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South African stocks closed firmer on Wednesday as battle-beaten platinum mining stocks regained some lustre and investors took cheer from an upbeat mood on global markets. Full story
South Africa's radical Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said it was recruiting at Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), the top producer of the precious metal, a move which could raise concerns among investors about a possible rise in unrest among the workforce. Full story |
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A bloc bringing together China, Russia and central Asian states wants to play a bigger role in Afghanistan, Chinese President Hu Jintao said in an interview published on Wednesday, as group leaders gathered for an annual summit. Full storyPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won a parliamentary battle on Wednesday against an attempt by far-right lawmakers to legalise all Israeli settler homes on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. Full storyA plane that crashed in Lagos on Sunday, killing all 153 people on board in Nigeria's worst airline disaster for two decades, reported dual engine failure just before going down, the aviation minister said on Wednesday. Full story |
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Markets | Riskier banking and mining stocks
led a technical rally among Europe's top shares on Wednesday,
as hopes of central bank action to. . . Full story | | Gold rose 1 percent on
W ednesday to a one-month high on growing hopes for a European
rescue plan for Spain's debt-stricken banks,. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday
as signs of urgent moves in Europe to rescue Spain's troubled
banks sparked a rebound in beaten-down shares,. . . Full story | | UK equities posted their biggest
one-day gain in six months on Wednesday, catching up with the
rest of Europe after a four-day weekend. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday,
with the Nasdaq Composite up 2 percent, on signs of urgent moves
in Europe to rescue Spain's troubled. . . Full story | | U.S. and Europe shares rallied
more than 1 percent and the euro gained o n W ednesday as European
officials urgently explored ways. . . Full story | | European equity investors have
started to prepare for a possible share price rebound on
speculation central banks and governments may intervene to
tackle deteriorating. . . Full story | | Britain's leading share index
pushed higher on Wednesday, the first session after a four-day
Jubilee holiday weekend, rallying on expectations that recent
disappointing economic. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Brtiain's Aggreko and its local joint-venture partner Shanduka Group will supply 107 megawatts of gas-fired power to Mozambique and South Africa,. . . Full story | | South Africa exported 4.63 million tonnes of coal from the Richards Bay Coal Terminal in May, down from 5.17 million tonnes. . . Full story | | Absa, the South African unit of Britain's Barclays Plc, will pay 10 billion rand to buy the private label store card. . . Full story | | The rand gained one percent against the dollar in early Wednesday trade, strengthening for the third straight day from last week's. . . Full story |
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| South African bank Absa will pay $1.2 billion for the store credit card business of unlisted domestic retailer Edcon, it said on Wednesday, bulking up its presence in the high-margin but riskier unsecured lending market.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Coal and the Save Mapungubwe Coalition ("the coalition"), are pleased to advise that the process of concluding a Memorandum of Agreement. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that the special and ordinary resolutions proposed in the notice to shareholders dated 7 March 2012 were passed. . . Full story | | The group achieved pleasing results in a difficult operating environment for the four months ended 30 April 2012, with the identified. . . Full story | | Keaton announced the appointment of former Optimum Coal Holdings Chief Project Officer Rowan Karstel as Chief Executive Officer to succeed present. . . Full story |
