Wednesday, 30 May 2012 - 20:00
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South Africa's Reserve Bank will not use reserves to try and manage the exchange rate as this would not be good use of the money, Governor Gill Marcus reiterated on Wednesday. Full story
South Africa's rand fell to a new 2012 low against the dollar on Wednesday and was among the hardest hit by a stampede away from riskier assets with investors unnerved by the deteriorating euro crisis. Full story |
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was jailed for 50 years on Wednesday for helping Sierra Leonean rebels commit what a court in The Hague called some of the worst war crimes in history. Full storyFrance had more jobseekers in April than any time this century as numbers rose for the twelfth month running, and the labour ministry said it was braced for more layoffs in the months ahead. Full storyPoland has demanded an apology from Washington after President Barack Obama spoke of a "Polish death camp" while announcing an award to a resistance fighter for alerting the world to the Nazi Holocaust, largely perpetrated on Polish soil. Full story |
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Markets | Gold rose in choppy trade on
Wednesday as sharp losses in equities and other commodities
spurred safe-haven demand, while technical buying also provided
a. . . Full story | | European shares fell sharply on
Wednesday and looked poised for further jitters amid signs
Spain's economic and banking crisis was deepening and on. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks fell more than 1
percent on Wednesday as mounting fears about the euro zone
prompted investors to sell sectors tied to. . . Full story | | Benchmark U.S. Treasury yields
fell to their lowest levels in at least 60 years on Wednesday,
and stocks and commodities sold off as. . . Full story |
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| Britain's top shares dropped on
Wednesday, snapping a four-session rally, as rising bond yields
for Italy and Spain and the latest poll results. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened lower on
Wednesday as rising bond yields for Italy and Spain and the
latest poll results in Greece worsened fears. . . Full story | | European shares pared losses on
Wednesday after the European Commission called for a
recapitalisation of euro zone banks from its permanent bailout
fund, although. . . Full story | | U.S. stock index futures cut
their losses on Wednesday following comments from the European
Commission outlining an economic strategy for the region's
banking system.. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South African stocks snapped a two-day winning streak on Wednesday and followed a slide in global equities as investors worldwide offloaded assets seen as risky on worsening fears about the euro. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand weakened over 1.8 percent to a six-month low against the dollar on Wednesday as political uncertainty in Greece fanned a fresh wave of risk aversion.. . . Full story | | Growth in credit demand by South Africa's private sector braked more than expected to 7.33 percent year-on-year in April compared with a 9.16 percent rise in March, central bank data showed. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's No.3 gold miner, Harmony Gold, has agreed to sell its Evander mine to Africa-focused Pan African Resources for 1.5. . . Full story | | Carbon market trading
rose 11 percent to a record value of $176 billion in 2011 as an
increase in secondary trading volumes offset. . . Full story | | Caterpillar Inc reached a $115 million deal to sell South African industrial group Barloworld Ltd its Bucyrus distribution and support business. . . Full story | | U.S. coal miner Peabody
Energy Corp has attracted a bid from South Korean trader
LG International for its Wilkie Creek mine in
Australia, which. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand eased against the dollar in early Wednesday trade and is likely to stay on the back foot as fears of contagion from Europe's liquidity problems dent investors' appetite for higher yielding but riskier emerging market assets.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Grindrod shareholders are advised that at the annual general meeting of shareholders held on Wednesday, 30 May 2012, the requisite majority. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that all of the resolutions proposed in the notice to shareholders incorporated in the notice of annual general. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the group's basic and diluted earnings share are anticipated to be between 77 and 80 cents per. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the terms announcement released on SENS on 21 May 2012 in which Blue shareholders were advised that. . . Full story |
