Thursday, 19 July 2012 - 20:00
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South African stocks booked their highest close in a month on Thursday, rising nearly one percent as investors pushed into defensive shares like Aspen Pharmacare, given nagging concerns about the global economy. Full story
South African stocks rose for the first time in three days on Wednesday, gaining 1.2 percent as investors bet recent underperformers like Kumba Iron Ore and Assore had fallen too far. Full story |
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Germany's lower house of
parliament passed a resolution on Thursday to protect the
religious circumcision of infant boys after a district court ban
on the practice outraged Muslims and Jews and sparked an
emotional debate in the country. Full storyMexico's leftist runner-up
in the July 1 presidential election stepped up his campaign on
Wednesday to annul the vote by accusing President-elect Enrique
Pena Nieto of using laundered money to fund his campaign.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had found evidence that
shell companies were set up to funnel money into the coffers of
Pena Nieto's Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, during
the campaign.
Over 100 million pesos ($7.6 million) were used to buy
prepaid debit cards han Full storySyrian rebels clashed with
forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, while
across much of the city streets were deserted and houses and
shops shuttered for fear of violence after Wednesday's killing
of three close Assad allies. Full story |
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Markets | European shares climbed to a
four-month high on Thursday as another string of
estimate-beating corporate results surprised investors who had
braced for a weak. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index edged
higher on Thursday helped by a bounce in several heavyweight
banking stocks including HSBC, although volumes were
once again. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Thursday,
with the S&P 500 at fresh 2-1/2 month highs as technology-sector
outlooks and earnings overshadowed weak economic data.. . . Full story | | Global shares climbed to
two-week highs on Thursday as strong corporate earnings offset
weak U.S. economic data but concerns about Spain's financial
troubles drove. . . Full story |
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| Gold rose 1 percent on
Thursday after two days of losses, lifted by a drop in the
dollar and a rally by crude. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks extended gains on
Thursday, with the Nasdaq Composite up 1 percent as
technology-sector earnings continued to shine despite weak
economic data.. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks pared some earlier
gains on Thursday, with the Dow industrials and S&P 500 dipping
briefly into negative territory, weighed by lackluster. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Thursday
to extend their recent rally, even as a weak reading on the
labor market underlined the headwinds facing. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's Reserve
Bank unexpectedly cut its benchmark rate to a record low on
Thursday, citing a weaker economic outlook and earning rare
praise. . . Full story | | South African government bond yields fell to record lows and the rand weakened against the dollar on Thursday after the Reserve. . . Full story | | Anglo American reshuffled management at its two biggest South African units on Thursday, a day after its underperforming platinum arm revealed. . . Full story | | Accountancy firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) expects a third of its global
revenues to come from developing markets by 2016, up from 19
percent now, as. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Thursday it was preparing to strike at Nkomati, a nickel mine jointly. . . Full story | | South African traders have slightly cut their maize output forecast for 2012 to 11 million tonnes from 11.05 million tonnes previously,. . . Full story | | South African government bonds rallied and yields fell in early Thursday trade, still supported by strong offshore demand while some local. . . Full story | | Vodacom, the South African unit of British mobile operator Vodafone, has reported a 9.3 percent rise in first-quarter revenue, buoyed by. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders were informed of the following changes to the board of directors of Wesizwe ("the board"):
