Wednesday, 15 August 2012 - 20:00
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Revenue (Note 2) 2 138 2 430 . Profit attributable to:
Equity holders of the company 463 394 Full story
Revenue rose to R682.8 million (R667.9 million). Net attributable profit for the period more than halved to R100.7 million (R253.8 million). In addition, headline earnings per share fell to 245.5c (288.9cps).
Outlook
The critical interdependencies between the exchange, the financial serv Full story |
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A Syrian air raid killed 30
people in the rebel-held northern border town of Azaz on
Wednesday, a local doctor said, and a bomb went off near U.N.
and military sites in the capital Damascus, wounding three. Full storyHong Kong shares were poised
to start lower on Wednesday, dragged down by a near 2 percent
drop for Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd
ahead of its first-half earnings later in the day. Full storySouth Korean President Lee
Myung-bak on Wednesday said North Korea should face reality and
consider bringing about a "transformation", adding that Seoul
will monitor changes in the secretive North. Full story |
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Markets | European shares dipped on
Wednesday, retreating after a recent rally and hurt by weaker
mining stocks after downbeat results from Eurasian Natural
Resources.. . . Full story | | Sideways trading in the S&P 500
around the 1,400 level on Wednesday was likely to continue
through options expiry at the end of. . . Full story | | Gold rebounded on Wednesday
after its two previous sessions' losses, as muted U.S. consumer
inflation raised hopes for monetary stimulus and a prominent
hedge. . . Full story | | Global shares held near their
highest level since May o n W ednesday on hopes of more central
bank stimulus for struggling economies,. . . Full story |
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| Britain's top share index fell on
Wednesday in sluggish volumes as weakness in index heavyweights
such as miners, tobaccos and Vodafone outstripped gains. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks were little changed
at the open on Wednesday after a regional gauge of manufacturing
suggested economic growth was still stalled, although. . . Full story | | European shares briefly turned
flat in afternoon trade on Wednesday after U.S. consumer
inflation was muted in July, giving the Federal Reserve room. . . Full story | | Britain's benchmark share index
fell on Wednesday, knocked by a large batch of stocks that
started trading without entitlement to their latest dividend
payments. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's benchmark index booked the highest finish in its 17-year history on Tuesday, adding 0.5 percent as better-than-expected U.S. economic data helped lift shares of food maker Tiger Brands and retailers.. . . Full story | | Gold slid on Tuesday as healthy
U.S. retail sales data prompted bullion investors to scale back
their bets based on expectations of an imminent stimulus from
the Federal Reserve.
Platinum group metal prices, meanwhile, rose on supply
worries due to a. . . Full story |
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| Nigeria is likely to be
included in JP Morgan's Government Bond Index - Emerging Markets
(GBI-EM) from October, potentially bringing up to $1. . . Full story | | South African drug firm Cipla Medpro said on Wednesday it had suspended its chief executive pending an investigation into "serious allegations",. . . Full story | | The Johannesburg Stock Exchange expects to start trading Zambian maize contracts in U.S. dollars by the end of the year, pending. . . Full story | | Ghana's annual inflation rate increased for the fifth month in a row in July, driven higher by the weak cedi currency. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's biggest listed clothes retailer, Truworths, posted an expected 16 percent rise in full-year profit on Wednesday, but warned expensive. . . Full story | | JSE Ltd, the operator of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, posted a 14 percent decline in first-half earnings on Wednesday, hurt by. . . Full story | | Growth in South Africa's retail sales rose to 8.3 percent on a year-on-year basis at constant prices in June compared with. . . Full story | | Tencent Holdings, China's biggest Internet company by revenue, said on Wednesday its quarterly profit rose by its fastest pace in a. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are advised that 42 676 585 new Miranda ordinary shares ("the shares") will be issued to Sonset Nominees (Pty) Ltd.. . . Full story | | The board informed shareholders that at the meeting of the board held on 14 August 2012 the board resolved to undertake. . . Full story | | The group's final results for the financial year ended 30 June 2012 are due to be released on SENS on or. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that David John Case has resigned as the financial director of the company with effect from 14 August. . . Full story |