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| MMI's acquisition of MSTI strategically supported its plan to grow organically and acquisitively, according to Business Day. MMI CEO Nicolaas Kruger. . . Full story | | Mvela Group's monthly net asset value ("NAV") statement as at 31 May 2012 revealed the following information:
*NAV (millions) decreased to R2. . . Full story | | Absa announced that Absa Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Absa Group, has entered into an agreement with Edcon to acquire the. . . Full story | | Fiuranium has responded to press reports about Waterpan Mining Consortium Pty ("Waterpan") which stated on June 1, 2012 that it is. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue increased to R347.3 million (2010: R18.8 million). Gross profit fell to R6.3 million from R11.4 million and the total comprehensive. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R380.8 million (R306.1 million). Gross profit rose to R156.3 million (R94.7 million) and an operating profit of R6.9. . . Full story | | Revenue increased by 24% to R5.6 billion (2011: R4.5 billion). Operating profit rose by 26% to R634.6 million (2011: R505.5 million),. . . Full story | | Brait changed its reporting currency from Us dollars to euros. Investment gains for the year increased more than eight-fold to EUR251. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33603.35 | 485.50 | 1.47% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29677.48 | 496.72 | 1.70% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2668.53 | 27.83 | 1.05% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 25177.48 | 221.86 | 0.89% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 37691.37 | 306.97 | 0.82% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 31796.14 | 293.25 | 0.93% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 48422.34 | 1345.58 | 2.86% | DJ Futures | 19:28 | 12340.00 | 281.00 | 2.33% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 12341.45 | 239.99 | 1.98% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1308.03 | 29.85 | 2.34% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 2833.68 | 73.67 | 2.67% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5384.11 | 123.92 | 2.36% | DAX | 18:08 | 6093.99 | 115.76 | 1.94% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3058.44 | 72.34 | 2.42% | Nikkei | 09:10 | 8533.53 | 151.53 | 1.81% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2309.55 | -2.36 | -0.10% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 18520.53 | 261.50 | 1.43% | All Ords | 08:41 | 4104.70 | 12.30 | 0.30% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 3464.52 | 43.73 | 1.28% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1628.96 | 11.89 | 0.74% | Gold R | 19:58 | 13571.11 | -60.44 | -0.44% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 435832 | -2686 | -0.61% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 29.5300 | 1.0450 | 3.67% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1461.50 | 25.50 | 1.78% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 627.80 | 10.70 | 1.73% | R157 | 17:02 | 6.26 | -.10 | -1.49% | R204 | 17:02 | 7.22 | -.10 | -1.37% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 100.60 | 1.79 | 1.81% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.3317 | -0.0985 | -1.17% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.8593 | -0.0721 | -0.56% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.4537 | -0.0447 | -0.43% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.4000 | 0.0203 | 0.32% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.2463 | 0.0238 | 0.29% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 79.0990 | 0.3500 | 0.44% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7964 | -0.0065 | -0.81% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.2551 | 0.0102 | 0.82% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6457 | -0.0044 | -0.68% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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06/06/2012 | 241 | 108 | 67 | 416 | 300,257,662 | R18,483,560,396 | 133893 | 2759751 | 05/06/2012 | 182 | 150 | 72 | 404 | 219,939,273 | R12,281,996,363 | 97328 | 2372946 | 04/06/2012 | 132 | 225 | 79 | 436 | 186,078,336 | R9,889,003,305 | 93145 | 2278632 | 01/06/2012 | 190 | 160 | 83 | 433 | 347,953,413 | R16,613,257,050 | 126195 | 3690123 | 31/05/2012 | 211 | 120 | 77 | 408 | 511,338,938 | R26,637,237,957 | 156694 | 3680996 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,677.48 | 496.72 | 1.70% | Industrial | 37,691.37 | 306.97 | 0.82% | Mid Cap | 48,020.19 | 169.34 | 0.35% | Small Cap | 35,518.73 | 128.80 | 0.36% | Resource 20 | 48,422.34 | 1345.58 | 2.86% | Industrial 25 | 31,796.14 | 293.25 | 0.93% | Financial 15 | 9,510.55 | 100.53 | 1.07% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 35,388.40 | 363.50 | 1.04% | All Share | 33,603.35 | 485.50 | 1.47% | Oil & Gas | 27,682.51 | 704.53 | 2.61% | Mining | 31,173.97 | 855.79 | 2.82% | Gold Mining | 2,668.53 | 27.83 | 1.05% | Platinum Mining | 53.55 | 2.66 | 5.23% | GENERAL MINING | 7,717.70 | 221.67 | 2.96% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,884.38 | 378.82 | 2.61% | Basic Materials | 26,695.45 | 704.56 | 2.71% | Chemicals | 14,277.71 | -28.59 | -0.20% | Forestry & Paper | 13,610.19 | 200.10 | 1.49% | Industrial Metals | 30,049.49 | 675.25 | 2.30% | Industrials | 32,560.17 | 152.99 | 0.47% | General Industrials | 89.64 | .59 | 0.66% | Consumer Goods | 32,243.01 | 317.93 | 1.00% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,627.18 | -11.32 | -0.20% | Household Goods | 169.24 | 1 | 0.35% | Health Care | 42,236.75 | -149.69 | -0.35% | Beverages | 108.30 | 1.89 | 1.78% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 59,579.38 | 38.63 | 0.06% | Personal Goods | 459.43 | 3.49 | 0.77% | Consumer Services | 66,646.97 | 705.92 | 1.07% | General Retailers | 55,893.79 | 853.79 | 1.55% | Travel & Leisure | 3,813.17 | 8.16 | 0.21% | Media | 97.73 | .75 | 0.77% | Support Services | 2,392.95 | 11.19 | 0.47% | Telecommunications | 66,246.26 | 199.12 | 0.30% | Financials | 25,177.48 | 221.86 | 0.89% | Banks | 48,956.54 | 410.55 | 0.85% | Non-life Insurance | 42,826.26 | -51.05 | -0.12% | Life Insurance | 19,547.11 | 295.76 | 1.54% | General Financial | 2,272.54 | 27.92 | 1.24% | Technology | 28,410.19 | 476.14 | 1.70% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,983.19 | 61 | 2.08% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,102.18 | 57 | 1.86% | COAL MINING | 25,912.60 | 380 | 1.49% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,314.09 | 43 | 0.81% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,176.33 | -37 | -3.05% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 422.32 | | 0.33% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 341.22 | | 0.31% | RESOURCE | 26,795.52 | 727 | 2.79% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 191.72 | 1 | 0.49% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 6,960.28 | 116 | 1.70% | Capped Top 40 | 15,687.18 | 255 | 1.65% | Capped All Share | 17,001.79 | 244 | 1.46% | JSE TABACO | 5,052.90 | -33 | -0.65% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | TBS | TIGER BRANDS LTD | HOLD | 04 Jun | SAB | SABMILLER PLC | HOLD | 01 Jun | TON | TONGAAT HULETT LTD | BUY | 01 Jun | CML | CORONATION FUND MANAGERS ... | BUY | 01 Jun | RDF | REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD | SELL | 01 Jun |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 07 Jun 2012 | ACUCAP | March 2012 (Final) | 07 Jun 2012 | LABAT | February 2012 (Final) | 08 Jun 2012 | BSI STEEL | March 2012 (Final) | 08 Jun 2012 | RACEC | March 2012 (Interim) | 08 Jun 2012 | SYCOM | March 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | 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 | WILDRNESS | 12-05-30 | 12-06-08 | 12-06-27 | R 0.0860 | HOWDEN | 12-05-30 | 12-06-29 | 12-07-09 | R 0.2900 | TFG PREF | 12-05-29 | 12-09-14 | 12-09-25 | R 0.0650 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | SPAR | 12-05-09 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 1.5500 | PICKNPAY | 12-04-18 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 1.0835 | CORONAT | 12-05-15 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 0.9500 | PIKWIK | 12-04-18 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 0.5257 | LIFEHC | 12-05-11 | 12-06-01 | 12-06-11 | R 0.4500 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | SLMP1 | Sanlam Ltd. | 06/06/2012 | Confirmed | GGM | Goliath Gold Mining Ltd. | 06/06/2012 | Confirmed | SLMB | Sanlam Ltd. | 06/06/2012 | Confirmed | SLMA | Sanlam Ltd. | 06/06/2012 | Confirmed | SLM | Sanlam Ltd. | 06/06/2012 | Confirmed |
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