Monday, 21 May 2012 - 20:00
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South Africa's rand strengthened from last week's 5-month lows against the dollar on Monday while government bonds edged higher and yields dipped in a market expecting a dovish monetary policy statement later in the week. Full story
South Africa's benchmark index fell for the third straight session on Monday, with Naspers hit by a sell-off in its Chinese affiliate and concerns about the valuations of Internet shares following a muted Facebook debut. Full story |
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A suicide bomber with explosives strapped under his uniform killed more than 90 people at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Monday, an attack which will alarm Washington as its involvement in the front-line state deepens. Full storyThe U.N. nuclear watchdog chief held extensive and useful talks in Iran on Monday and expects them to have a positive impact on a six-power meeting with Tehran later this week, Iranian media said, but there was no sign of a breakthrough deal. Full storyThe U.N. nuclear watchdog chief began rare talks in Tehran on Monday after voicing hope for a deal to investigate suspected atomic bomb research - a gesture Iran might make to try to get international sanctions relaxed and deflect threats of war. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks rebounded on Monday
after their worst weekly decline of the year with signs that
investors were quickly unloading Facebook shares following. . . Full story | | Global stocks rebounded and the
euro steadied from its lows for the year o n M onday as world
leaders emphasized their support. . . Full story | | The Nasdaq climbed 2 percent on
Monday as U.S. stocks rebounded from their worst week in a year
while investors dumped newly floated. . . Full story | | European equities rebounded from
five-month lows on Monday, with investors seeing value after the
steep retreat to five-month lows and taking heart from. . . Full story |
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| Britain's top share index halted a
week-long slide on Monday, as investors stumped up the courage
to buy in on the dips of. . . Full story | | European equities rebounded on
Monday, with investors seeing value after the steep retreat to
five-month lows and taking heart from global politicians'
weekend pledge. . . Full story | | Gold prices eased on Monday as a
retreat in the euro arrested their rebound from 2012 lows, with
investors remaining cautious towards the. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks edged up in morning
trading on Monday, bouncing back from their worst weekly decline
for the year, as world leaders expressed. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has been chosen as preferred supplier for five projects in South Africa with total capacity of 297 megawatts (MW) of turbines, Vestas said on Monday.. . . Full story | | South African national oil company PetroSA said on Monday it had partnered with China's Sinopec Group to push along the building of its Coega refinery, originally slated to cost $9-$10 billion. . . Full story | | South African Pioneer Food Group posted a 44 percent drop in first-half earnings on Monday, hit by costs related to an empowerment transaction and soft consumer spending.. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's municipal
workers kicked off annual wage negotiations on Monday with a
demand for increases nearly three times the inflation rate,
warning of. . . Full story | | Global miner Anglo American is opening a new commercial hub in Singapore on July 1 and also in London, a move. . . Full story | | Chinese buyers are
deferring or have defaulted on coal and iron ore deliveries
following a drop in prices, traders said, providing more
evidence that. . . Full story | | Asia absorbed most of South Africa's 5.2 million tonnes of coal exports in April, led by India, China and Taiwan, exporters. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's Vodacom said it will fight a court ruling that it must pay $21 million in consultancy fees or submit to the mandatory sale of its shares in its joint venture in the Democratic Republic of Congo.. . . Full story | | Vodacom will not let its Congolese asset go, and is appealing a court ruling of a public sale on June 3, the chief executive of the South African mobile operator said on Monday.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Mr Cornelius Johannes Smith has been appointed as an alternate director to the financial director, David Graham Jones, with immediate effect.. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that Mr E C Kieswetter, an independent non-executive director of Shoprite, has been appointed as a member of. . . Full story | | Gijima announced that it has secured the extension of its long-term debtors securitisation funding programme ("the programme"), which was initiated in. . . Full story | | Pinpoint informed shareholders that the statutory second meeting of creditors and members in the above company has been convened to be. . . Full story |