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| Great Basin announced that Mr Ferdi Dippenaar has resigned as the Chief Executive Officer and President and director of the Company with effect from 15 August 2012.. . . Full story | | DAWN shareholders are advised that, for the year ended 30 June 2012, the Group expects:
* Headline earnings per share ("HEPS") to increase by between 123%-143% to 36.4 cents per share to. . . Full story | | Aspen announced that Aspen Global Incorporated ("Aspen Global"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aspen, has reached agreement with GlaxoSmithKline plc ("GSK") for the acquisition of a portfolio of 25 established pharmaceutical. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Urone on 14 August 2012 reported quarterly revenue of CAD96.8 million for Q2 2012 based on sales of 1.9 million pounds. . . Full story | | Loss and attributable loss to equity holders for the company's first quarter was USD92 589. In addition, headline loss per share. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period fell to USD48.7 million (2011: USD62.6 million), operating loss skyrocketed to USD112 million (2011: loss of. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period ended 30 June 2012 jumped to CAD72.8 million (2011: CAD66.6 million). Gross loss narrowed to CAD33. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 35543.93 | -20.00 | -0.06% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 31332.42 | -7.00 | -0.02% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2437.00 | -14.00 | -0.57% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27178.43 | -118.00 | -0.43% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 41633.24 | 253.00 | 0.61% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 35607.68 | 263.00 | 0.75% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 47346.19 | -423.00 | -0.89% | DJ Futures | 19:52 | 13140.00 | 16.00 | 0.12% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13157.58 | -14.56 | -0.11% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1404.47 | 0.54 | 0.04% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3026.26 | 9.28 | 0.31% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5833.04 | -31.74 | -0.54% | DAX | 18:08 | 6946.80 | 37.12 | 0.54% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3449.20 | -1.07 | -0.03% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 8925.04 | -4.84 | -0.05% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2118.94 | -23.58 | -1.10% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 20052.29 | -239.39 | -1.18% | All Ords | 08:44 | 4307.00 | -10.40 | -0.24% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 3631.19 | 22.31 | 0.62% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1604.36 | 5.46 | 0.34% | Gold R | 19:57 | 13193.46 | 91.21 | 0.70% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 424160 | 3422 | 0.81% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 27.8350 | .0450 | 0.16% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1389.25 | -5.25 | -0.38% | Palladium $ | 19:58 | 573.75 | -.95 | -0.17% | R157 | 17:08 | 5.67 | .01 | 0.18% | R204 | 17:08 | 6.43 | .08 | 1.18% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 116.56 | 1.21 | 1.05% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.2200 | 0.0252 | 0.31% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 12.8630 | 0.0493 | 0.38% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.0976 | 0.0039 | 0.04% | Rand / NZD | 19:57 | 6.6360 | 0.0342 | 0.52% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.6360 | 0.0390 | 0.45% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 78.8600 | 0.1690 | 0.21% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.8138 | 0.0023 | 0.28% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2285 | -0.0035 | -0.28% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6373 | -0.0003 | -0.05% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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15/08/2012 | 135 | 170 | 90 | 395 | 164,684,736 | R10,373,760,776 | 73028 | 1081700 | 14/08/2012 | 185 | 130 | 80 | 395 | 