*the resignation of Professor Robert. . . Full story | | The board of Kumba announced the resignation of Chris Griffith and the appointment of Norman Mbazima as CEO and executive director. . . Full story | | Anglo announced a number of executive management changes across its South Africa based businesses following Neville Nicolau?s decision to resign as. . . Full story | | Zurich is currently finalising its results for the six months ended 30 June 2012, which should be released on SENS on. . . Full story |
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| Amplats announced the appointment of Chris Griffith as CEO following Neville Nicolau's decision to resign, to pursue other interests.. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that subsequent to the retirement of Mr Tony Wintour, as company secretary with effect from 30 June 2012,. . . Full story | | Further to the renewal of cautionary announcement dated 8 June 2012, shareholders were advised that negotiations are still in progress which,. . . Full story | | The Financial Mail reported that Amaps has steadily increased its cross-border sales in Africa. Sales to African countries have risen from. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 34291.00 | 256.00 | 0.75% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 30165.00 | 240.00 | 0.81% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2157.00 | -28.00 | -1.30% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 26535.00 | 64.00 | 0.24% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 39697.00 | 410.00 | 1.04% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 33746.00 | 404.00 | 1.21% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 46294.00 | 332.00 | 0.72% | DJ Futures | 19:44 | 12895.00 | -3.00 | -0.02% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 12908.25 | -0.45 | -0.00% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1373.81 | 1.03 | 0.08% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 2964.07 | 21.47 | 0.73% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5714.19 | 28.42 | 0.50% | DAX | 18:08 | 6758.39 | 180.75 | 2.75% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3263.64 | 28.24 | 0.87% | Nikkei | 08:08 | 8795.55 | 68.81 | 0.79% | Shanghai | 09:30 | 2184.84 | 15.74 | 0.73% | Hang-Seng | 10:30 | 19559.05 | 319.17 | 1.66% | All Ords | 08:45 | 4236.40 | 80.00 | 1.92% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 3485.78 | 11.72 | 0.34% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1578.94 | 5.32 | 0.34% | Gold R | 19:58 | 12914.81 | 87.95 | 0.69% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 414974 | -1091 | -0.26% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 27.2020 | .0450 | 0.17% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1410.25 | 9.75 | 0.70% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 579.75 | 6.75 | 1.18% | R157 | 17:08 | 5.45 | -.25 | -4.39% | R204 | 17:08 | 6.20 | -.25 | -3.80% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 108.72 | 2.53 | 2.38% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.1812 | 0.0281 | 0.34% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.8291 | 0.0929 | 0.73% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.0375 | 0.0191 | 0.19% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.5707 | 0.0472 | 0.72% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.5265 | 0.0702 | 0.83% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 78.6000 | -0.2040 | -0.26% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.8149 | 0.0009 | 0.11% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.2266 | -0.0015 | -0.12% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6360 | -0.0025 | -0.39% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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19/07/2012 | 206 | 142 | 77 | 425 | 218,070,021 | R10,856,710,297 | 105667 | 1327517 | 18/07/2012 | 178 | 141 | 73 | 392 | 175,256,273 | R9,140,814,745 | 89022 | 1243886 | 17/07/2012 | 147 | 173 | 78 | 398 | 147,810,465 | R7,984,898,566 | 78010 | 1203313 | 16/07/2012 | 168 | 155 | 68 | 391 | 168,952,601 | R6,863,333,844 | 69523 | 1197882 | 13/07/2012 | 