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South Africa's All-share index booked its highest close in its 17-year history on Friday, rising 0.65 percent as better-than-expected U.S. jobs data boosted appetite for riskier assets such as equities. Full story
Total revenue for the interim period ended 30 June 2012 rocketed to R31.4 billion (2011: R19.8 billion), while total earnings attributable to Liberty shareholders grew to R1.6 billion (2011: R1.2 billion). Furthermore, headline earnings per share rose 633.5cps (2011: 443cps).
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Syrian forces stormed the
last rebel stronghold in the capital Damascus in tanks and
armoured vehicles on Friday, and blasted with artillery and
helicopters at Aleppo, where the United Nations said the army
was preparing a massive assault. Full storyRomania's Constitutional Court
will decide on Aug. 31 if a referendum to impeach the president
is valid, it said on Friday, bringing the decision forward by
nearly two weeks and shortening a period of limbo that is
weighing on markets. Full storyChina has expressed regret over former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's resignation as international peace envoy for Syria and stressed support for the United Nations playing an important role in resolving the Syrian crisis. Full story |
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Markets | European shares rose to their
highest level in four months on Friday, led by gains in bank
stocks, as investors said the European. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose 2 percent,
Brent oil prices climbed 3 percent and the euro surged o n F riday
on news U.S. employers. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index hit a
three-month high on Friday, as better-than expected U.S.
non-farm payrolls helped markets recover their appetite for
risk.. . . Full story | | For all the kneejerk
disappointment that ECB chief Mario Draghi didn't fire the
fabled "big bazooka" to instantly neutralise the euro crisis
this week,. . . Full story |
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| Gold climbed back above $1,600 an
ounce on Friday after data showing that the U.S. economy added
more jobs than expected last month. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks extended gains on
Friday, with the Nasdaq briefly climbing more than 2 percent, as
data showed U.S. employers hired more workers. . . Full story | | European shares extended gains on
Friday, as Wall Street opened sharply higher after
stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data.. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened sharply
higher on Friday, putting the S&P 500 on track to break a
four-day string of losses, following the July. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand climbed to a two-week high against the dollar on Friday after positive data out of the United States. . . Full story | | Once again, South African
stocks are on a tear.. . . Full story | | South Africa sold 2.685 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday -- 1 billion rand less than is usually. . . Full story | | South African paper maker Sappi said on Friday its third-quarter loss widened by 54 percent, hit by slow demand and planned. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar on Friday after the European Central Bank decided to delay any remedy for the region's debt crisis, sending Spanish and Italian borrowing costs higher. . . Full story | | Nigeria's First Bank said on Thursday it had won regulatory approval to transfer its subsidiaries into a newly-formed holding company, in line with regulatory requirements to separate core lending from other. . . Full story | | The International Monetary
Fund on Thursday called for a "policy game changer" in the euro
zone to arrest the spread of the debt crisis it now says is
clearly engulfing the entire currency bloc. . . Full story |
