.66% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | SHP | SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED | SELL | 15 May | MUR | MURRAY AND ROBERTS HOLDIN... | HOLD | 15 May | SLM | SANLAM LIMITED | HOLD | 15 May | INL | INVESTEC LIMITED | BUY | 15 May | HPA | HOSPITALITY PROP FUND A | BUY | 15 May |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 18 May 2012 | AUSTRO | February 2012 (Interim) | 18 May 2012 | ERBACON | February 2012 (Final) | 18 May 2012 | ERBACONP | February 2012 (Final) | 18 May 2012 | HOLDSPORT | February 2012 (Final) | 18 May 2012 | INFRASORS | February 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | DIPULA B | 12-05-16 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 0.2774 | DIPULA A | 12-05-16 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 0.3969 | DATATEC | 12-05-16 | 12-07-06 | 12-07-16 | R 0.0900 | RICHEMONT | 12-05-16 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-21 | R 0.0550 | MAZOR | 12-05-15 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 0.0160 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | OCTODEC | 12-04-19 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-21 | R 0.7120 | PREMIUM | 12-04-19 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-21 | R 0.6000 | REBOSIS | 12-04-25 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-21 | R 0.4300 | DCENTRIX | 12-04-17 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-21 | R 0.1953 | PBT | 12-04-25 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-21 | R 0.0345 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | AFX | African Oxygen Ltd. | 17/05/2012 | Confirmed | SAC | SA Corporate Real Estate Fund | 17/05/2012 | Unconfirmed | WKF | Workforce Holdings Ltd. | 17/05/2012 | Confirmed | SVN | Sabvest Ltd. | 17/05/2012 | Confirmed | SBV | Sabvest Ltd. | 17/05/2012 | Confirmed |
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