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South African stocks ended firmer on Thursday as investors took solace in improved global sentiment but gold shares refused to be consoled, choosing instead to follow spot prices lower. Full story
South Africa's manufacturing output was weaker than expected in April as export demand remained sluggish, adding to signs that economic recovery is hesitant and supporting the case for an interest rate cut later this year. Full story |
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U.N. monitors came under fire on Thursday as they tried to check reports of a massacre of at least 78 villagers by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said. Full storyU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ratcheted up the pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to end his 15-month onslaught against an opposition seeking to oust him, condemning a reported new massacre in Syria as an "unspeakable barbarity." Full storyDefense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Thursday the United States was reaching the limits of its patience with Pakistan because of the safe havens the country offered to insurgents in neighbouring Afghanistan. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks rose on Thursday
after China's central bank cut lending and deposit rates, but
retreated from session highs as comments from Federal. . . Full story | | European shares rose on Thursday
but ended well off a session peak as the upbeat mood sparked by
a Chinese rate cut ebbed. . . Full story | | Britain's top shares hit a
three-week high on Thursday as China's surprise move to cut
interest rates and firm UK services sector data. . . Full story | | Gold tumbled 2 percent on
T hursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
offered few hints of further monetary stimulus, prompting
investors to. . . Full story |
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| Global stocks rose on Thursday
after China unexpectedly cut interest rates to shore up its
flagging economy, while the dollar gained against the. . . Full story | | European shares pared gains on
Thursday, mirroring a similar pull-back on Wall Street, after
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave few hints. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose 1 percent at
the open on Thursday after the Chinese central bank cut bank
lending and deposit rates, fueling hopes. . . Full story | | Gold rose back towards $1,625 an
ounce on Thursday after a Chinese rate cut hurt the dollar, and
as investors geared up for. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Africa's biggest wireless phone operator, MTN Group, said a Liberian court has stopped the country's telecoms regulator from suspending the company's. . . Full story | | South Africa's manufacturing output grew by 1.2 percent year-on-year in volume terms in April, which was below expectations, after contracting by. . . Full story | | South Africa's business confidence index plunged to a 10-year low of 92.8 in May, extending this year's downward spiral as the. . . Full story | | South Africa's net gold and foreign exchange reserves fell to $47.672 billion at the end of May from $48.823 billion in. . . Full story |
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| Africa's rand climbed as much as 1.2 percent against the dollar on Thursday before giving up all the gains in see-saw. . . Full story | | South Africa's gold output fell by 12.8 percent in volume in April while total mineral production was down 10.6 percent compared. . . Full story | | Shares in Transaction Capital surged more than 6 percent after the South African lender debuted on the Johannesburg bourse on Thursday,. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand and bonds were firmer on Thursday on the back of an emerging market rally that saw the rand. . . Full story |
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Company News | In May 2005, the shareholders of Aspen approved a scheme of arrangement to facilitate the acquisition of ordinary shares in Aspen. . . Full story | | Grindrod shareholders were advised that at the adjourned meeting of preference shareholders held on 7 June 2012, the special resolution proposed. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the board of directors of Amplats announced the resignation of Sarita Martin as company secretary, for personal. . . Full story | | Old Mutual has completed a return of approximately GBP1 billion to shareholders following the sale of its Nordic business in March.. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders were advised that the company's annual financial statements for the year ended 29 February 2012, as contained in the company's annual and statutory report, were posted to shareholders on 7 June 2012 and contained no modifications to the audited results. . . Full story | | Fiuranium announced an agreement to sell Mine Waste Solutions and its subsidiaries ("MWS") to AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. ("AGA") and an agreement to sell Ezulwini Gold Mine and related assets ("Ezulwini") to Gold One International Limited ("Gold One") (collectively, the "transactions").
In. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Brait changed its reporting currency from Us dollars to euros. Investment gains for the year increased more than eight-fold to EUR251. . . Full story | | Operating loss increased to GBP3.178 million (2011: loss of GBP1.039 million) and the loss attributable to equity holders soared from GBP1.035. . . Full story | | Total vacancies by income have reduced from 4.1% at the end of March 2011 to 3% a year later as a. . . Full story | | Revenue rose to R554.2 million, up from R493.4 million. Profit before net finance costs was R766.4 million (2011: R685.8 million) while. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 33904.86 | 301.51 | 0.90% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 29947.48 | 270.00 | 0.91% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2537.16 | -131.37 | -4.92% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 25524.48 | 347.00 | 1.38% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 38029.33 | 337.96 | 0.90% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 32073.78 | 277.64 | 0.87% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 48745.96 | 323.62 | 0.67% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 12450.00 | 30.00 | 0.24% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 12521.09 | 106.30 | 0.86% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1323.35 | 8.22 | 0.63% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 2851.94 | 7.22 | 0.25% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5447.79 | 63.68 | 1.18% | DAX | 18:08 | 6144.22 | 174.82 | 2.93% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3071.16 | 12.72 | 0.42% | Nikkei | 09:10 | 8639.72 | 257.72 | 3.07% | Shanghai | 09:30 | 2293.13 | -16.43 | -0.71% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 18678.29 | 157.76 | 0.85% | All Ords | 08:42 | 4156.70 | 52.00 | 1.27% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 3473.96 | 9.44 | 0.27% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1587.93 | -32.05 | -1.98% | Gold R | 19:58 | 13191.96 | -260.07 | -1.93% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 424097 | -12426 | -2.85% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 28.5790 | -.8610 | -2.92% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1435.00 | -22.00 | -1.51% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 620.60 | -5.10 | -0.82% | R157 | 17:08 | 6.23 | -.10 | -1.58% | R204 | 17:08 | 7.17 | -.13 | -1.78% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 100.40 | .18 | 0.18% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.3066 | 0.0016 | 0.02% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.9020 | 0.0659 | 0.51% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.4607 | 0.0131 | 0.13% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.4064 | 0.0066 | 0.10% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.2585 | 0.0130 | 0.16% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 79.6210 | 0.3740 | 0.47% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7941 | -0.0007 | -0.09% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2590 | 0.0013 | 0.10% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6422 | -0.0031 | -0.48% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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07/06/2012 | 225 | 150 | 67 | 442 | 323,344,042 | R19,632,202,212 | 140010 | 3128720 | 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 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 29,947.48 | 270.00 | 0.91% | Industrial | 38,029.33 | 337.96 | 0.90% | Mid Cap | 48,489.95 | 469.76 | 0.98% | Small Cap | 35,546.90 | 28.17 | 0.08% | Resource 20 | 48,745.96 | 323.62 | 0.67% | Industrial 25 | 32,073.78 | 277.64 | 0.87% | Financial 15 | 9,665.88 | 155.33 | 1.63% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 35,784.27 | 395.87 | 1.12% | All Share | 33,904.86 | 301.51 | 0.90% | Oil & Gas | 27,848.24 | 165.73 | 0.60% | Mining | 31,357.23 | 183.26 | 0.59% | Gold Mining | 2,537.16 | -131.37 | -4.92% | Platinum Mining | 53.75 | .20 | 0.37% | GENERAL MINING | 7,886.50 | 168.80 | 2.19% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,973.48 | 89.10 | 0.60% | Basic Materials | 26,867.99 | 172.54 | 0.65% | Chemicals | 14,414.35 | 136.64 | 0.96% | Forestry & Paper | 13,981.41 | 371.22 | 2.73% | Industrial Metals | 30,117.99 | 68.50 | 0.23% | Industrials | 32,932.94 | 372.77 | 1.14% | General Industrials | 90.67 | 1.03 | 1.15% | Consumer Goods | 32,437.43 | 194.42 | 0.60% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,611.33 | -15.85 | -0.28% | Household Goods | 169.90 | 1 | 0.39% | Health Care | 42,875.01 | 638.26 | 1.51% | Beverages | 107.40 | -.90 | -0.83% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 60,481.03 | 901.65 | 1.51% | Personal Goods | 471.12 | 11.69 | 2.54% | Consumer Services | 67,920.72 | 1273.75 | 1.91% | General Retailers | 56,573.70 | 679.91 | 1.22% | Travel & Leisure | 3,851.62 | 38.45 | 1.01% | Media | 100.24 | 2.51 | 2.57% | Support Services | 2,398.55 | 5.60 | 0.23% | Telecommunications | 65,939.68 | -306.58 | -0.46% | Financials | 25,524.48 | 347.00 | 1.38% | Banks | 49,799.40 | 842.86 | 1.72% | Non-life Insurance | 42,068.25 | -758.01 | -1.77% | Life Insurance | 19,793.49 | 246.38 | 1.26% | General Financial | 2,308.34 | 35.80 | 1.58% | Technology | 28,326.12 | -84.07 | -0.30% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,004.68 | 21 | 0.72% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,124.15 | 22 | 0.71% | COAL MINING | 25,929.53 | 17 | 0.07% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,348.63 | 35 | 0.65% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,172.05 | -4 | -0.36% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 426.00 | | 0.87% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 343.69 | | 0.72% | RESOURCE | 26,953.48 | 158 | 0.59% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 194.25 | 3 | 1.32% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,030.90 | 71 | 1.01% | Capped Top 40 | 15,820.45 | 133 | 0.85% | Capped All Share | 17,152.55 | 151 | 0.89% | JSE TABACO | 5,102.35 | 49 | 0.98% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | PMM | PREMIUM PROPERTIES LIMITE... | HOLD | 06 Jun | SAB | SABMILLER PLC | HOLD | 06 Jun | TON | TONGAAT HULETT LTD | BUY | 06 Jun | CML | CORONATION FUND MANAGERS ... | BUY | 06 Jun | RDF | REDEFINE PROPERTIES LTD | SELL | 06 Jun |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 08 Jun 2012 | BSI STEEL | March 2012 (Final) | 08 Jun 2012 | RACEC | March 2012 (Interim) | 08 Jun 2012 | SYCOM | March 2012 (Final) | 11 Jun 2012 | MIXTEL | March 2012 (Final) | 11 Jun 2012 | TELKOM | 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 | BSR | Basil Read Holdings Ltd. | 07/06/2012 | Confirmed | DCT | Datacentrix Holdings Ltd. | 08/06/2012 | Unconfirmed | 1TM | 1time Holdings Ltd. | 08/06/2012 | Unconfirmed | TED2 | Trencor Ltd. | 12/06/2012 | Confirmed | TRE | Trencor Ltd. | 12/06/2012 | Confirmed |
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