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Company News | Fiuranium refers unit holders to the announcement issued on 2 August 2012 regarding the implementation of the sale of the Ezulwini. . . Full story | | The board of directors announced the resignation of Mr Sandile Swana with effect from the 01 August 2012.. . . Full story | | The annual general meeting (the ''meeting'') of shareholders of Rockwell (the ''company'') will be held at Suite 1500, 1055 West Georgia. . . Full story | | Liberty announced that Ms Monhla Hlahla has been appointed as a director of Liberty, effective 1 August 2012.. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders were advised that, at the annual general meeting of Ciplamed shareholders held on Thursday, 2 August 2012, all the resolutions. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the annual financial statements of Ansys were posted and contain no modifications to the reviewed results published. . . Full story | | Business Day reported that Absa and its UK parent, Barclays, have launched a greenfield life insurance business in Zambia as part. . . Full story | | Keaton's subsidiary Keaton Mining delivered 154 041 tonnes of coal from its Vanggatfontein mine to Eskom in July 2012, a new. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue increased by 5.5% to R652.9 million (R618.6 million). Gross profit was up 4.4% to R110.9 million (R106.3 million) and operating profit rose by 6.4% to R32.2 million (R30.2 million). Net attributable profit improved by 8.1 % to R18.3 million (R17. . . Full story | | Turnover for the quarterly period ended 30 June 2012 fell to USD1.5 billion (2011: R1.8 billion) while operating profit decreased to USD34 million (2011: USD54 million). As a result, loss for the period plummeted to USD106 million (2011: loss of USD68. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 35244.22 | 211.00 | 0.60% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 30981.21 | 164.00 | 0.53% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2396.22 | -27.00 | -1.15% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27385.44 | 537.00 | 2.00% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 41173.55 | 138.00 | 0.34% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 35126.22 | 133.00 | 0.38% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 46622.80 | 29.00 | 0.06% | DJ Futures | 19:30 | 13060.00 | 141.00 | 1.09% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13105.67 | 129.54 | 1.00% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1392.07 | 16.93 | 1.23% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 2973.04 | 52.83 | 1.81% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5787.28 | 124.98 | 2.21% | DAX | 18:08 | 6865.66 | 111.20 | 1.65% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3374.19 | 141.73 | 4.38% | Nikkei | 08:54 | 8555.11 | -98.07 | -1.13% | Shanghai | 09:50 | 2132.80 | 21.61 | 1.02% | Hang-Seng | 10:34 | 19666.18 | -24.02 | -0.12% | All Ords | 08:48 | 4243.00 | -47.10 | -1.10% | NZSE 50 | 07:50 | 3548.00 | -16.11 | -0.45% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1604.48 | 15.23 | 0.96% | Gold R | 19:57 | 13066.49 | -185.91 | -1.40% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 419953 | -8830 | -2.06% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 27.7500 | .6190 | 2.28% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1408.00 | 24.50 | 1.77% | Palladium $ | 19:58 | 577.10 | 9.70 | 1.71% | R157 | 16:08 | 5.43 | -.07 | -1.27% | R204 | 16:08 | 6.11 | -.10 | -1.61% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 109.51 | 2.91 | 2.73% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.1471 | -0.1942 | -2.33% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.6989 | -0.2171 | -1.68% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.0677 | -0.0986 | -0.97% | Rand / NZD | 19:57 | 6.6672 | -0.0896 | -1.33% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.5923 | -0.1432 | -1.64% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 78.5900 | 0.3600 | 0.46% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.8082 | -0.0123 | -1.50% | Dollar / Euro | 19:57 | 1.2370 | 0.0190 | 1.56% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6393 | -0.0050 | -0.78% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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03/08/2012 | 222 | 127 | 69 | 418 | 181,356,985 | R10,415,457,209 | 94952 | 1746042 | 02/08/2012 | 166 | 162 | 82 | 410 | 187,359,163 | R11,393,836,746 | 98959 | 1608146 | 01/08/2012 | 203 | 148 | 72 | 423 | 174,681,988 | R11,408,173,299 | 111641 | 1362043 | 31/07/2012 | 143 | 188 | 79 | 410 | 210,461,575 | R12,540,322,411 | 122868 | 1373209 | 30/07/2012 | 208 | 143 | 80 | 431 | 178,431,641 | R10,034,198,755 | 90308 | 1297390 