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| A review of the financial results for the six months ended 31 March 2012 by management has indicated that the earnings. . . Full story | | A webcast presentation by the CEO of Barloworld, Mr Clive Thomson, to discuss the transaction was held on 30 May 2012. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the cautionary announcement issued on 18 May 2012 is hereby withdrawn and caution is no longer required. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcement dated 18 May 2012, shareholders are advised that Barloworld and its subsidiaries, Barloworld South Africa (Pty). . . Full story |
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Company Results | Turnover increased by 5% to R2.3 billion (R2.2 billion). Gross profit was down 1% to R1.050 billion (R1.059 billion). Operating profit. . . Full story | | Gross property revenue for the year ended 31 March 2012 increased to R979.3 million (2011: R850.5 million). Operating profit before finance. . . Full story | | | | Revenue for the year ended 31 March 2012 increased to R14.5 billion (2011: R12.4 billion). Gross profit was higher at R4.9. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 32968.81 | -471.39 | -1.41% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29063.62 | -467.60 | -1.58% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2475.91 | -42.86 | -1.70% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 24724.08 | -292.83 | -1.17% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 37497.38 | -301.02 | -0.80% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 31615.93 | -250.50 | -0.79% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 46597.90 | -1198.45 | -2.51% | DJ Futures | 19:56 | 12420.00 | -152.00 | -1.21% | DJ Ind | 19:45 | 12450.21 | -130.48 | -1.04% | SP 500 | 19:56 | 1316.53 | -15.89 | -1.19% | Nasdaq | 19:56 | 2841.24 | -29.75 | -1.04% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5297.28 | -93.86 | -1.74% | DAX | 18:06 | 6280.80 | -116.04 | -1.81% | CAC40 | 18:06 | 3015.58 | -69.12 | -2.24% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 8633.19 | -23.89 | -0.28% | Shanghai | 09:26 | 2384.67 | -4.97 | -0.21% | Hang-Seng | 10:26 | 18690.22 | -365.24 | -1.92% | All Ords | 08:48 | 4148.70 | -19.50 | -0.47% | NZSE 50 | 07:46 | 3481.34 | 3.05 | 0.09% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1568.06 | 13.80 | 0.89% | Gold R | 19:57 | 13357.32 | 445.90 | 3.45% | Gold R/kg | 19:56 | 429259 | 7310 | 1.73% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 28.1030 | .2930 | 1.05% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1400.25 | -23.25 | -1.63% | Palladium $ | 19:58 | 605.30 | 3.60 | 0.60% | R157 | 17:02 | 6.40 | .02 | 0.31% | R204 | 17:02 | 7.31 | .03 | 0.41% | Brent Crude | 19:56 | 103.83 | -3.01 | -2.82% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.5169 | 0.2101 | 2.53% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.1768 | 0.2158 | 1.66% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.5561 | 0.1805 | 1.74% | Rand / NZD | 19:57 | 6.4341 | 0.1056 | 1.67% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.2988 | 0.1213 | 1.48% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 79.0000 | -0.5360 | -0.67% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.8071 | 0.0065 | 0.81% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2384 | -0.0104 | -0.83% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6450 | 0.0057 | 0.89% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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30/05/2012 | 98 | 228 | 79 | 405 | 228,106,159 | R11,954,290,413 | 115276 | 3890627 | 29/05/2012 | 210 | 115 | 78 | 403 | 214,261,117 | R10,436,359,250 | 88803 | 3046434 | 28/05/2012 | 183 | 150 | 74 | 407 | 185,085,324 | R7,772,964,063 | 69520 | 2749589 | 25/05/2012 | 150 | 186 | 83 | 419 | 274,577,227 | R12,224,310,975 | 113195 | 3245483 | 24/05/2012 | 199 | 155 | 65 | 419 | 307,468,436 | R14,957,022,107 | 118438 | 3093003 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,063.62 | -467.60 | -1.58% | Industrial | 37,497.38 | -301.02 | -0.80% | Mid Cap | 47,492.72 | -304.16 | -0.64% | Small Cap | 35,282.96 | -103.25 | -0.29% | Resource 20 | 46,597.90 | -1198.45 | -2.51% | Industrial 25 | 31,615.93 | -250.50 | -0.79% | Financial 15 | 9,313.74 | -130.35 | -1.38% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 35,054.88 | -359.65 | -1.02% | All Share | 32,968.81 | -471.39 | -1.41% | Oil & Gas | 27,091.49 | -557.72 | -2.02% | Mining | 29,850.74 | -779.73 | -2.55% | Gold Mining | 2,475.91 | -42.86 | -1.70% | Platinum Mining | 50.63 | -1.78 | -3.40% | GENERAL MINING | 7,469.36 | -203.96 | -2.66% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,566.60 | -299.87 | -2.02% | Basic Materials | 25,616.71 | -649.08 | -2.47% | Chemicals | 14,407.27 | -152.06 | -1.04% | Forestry & Paper | 13,544.68 | -239.04 | -1.73% | Industrial Metals | 28,830.83 | -588.30 | -2.00% | Industrials | 32,174.43 | -298.00 | -0.92% | General Industrials | 88.22 | -.65 | -0.73% | Consumer Goods | 32,537.98 | -173.62 | -0.53% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,649.82 | 33.96 | 0.60% | Household Goods | 172.20 | -1 | -0.76% | Health Care | 41,838.50 | -568.05 | -1.34% | Beverages | 106.28 | .35 | 0.33% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 57,841.68 | -508.62 | -0.87% | Personal Goods | 491.99 | -9.39 | -1.87% | Consumer Services | 65,151.67 | -299.06 | -0.46% | General Retailers | 53,623.36 | -203.52 | -0.38% | Travel & Leisure | 3,811.73 | -18.28 | -0.48% | Media | 97.95 | -.22 | -0.22% | Support Services | 2,385.61 | .00 | 0.00% | Telecommunications | 66,171.45 | -917.60 | -1.37% | Financials | 24,724.08 | -292.83 | -1.17% | Banks | 47,721.72 | -695.71 | -1.44% | Non-life Insurance | 42,366.86 | -441.54 | -1.03% | Life Insurance | 19,262.42 | -242.91 | -1.25% | General Financial | 2,252.05 | -37.58 | -1.64% | Technology | 27,832.03 | -79.06 | -0.28% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,920.08 | -66 | -2.21% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,039.32 | -62 | -2.01% | COAL MINING | 24,974.62 | -353 | -1.39% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,321.14 | -8 | -0.16% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,121.61 | -8 | -0.73% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 416.13 | | -0.26% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 337.59 | | -0.36% | RESOURCE | 25,744.11 | -650 | -2.46% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 189.66 | -2 | -1.11% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,838.47 | -112 | -1.61% | Capped Top 40 | 15,367.42 | -242 | -1.55% | Capped All Share | 16,681.56 | -237 | -1.40% | JSE TABACO | 5,058.40 | 9 | 0.18% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | LEW | LEWIS GROUP LIMITED | HOLD | 28 May | VKE | VUKILE PROPERTY FUND LIMI... | BUY | 25 May | MPC | MR PRICE GROUP LIMITED | HOLD | 25 May | HPA | HOSPITALITY PROP FUND A | BUY | 25 May | HSP | HOLDSPORT LIMITED | BUY | 23 May |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 31 May 2012 | ACTOWERS | February 2012 (Final) | 31 May 2012 | ADRENNA | February 2012 (Final) | 31 May 2012 | ADRENNAP | February 2012 (Final) | 31 May 2012 | AFEAGLE | December 2011 (Final) | 31 May 2012 | ANNUITY | March 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | WILDRNESS | 12-05-30 | 12-06-08 | 12-06-27 | R 0.0860 | HOWDEN | 12-05-30 | 12-06-29 | 12-07-09 | R 1.4600 | TRUSTCO | 12-05-30 | 12-06-29 | 12-07-20 | R 0.0225 | HOWDEN | 12-05-30 | 12-06-29 | 12-07-09 | R 0.2900 | ADCOCK | 12-05-29 | 12-06-15 | 12-06-25 | R 0.8600 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ANGLD | 12-05-10 | 12-05-25 | 12-06-08 | R 1.0000 | OASIS | 12-05-09 | 12-05-25 | 12-06-04 | R 0.4399 | FPT | 12-05-10 | 12-05-25 | 12-06-04 | R 0.2800 | ARROWA | 12-05-09 | 12-05-25 | 12-06-04 | R 0.1500 | BEIGEPREF2 | 12-05-11 | 12-05-25 | 12-06-04 | R 0.1294 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | SBK | Standard Bank Group Ltd. | 31/05/2012 | Confirmed | SBKP | Standard Bank Group Ltd. | 31/05/2012 | Confirmed | CMHP | Combined Motor Holdings Ltd. | 31/05/2012 | Confirmed | CMH | Combined Motor Holdings Ltd. | 31/05/2012 | Confirmed | ILAA | Iliad Africa Ltd. | 31/05/2012 | Confirmed |
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