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| Rockwell announced the successful completion of two strategic projects, namely the new in-field screen and the bulk x-ray and single particle. . . Full story | | SA Corp unitholders are advised that, at the voluntary annual general meeting of SA Corp held at the Colosseum Meeting Room,. . . Full story | | The respective boards of directors of Absa and Absa-p informed shareholders that Ms Nadine Drutman has been appointed as group company. . . Full story | | Shareholders were referred to the cautionary announcements released on SENS on 9 March 2012 and 11 May 2012, wherein shareholders were. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue increased to R66.9 billion (R61.2 billion). Operating profit rose to R16.6 billion (R13.7 billion). Net attributable R10.2 billion (R8.2 billion).. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R9.2 billion (R8.3 billion). Gross profit rose to R2.7 billion (R2.6 billion) and gross profit improved to R2.7. . . Full story | | Interest income on advances increased by 32% to R4.6 billion (R3.4 billion). Income from operations was up 26% to R9.3 billion. . . Full story | | Revenue increased by 15% to R2.2 billion (R1.9 billion). Gross profit rose by 14% to R923 million (R813.2 million) and operating. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33086.00 | -62.39 | -0.19% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29144.92 | -67.50 | -0.23% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2370.98 | .12 | 0.01% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 24559.48 | -52.06 | -0.21% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 37845.81 | -5.06 | -0.01% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 31903.21 | -12.62 | -0.04% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 46715.73 | -205.61 | -0.44% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 12441.00 | -23.00 | -0.18% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12469.66 | 100.28 | 0.81% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1311.45 | 16.23 | 1.25% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 2835.41 | 56.62 | 2.04% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5304.48 | 36.86 | 0.70% | DAX | 18:06 | 6331.04 | 59.82 | 0.95% | CAC40 | 18:06 | 3027.15 | 19.15 | 0.64% | Nikkei | 08:06 | 8633.89 | 22.58 | 0.26% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2348.30 | 3.78 | 0.16% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 18922.32 | -29.53 | -0.16% | All Ords | 09:01 | 4124.40 | 25.60 | 0.62% | NZSE 50 | 07:46 | 3493.39 | -8.05 | -0.23% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1589.00 | -1.80 | -0.11% | Gold R | 20:00 | 13145.64 | 16.40 | 0.12% | Gold R/kg | 20:00 | 422632 | -2008 | -0.47% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 28.3100 | -.4400 | -1.53% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1456.25 | 7.75 | 0.54% | Palladium $ | 19:57 | 609.30 | 11.30 | 1.89% | R157 | 14:06 | 6.34 | -.04 | -0.55% | R204 | 17:06 | 7.23 | -.02 | -0.21% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 109.65 | 1.67 | 1.55% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.2729 | -0.0393 | -0.47% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.0407 | -0.0771 | -0.59% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.5729 | -0.0534 | -0.50% | Rand / NZD | 19:57 | 6.3068 | 0.0149 | 0.24% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.1680 | -0.0218 | -0.27% | Yen / Dollar | 19:57 | 79.3210 | 0.1280 | 0.16% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7822 | -0.0001 | -0.01% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2779 | 0.0004 | 0.03% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6325 | 0.0003 | 0.05% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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21/05/2012 | 133 | 182 | 87 | 402 | 219,827,413 | R11,278,424,930 | 101680 | 3627988 | 18/05/2012 | 123 | 218 | 69 | 410 | 279,057,540 | R15,063,363,846 | 127038 | 3209392 | 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 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,144.92 | -67.50 | -0.23% | Industrial | 37,845.81 | -5.06 | -0.01% | Mid Cap | 47,832.56 | 2.44 | 0.01% | Small Cap | 35,528.63 | 20.72 | 0.06% | Resource 20 | 46,715.73 | -205.61 | -0.44% | Industrial 25 | 31,903.21 | -12.62 | -0.04% | Financial 15 | 9,237.31 | -17.40 | -0.19% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 35,180.23 | -34.20 | -0.10% | All Share | 33,086.00 | -62.39 | -0.19% | Oil & Gas | 26,395.29 | -262.59 | -0.99% | Mining | 30,051.11 | -101.50 | -0.34% | Gold Mining | 2,370.98 | .12 | 0.01% | Platinum Mining | 52.85 | -.28 | -0.53% | GENERAL MINING | 7,575.86 | -32.88 | -0.43% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,192.26 | -141.19 | -0.99% | Basic Materials | 25,744.88 | -77.40 | -0.30% | Chemicals | 14,696.01 | 14.43 | 0.10% | Forestry & Paper | 13,237.84 | 11.21 | 0.08% | Industrial Metals | 28,466.07 | 7.46 | 0.03% | Industrials | 32,127.82 | -20.85 | -0.06% | General Industrials | 87.83 | -.14 | -0.16% | Consumer Goods | 33,444.50 | 305.98 | 0.92% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,579.63 | 9.06 | 0.16% | Household Goods | 172.20 | -2 | -1.24% | Health Care | 42,867.45 | 17.93 | 0.04% | Beverages | 109.59 | .98 | 0.90% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 60,417.75 | -169.56 | -0.28% | Personal Goods | 507.07 | 10.68 | 2.15% | Consumer Services | 64,631.39 | -1349.42 | -2.05% | General Retailers | 54,167.40 | -64.70 | -0.12% | Travel & Leisure | 3,796.51 | 11.63 | 0.31% | Media | 95.73 | -5.10 | -5.06% | Support Services | 2,413.03 | -4.42 | -0.18% | Telecommunications | 66,044.23 | 372.16 | 0.57% | Financials | 24,559.48 | -52.06 | -0.21% | Banks | 47,454.57 | -92.27 | -0.19% | Non-life Insurance | 42,494.48 | .00 | 0.00% | Life Insurance | 18,945.83 | -121.03 | -0.63% | General Financial | 2,203.95 | -4.64 | -0.21% | Technology | 28,501.98 | 77.85 | 0.27% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,931.65 | -0 | -0.00% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,053.32 | 1 | 0.03% | COAL MINING | 24,563.29 | 298 | 1.23% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,321.76 | -10 | -0.19% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,238.47 | 25 | 2.04% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 418.16 | | 0.02% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 338.71 | | 0.13% | RESOURCE | 25,787.66 | -113 | -0.43% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 188.49 | 0 | 0.01% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,838.18 | -10 | -0.15% | Capped Top 40 | 15,405.32 | -35 | -0.23% | Capped All Share | 16,740.26 | -31 | -0.19% | JSE TABACO | 5,069.38 | -11 | -0.21% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | MUR | MURRAY AND ROBERTS HOLDIN... | HOLD | 17 May | SLM | SANLAM LIMITED | HOLD | 17 May | INL | INVESTEC LIMITED | BUY | 17 May | HPA | HOSPITALITY PROP FUND A | BUY | 17 May | VPF | VUNANI PROP INV FUND LTD | BUY | 17 May |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 22 May 2012 | CAFCA | March 2012 (Interim) | 22 May 2012 | ISA | February 2012 (Final) | 22 May 2012 | MEDCLIN | March 2012 (Final) | 23 May 2012 | LEWIS | March 2012 (Final) | 23 May 2012 | MRPRICE | March 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | AECI 5.5%P | 12-05-18 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-15 | R 0.3609 | HOLDSPORT | 12-05-18 | 12-06-15 | 12-06-25 | R 1.1500 | INVPREF | 12-05-17 | 12-06-08 | 12-06-26 | R 0.0752 | INVPROP | 12-05-17 | 12-06-22 | 12-07-02 | R 0.4929 | INVLTD | 12-05-17 | 12-07-20 | 12-08-06 | R 0.0900 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | JSE | 12-03-13 | 12-05-18 | 12-05-28 | R 2.5000 | HOSP-A | 12-04-30 | 12-05-18 | 12-05-28 | R 0.6334 | REDEFINE | 12-05-03 | 12-05-18 | 12-05-28 | R 0.3150 | PHUMELELA | 12-04-19 | 12-05-18 | 12-05-28 | R 0.2500 | SPANJAARD | 12-02-29 | 12-05-18 | 12-05-28 | R 0.1800 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | EXX | Exxaro Resources Ltd. | 22/05/2012 | Confirmed | ADH | ADvTECH Ltd. | 22/05/2012 | Confirmed | AFE | AECI Ltd. | 28/05/2012 | Confirmed | AFEP | AECI Ltd. | 28/05/2012 | Confirmed |
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