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 30,981.00 | 164.00 | 0.53% | Industrial | 41,173.00 | 138.00 | 0.34% | Mid Cap | 51,722.00 | 534.00 | 1.04% | Small Cap | 37,206.00 | 136.00 | 0.37% | Resource 20 | 46,622.00 | 29.00 | 0.06% | Industrial 25 | 35,126.00 | 133.00 | 0.38% | Financial 15 | 10,242.00 | 210.00 | 2.10% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 38,772.00 | 312.00 | 0.81% | All Share | 35,244.00 | 211.00 | 0.60% | Oil & Gas | 26,893.00 | -12.00 | -0.04% | Mining | 29,914.00 | 21.00 | 0.07% | Gold Mining | 2,396.00 | -27.00 | -1.15% | Platinum Mining | 48.00 | .00 | 1.35% | GENERAL MINING | 7,638.00 | 22.00 | 0.29% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,460.00 | -6.00 | -0.05% | Basic Materials | 25,654.00 | 37.00 | 0.15% | Chemicals | 15,210.00 | -77.00 | -0.51% | Forestry & Paper | 13,589.00 | 48.00 | 0.36% | Industrial Metals | 27,959.00 | 480.00 | 1.75% | Industrials | 35,213.00 | 102.00 | 0.29% | General Industrials | 100.00 | .00 | 0.17% | Consumer Goods | 34,963.00 | -347.00 | -0.98% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,000.00 | 90.00 | 1.54% | Household Goods | 161.00 | 0 | -0.52% | Health Care | 50,197.00 | 757.00 | 1.53% | Beverages | 122.00 | -2.00 | -1.86% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 64,147.00 | 302.00 | 0.47% | Personal Goods | 468.00 | 4.00 | 1.00% | Consumer Services | 73,303.00 | 1112.00 | 1.54% | General Retailers | 63,385.00 | 1157.00 | 1.86% | Travel & Leisure | 3,889.00 | 12.00 | 0.32% | Media | 103.00 | 2.00 | 2.06% | Support Services | 2,269.00 | 6.00 | 0.28% | Telecommunications | 74,863.00 | 1037.00 | 1.40% | Financials | 27,385.00 | 537.00 | 2.00% | Banks | 51,184.00 | 1437.00 | 2.89% | Non-life Insurance | 44,737.00 | 329.00 | 0.74% | Life Insurance | 21,482.00 | 251.00 | 1.19% | General Financial | 2,526.00 | 37.00 | 1.49% | Technology | 30,395.00 | 206.00 | 0.68% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 2,996.00 | 13 | 0.44% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,133.00 | 14 | 0.46% | COAL MINING | 21,619.00 | 290 | 1.36% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,543.00 | 10 | 0.19% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,057.00 | 0 | 0.05% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 497.00 | | 2.26% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 392.00 | | 1.75% | RESOURCE | 25,759.00 | 13 | 0.05% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 197.00 | 2 | 1.44% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,205.00 | 42 | 0.60% | Capped Top 40 | 16,362.00 | 87 | 0.54% | Capped All Share | 17,830.00 | 107 | 0.61% | JSE TABACO | 5,673.00 | -82 | -1.43% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | MST | MUSTEK LIMITED | BUY | 01 Aug | IPL | IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 01 Aug | RLO | REUNERT LIMITED | SELL | 01 Aug | ALT | ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMIT... | HOLD | 01 Aug | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | BUY | 01 Aug |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 06 Aug 2012 | ANGLD | June 2012 (Interim) | 06 Aug 2012 | ANGLD-A | June 2012 (Interim) | 06 Aug 2012 | ANGLD-B | June 2012 (Interim) | 06 Aug 2012 | ANGLD-E | June 2012 (Interim) | 06 Aug 2012 | PALAMIN | June 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | LIB-HOLD | 12-08-02 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 1.9200 | EXXARO | 12-08-01 | 12-09-14 | 12-09-25 | R 3.5000 | NEDBANK | 12-08-01 | 12-08-31 | 12-09-10 | R 3.4000 | NEDBANK-P | 12-08-01 | 12-08-17 | 12-08-27 | R 0.3730 | ZURICH SA | 12-08-01 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 1.0000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | SBR003 | 12-07-13 | 12-07-27 | 12-08-06 | R 1.4800 | SABMILLER | 12-05-24 | 12-08-02 | 12-08-17 | R 0.6950 | SYNERGY A | 12-07-19 | 12-08-02 | 12-08-13 | R 0.4422 | VILLAGE | 12-06-21 | 12-07-27 | 12-08-06 | R 0.3000 | FOORDCMPS | 12-07-10 | 12-07-27 | 12-08-06 | R 0.3000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | TDH | Tradehold Ltd. | 06/08/2012 | Confirmed | TDHP | Tradehold Ltd. | 06/08/2012 | Confirmed | AND | Andulela Investment Holdings Ltd. | 08/08/2012 | Confirmed | ANDP | Andulela Investment Holdings Ltd. | 08/08/2012 | Confirmed | TSX | Trans Hex Group Ltd. | 08/08/2012 | Confirmed |
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