Friday, 17 August 2012 - 20:00
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South African stocks edged down from recent record highs on Friday, as investor sold shares of platinum miners following days of violent labour unrest at Lonmin Plc's operations. Full story
Platinum group metals rallied on Friday on supply fears after mass killings in South Africa shut production at number three platinum miner Lonmin, while gold prices retreated from early highs as the dollar recovered lost ground. Full story |
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Refugees are fleeing Syria in
ever greater numbers, U.N. agencies said on Friday, as the
conflict between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and rebels
intensifies. Full story |
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Markets | Europe's top shares closed at
13-month highs on Friday, extending their longest weekly winning
streak in seven years on hopes euro zone policy. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks edged higher on
Friday with traders eyeing a breakout to a new four-year peak
and a new all-time high for Apple. . . Full story | | Global shares edged higher and
the dollar rose on Friday after apparent support from German
Chancellor Angela Merkel for European Central Bank intervention
to. . . Full story | | Britain's top shares posted modest
gains on Friday, but in low volumes the blue chip index ended
only fractionally above where it started. . . Full story |
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| European shares briefly hit new
13-month high in afternoon trade on Friday after data showed
U.S. consumer sentiment improved in early August to. . . Full story | | As markets' summer doldrums leave
financial volatility and trading volumes at their lowest in
years, investors are puzzling over what appears to be
complacency. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks edged higher at the
open on Friday, after Wall Street enjoyed its best gain in two
weeks on Thursday, as traders. . . Full story | | Europe's top share index hit a
13-month high on Friday and was on track to record its best
weekly winning streak in seven. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Gold rose nearly 1 percent on
Thursday as comments by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and
disappointing U.S. manufacturing and housing data fueled
speculation that central banks may be set to launch more
bullion-friendly stimulus measures.
Platinum rose 3 percent as supply worries in South Africa
prompted investors to buy the metal. Labor unrest forced Lonmin
, one of the world's top platinum producers, to
cease production. South Africa accounts for three-quarters of
the world's platinum ou. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand hit a two-week low on Friday, extending earlier falls linked to the killing by police of 34 protestors. . . Full story | | "You can never have enough enemies," Tiny Rowland once boasted, but even the buccaneering tycoon who built what is now Lonmin. . . Full story | | South African state-owned oil firm PetroSA and U.S.-listed Anadarko Petroleum Corp have signed a deal for oil and gas exploration in. . . Full story | | China's imports of South African thermal coal rose to 2.1 million tonnes in July, nearly 35 percent of total shipments of. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's power utility Eskom said on Friday it will auction 300 million rand of its 2028 inflation-linked bond on Aug. . . Full story | | Ghana's gold production rose 6 percent in the first half of 2012 to 1,616,501 ounces from 1,523,037 ounces a year ago,. . . Full story | | South Africa sold 2.685 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average yield of 5.11 percent, slightly. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand weakened against the dollar on Friday partly hit by a dip in sentiment a day after a police. . . Full story |
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Company News | IQuad Group Ltd. announced that it has received a written offer from Sasfin ("Sasfin Offer") to acquire, subject to the conditions. . . Full story | | Further to the previous voluntary trading statement released on 22 May 2012, the board of Aavtech confirmed the pleasing enrolments achieved. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that at the annual general meeting of the Lewis shareholders held on Friday 17 August 2012, all special. . . Full story | | Shareholders were informed that trading in April was challenging mainly as a result of the Easter holiday period. However, sales improved. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders were notified that Mr M Mthombeni, current CEO of Momentum Investments, has resigned as a director of MMI with effect from 31 August 2012 in order to take a personal sabbatical. Mr Mthombeni has also resigned from Momentum Group Ltd.,. . . Full story | | Delta shareholders were referred to:
*the group's audited results for the year ended 27 December 2011 released on SENS on 27 March 2012 (''the previous period''); and
*the unaudited results for the interim period ended 27 June 2012 released on SENS. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period ended 30 June 2012 soared to R1.1 billion (2011: R842.8 million). Gross profit jumped to R579.1. . . Full story | | Revenue jumped to R1.6 billion (2011: R1.3 billion). Gross profit grew to R307.2 million (2011: R234.8 million), while profit for the. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R15.2 billion (R11.6 billion). Gross profit rose to R3 billion (R897 million) and operating profit soared to R2.1. . . Full story | | Total income grew 33% to R63.5 billion (R47.9 billion). Net attributable profit rose 9% to R7.2 billion (R6.6 billion). In addition,. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 35547.33 | -195.00 | -0.55% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 31376.13 | -158.00 | -0.50% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2485.03 | -5.00 | -0.24% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27032.15 | -123.00 | -0.46% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 41461.99 | -346.00 | -0.83% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 35441.08 | -318.00 | -0.89% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 47937.58 | -3.00 | -0.01% | DJ Futures | 19:44 | 13230.00 | 90.00 | 0.68% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13256.60 | 6.49 | 0.05% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1415.86 | 0.35 | 0.02% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3069.69 | 7.30 | 0.24% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5852.42 | 17.91 | 0.31% | DAX | 18:08 | 7040.88 | 94.08 | 1.35% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3488.38 | 7.89 | 0.23% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 9162.50 | 69.74 | 0.77% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2114.89 | 2.69 | 0.13% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 20116.07 | 153.12 | 0.77% | All Ords | 09:01 | 4393.80 | 40.30 | 0.93% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 3639.66 | 23.46 | 0.65% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1616.01 | 1.72 | 0.11% | Gold R | 19:58 | 13442.00 | 187.22 | 1.41% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 432347 | 8889 | 2.10% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 28.0500 | -.1220 | -0.43% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1467.70 | 33.20 | 2.31% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 602.80 | 21.20 | 3.65% | R157 | 16:04 | 5.69 | .02 | 0.35% | R204 | 16:04 | 6.48 | .05 | 0.78% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 116.32 | .61 | 0.53% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.3253 | 0.1147 | 1.40% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.0273 | 0.1405 | 1.09% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.2510 | 0.1058 | 1.04% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 6.7165 | 0.0564 | 0.85% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.6803 | 0.0445 | 0.52% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 79.5300 | 0.2070 | 0.26% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.8116 | 0.0026 | 0.32% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2317 | -0.0039 | -0.32% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6370 | 0.0018 | 0.28% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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17/08/2012 | 183 | 182 | 62 | 427 | 168,552,001 | R11,622,695,942 | 106681 | 1409081 | 16/08/2012 | 205 | 149 | 67 | 421 | 144,689,655 | R9,087,649,179 | 80933 | 1303509 | 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 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 31,376.00 | -158.00 | -0.50% | Industrial | 41,461.00 | -346.00 | -0.83% | Mid Cap | 51,010.00 | -437.00 | -0.85% | Small Cap | 37,344.00 | -67.00 | -0.18% | Resource 20 | 47,937.00 | -3.00 | -0.01% | Industrial 25 | 35,441.00 | -318.00 | -0.89% | Financial 15 | 10,099.00 | -50.00 | -0.50% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 38,892.00 | -277.00 | -0.71% | All Share | 35,547.00 | -195.00 | -0.55% | Oil & Gas | 26,765.00 | -3.00 | -0.01% | Mining | 30,877.00 | -56.00 | -0.18% | Gold Mining | 2,485.00 | -5.00 | -0.24% | Platinum Mining | 47.00 | .00 | 1.15% | GENERAL MINING | 7,938.00 | -13.00 | -0.17% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,391.00 | -1.00 | -0.01% | Basic Materials | 26,465.00 | -33.00 | -0.12% | Chemicals | 15,509.00 | 25.00 | 0.17% | Forestry & Paper | 13,990.00 | 127.00 | 0.92% | Industrial Metals | 28,673.00 | 74.00 | 0.26% | Industrials | 34,694.00 | -389.00 | -1.11% | General Industrials | 99.00 | -1.00 | -1.76% | Consumer Goods | 36,174.00 | 92.00 | 0.26% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,023.00 | -8.00 | -0.14% | Household Goods | 164.00 | 0 | 0.19% | Health Care | 48,179.00 | -97.00 | -0.20% | Beverages | 124.00 | .00 | 0.65% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 64,333.00 | -309.00 | -0.48% | Personal Goods | 517.00 | 4.00 | 0.91% | Consumer Services | 73,075.00 | -1489.00 | -2.00% | General Retailers | 61,338.00 | -2471.00 | -3.87% | Travel & Leisure | 4,015.00 | 17.00 | 0.43% | Media | 108.00 | .00 | 0.71% | Support Services | 2,169.00 | -19.00 | -0.89% | Telecommunications | 73,381.00 | -1828.00 | -2.43% | Financials | 27,032.00 | -123.00 | -0.46% | Banks | 49,123.00 | -533.00 | -1.08% | Non-life Insurance | 42,111.00 | -2258.00 | -5.09% | Life Insurance | 22,314.00 | 57.00 | 0.26% | General Financial | 2,488.00 | 1.00 | 0.07% | Technology | 30,907.00 | 22.00 | 0.07% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,071.00 | -12 | -0.39% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,194.00 | -14 | -0.45% | COAL MINING | 23,172.00 | 343 | 1.50% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,563.00 | -6 | -0.11% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,110.00 | 7 | 0.68% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 489.00 | | -0.06% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 390.00 | | 0.06% | RESOURCE | 26,444.00 | -42 | -0.16% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 197.00 | 0 | -0.47% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,266.00 | -37 | -0.51% | Capped Top 40 | 16,557.00 | -88 | -0.53% | Capped All Share | 17,982.00 | -98 | -0.55% | JSE TABACO | 5,555.00 | -10 | -0.19% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | REI | REINET INVESTMENTS SCA | BUY | 15 Aug | MST | MUSTEK LIMITED | BUY | 14 Aug | IPL | IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 14 Aug | RLO | REUNERT LIMITED | SELL | 14 Aug | ALT | ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMIT... | HOLD | 14 Aug |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 20 Aug 2012 | OANDO | June 2012 (Interim) | 20 Aug 2012 | RBPLAT | June 2012 (Interim) | 21 Aug 2012 | ADAPTIT | June 2012 (Final) | 21 Aug 2012 | BLUETEL | May 2012 (Final) | 21 Aug 2012 | DEFCAP | June 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ARB | 12-08-16 | 12-08-31 | 12-09-10 | R 0.1370 | STANBANK-P | 12-08-16 | 12-08-31 | 12-09-10 | R 3.4555 | STANBANK6.5 | 12-08-16 | 12-08-31 | 12-09-10 | R 0.0325 | STANBANK | 12-08-16 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 2.1200 | HARMONY | 12-08-16 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 0.5000 |
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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 | FIRSTRANDB-P | 12-08-07 | 12-08-17 | 12-08-27 | R 3.3309 | 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 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | KEH | Keaton Energy Holdings Ltd. | 17/08/2012 | Confirmed | LEW | Lewis Group Ltd. | 17/08/2012 | Confirmed | FGL | Finbond Group Ltd. | 17/08/2012 | Confirmed | ART | Argent Industrial Ltd. | 20/08/2012 | Confirmed | FBR | Famous Brands Ltd. | 23/08/2012 | Confirmed |
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