157,387,633 | R9,342,474,859 | 88601 | 1237281 | 13/08/2012 | 134 | 166 | 106 | 406 | 129,545,824 | R7,542,356,316 | 77611 | 973859 | 10/08/2012 | 177 | 142 | 71 | 390 | 162,605,219 | R9,319,648,328 | 108826 | 1410008 | 08/08/2012 | 176 | 158 | 76 | 410 | 179,515,088 | R9,926,543,129 | 107035 | 1540138 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 31,332.00 | -7.00 | -0.02% | Industrial | 41,633.00 | 253.00 | 0.61% | Mid Cap | 51,391.00 | -137.00 | -0.27% | Small Cap | 37,321.00 | 47.00 | 0.13% | Resource 20 | 47,346.00 | -423.00 | -0.89% | Industrial 25 | 35,607.00 | 263.00 | 0.75% | Financial 15 | 10,167.00 | -52.00 | -0.51% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 39,077.00 | 169.00 | 0.44% | All Share | 35,543.00 | -20.00 | -0.06% | Oil & Gas | 26,197.00 | 173.00 | 0.66% | Mining | 30,605.00 | -342.00 | -1.11% | Gold Mining | 2,437.00 | -14.00 | -0.57% | Platinum Mining | 48.00 | .00 | 1.21% | GENERAL MINING | 7,849.00 | -106.00 | -1.34% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,085.00 | 93.00 | 0.67% | Basic Materials | 26,219.00 | -249.00 | -0.94% | Chemicals | 15,456.00 | -3.00 | -0.02% | Forestry & Paper | 13,745.00 | 108.00 | 0.80% | Industrial Metals | 28,218.00 | 250.00 | 0.89% | Industrials | 35,007.00 | -44.00 | -0.13% | General Industrials | 100.00 | .00 | 0.51% | Consumer Goods | 35,958.00 | 222.00 | 0.62% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,014.00 | -56.00 | -0.93% | Household Goods | 163.00 | 0 | 0.61% | Health Care | 48,723.00 | -199.00 | -0.41% | Beverages | 124.00 | 2.00 | 1.81% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 64,289.00 | -175.00 | -0.27% | Personal Goods | 509.00 | 2.00 | 0.53% | Consumer Services | 73,820.00 | 843.00 | 1.16% | General Retailers | 63,595.00 | -131.00 | -0.21% | Travel & Leisure | 3,964.00 | 21.00 | 0.54% | Media | 104.00 | 3.00 | 3.77% | Support Services | 2,186.00 | 2.00 | 0.11% | Telecommunications | 75,088.00 | 586.00 | 0.79% | Financials | 27,178.00 | -118.00 | -0.43% | Banks | 50,208.00 | -576.00 | -1.13% | Non-life Insurance | 44,281.00 | -637.00 | -1.42% | Life Insurance | 22,165.00 | 147.00 | 0.67% | General Financial | 2,464.00 | -10.00 | -0.42% | Technology | 30,763.00 | -31.00 | -0.10% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,054.00 | -9 | -0.31% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,182.00 | -9 | -0.29% | COAL MINING | 23,207.00 | -128 | -0.55% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,594.00 | 27 | 0.50% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,101.00 | 9 | 0.88% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 488.00 | | -0.11% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 388.00 | | 0.10% | RESOURCE | 26,164.00 | -225 | -0.86% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 197.00 | 0 | 0.21% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,268.00 | -8 | -0.11% | Capped Top 40 | 16,542.00 | 0 | 0.00% | Capped All Share | 17,981.00 | -9 | -0.05% | JSE TABACO | 5,594.00 | -2 | -0.05% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | ALT | ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMIT... | HOLD | 10 Aug | CFR | COMPAGNIE FIN RICHEMONT | HOLD | 10 Aug | OML | OLD MUTUAL PLC | BUY | 10 Aug | GND | GRINDROD LIMITED | BUY | 10 Aug | MST | MUSTEK LIMITED | BUY | 09 Aug |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 16 Aug 2012 | ARB | June 2012 (Final) | 16 Aug 2012 | CIPLAMED | June 2012 (Interim) | 16 Aug 2012 | HARMONY | June 2012 (Final) | 16 Aug 2012 | HARMONY-P | June 2012 (Final) | 16 Aug 2012 | STANBANK | June 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ARROWA | 12-08-08 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 0.1500 | ARROWB | 12-08-08 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 0.1003 | OLDMUTUAL | 12-08-08 | 12-10-19 | 12-11-30 | R 0.0175 | MTN GROUP | 12-08-08 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 3.2100 | MONDILTD | 12-08-07 | 12-08-17 | 12-09-18 | R 0.0890 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | KUMBA | 12-07-20 | 12-08-10 | 12-08-20 | R 19.2000 | HUDACO | 12-06-29 | 12-08-10 | 12-08-20 | R 1.5500 | ADCORP | 12-05-22 | 12-08-10 | 12-08-20 | R 0.8000 | BATS | 12-07-25 | 12-08-10 | 12-09-26 | R 0.4220 | ANGLO | 12-07-27 | 12-08-10 | 12-09-13 | R 0.3200 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | LEW | Lewis Group Ltd. | 17/08/2012 | Confirmed | FGL | Finbond Group Ltd. | 17/08/2012 | Confirmed | KEH | Keaton Energy Holdings Ltd. | 17/08/2012 | Confirmed | ART | Argent Industrial Ltd. | 20/08/2012 | Confirmed |
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