205 | 130 | 71 | 406 | 153,176,112 | R8,944,287,569 | 76047 | 1155374 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 30,165.00 | 240.00 | 0.81% | Industrial | 39,697.00 | 410.00 | 1.04% | Mid Cap | 50,010.00 | 314.00 | 0.63% | Small Cap | 36,634.00 | -22.00 | -0.06% | Resource 20 | 46,294.00 | 332.00 | 0.72% | Industrial 25 | 33,746.00 | 404.00 | 1.21% | Financial 15 | 9,945.00 | 20.00 | 0.21% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 37,369.00 | 334.00 | 0.90% | All Share | 34,291.00 | 256.00 | 0.75% | Oil & Gas | 26,598.00 | 19.00 | 0.07% | Mining | 29,627.00 | 226.00 | 0.77% | Gold Mining | 2,157.00 | -28.00 | -1.30% | Platinum Mining | 48.00 | .00 | 1.21% | GENERAL MINING | 7,714.00 | 89.00 | 1.18% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,301.00 | 10.00 | 0.07% | Basic Materials | 25,557.00 | 180.00 | 0.71% | Chemicals | 15,228.00 | 77.00 | 0.51% | Forestry & Paper | 14,201.00 | 111.00 | 0.79% | Industrial Metals | 30,088.00 | -95.00 | -0.32% | Industrials | 33,445.00 | -41.00 | -0.12% | General Industrials | 94.00 | .00 | 0.72% | Consumer Goods | 34,018.00 | 593.00 | 1.78% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,102.00 | -56.00 | -0.91% | Household Goods | 154.00 | -3 | -2.45% | Health Care | 45,976.00 | 482.00 | 1.06% | Beverages | 119.00 | 2.00 | 2.24% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 62,552.00 | 369.00 | 0.59% | Personal Goods | 451.00 | 15.00 | 3.61% | Consumer Services | 70,633.00 | 389.00 | 0.55% | General Retailers | 60,631.00 | 992.00 | 1.66% | Travel & Leisure | 3,937.00 | 4.00 | 0.11% | Media | 99.00 | .00 | -0.04% | Support Services | 2,315.00 | 5.00 | 0.25% | Telecommunications | 70,322.00 | 969.00 | 1.40% | Financials | 26,535.00 | 64.00 | 0.24% | Banks | 48,878.00 | -380.00 | -0.77% | Non-life Insurance | 41,613.00 | 395.00 | 0.96% | Life Insurance | 21,417.00 | 267.00 | 1.27% | General Financial | 2,493.00 | 18.00 | 0.73% | Technology | 29,916.00 | -323.00 | -1.07% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,927.00 | 29 | 1.01% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,060.00 | 29 | 0.98% | COAL MINING | 22,983.00 | 524 | 2.34% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,409.00 | -8 | -0.16% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,087.00 | -29 | -2.65% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 471.00 | | 1.24% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 377.00 | | 1.22% | RESOURCE | 25,507.00 | 168 | 0.66% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 194.00 | 2 | 1.19% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,051.00 | 48 | 0.69% | Capped Top 40 | 15,934.00 | 121 | 0.77% | Capped All Share | 17,348.00 | 129 | 0.75% | JSE TABACO | 5,613.00 | 59 | 1.08% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | EXX | EXXARO RESOURCES LIMITED | BUY | 17 Jul | ARI | AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS | BUY | 17 Jul | KIO | KUMBA IRON ORE LTD | HOLD | 17 Jul | ASR | ASSORE LTD | HOLD | 17 Jul | AGL | ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | BUY | 17 Jul |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 20 Jul 2012 | AFROX | June 2012 (Interim) | 20 Jul 2012 | KUMBA | June 2012 (Interim) | 20 Jul 2012 | MAS | May 2012 (Q) | 23 Jul 2012 | AMPLATS | June 2012 (Interim) | 23 Jul 2012 | ANGLOPLATCCP | June 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | SYNERGY A | 12-07-19 | 12-08-02 | 12-08-13 | R 0.4422 | MAS | 12-07-19 | 12-08-02 | 12-08-17 | R 0.0160 | SYNERGY B | 12-07-19 | 12-08-02 | 12-08-13 | R 0.1953 | SBR003 | 12-07-13 | 12-07-27 | 12-08-06 | R 1.4800 | FOORDCMPS | 12-07-10 | 12-07-27 | 12-08-06 | R 0.3000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | LEWIS | 12-05-23 | 12-07-13 | 12-07-23 | R 2.7000 | NETCARE | 12-05-14 | 12-07-13 | 12-07-23 | R 0.2200 | NICTUS | 12-06-28 | 12-07-13 | 12-07-23 | R 0.1425 | AMECOR | 12-06-27 | 12-07-13 | 12-07-23 | R 0.0800 | ISA | 12-05-25 | 12-07-13 | 12-07-23 | R 0.0700 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | SPA | Spanjaard Ltd. | 19/07/2012 | Confirmed | IQG | IQuad Group Ltd. | 20/07/2012 | Unconfirmed | VOD | Vodacom Group Ltd. | 20/07/2012 | Confirmed | OAS | Oasis Crescent Property Fund | 23/07/2012 | Confirmed | IFC | IFCA Technologies Ltd. | 24/07/2012 | Confirmed |
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