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Revenue declined to R27.6 billion (R33.1 billion). Gross profit decreased to R7 billion (R11.6 billion) and profit from operations was lower at R5.6 billion (R10.2 billion). Net attributable profit decreased to R4.2 billion (R6.6 billion). In addition, headline earnings per share fell to 685 Full story
South African stocks edged down on Wednesday as strike-hit platinum miner Lonmin dragged the market lower with news of a possible share issue, overshadowing a rise by Imperial Holdings on positive earnings. Full story |
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Global stocks retreated on
Thursday on dimmed expectations for new stimulus from the
Federal Reserve and data showing slower economic growth, while
the euro rose after sources said Spain is in talks over
conditions for aid to reduce its borrowing costs.
The favored option is that an existing rescue fund, known as
EFSF, would purchase Spanish debt at primary auctions while the
European Central Bank would intervene in the secondary market to
lower yields, three sources with knowledge of the ma Full story |
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Markets | European shares ended lower on
Thursday after a choppy session in very light trade, as concern
over the outlook for the global economy. . . Full story | | Gold rose 1 percent to a
four-month high above $1,670 an ounce on Thursday, bolstered by
hopes for a new round of U.S.. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as
expectations for swift stimulus action from the Federal Reserve
faded and Chinese and euro zone data pointed. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index inched
higher on Thursday, steadying after sharp falls in the previous
session, underpinned by a recovery among heavyweight miners. . . Full story |
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| European shares ended lower on
Thursday, after a choppy session in very light trade, as concern
over the outlook for the global economy. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as
expectations were dampened for further stimulus from the Federal
Reserve and overseas data pointed to a slowing. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened lower on
Thursday as expectations were dampened for further stimulus from
the Federal Reserve and overseas data pointed to a. . . Full story | | U.S. stock index futures
slipped on Thursday as overseas data pointed to a slowing global
economy, while expectations were lowered for further stimulus
from. . . Full story |
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SA Business | U.S. stocks recovered from
losses to finish flat on Wednesday, Treasur y yields fell a nd the
dollar tumbled broadly after Fe deral Reserve mi nutes suggested
the c en tral bank m ight ease monetary policy further soon.
The S&P. . . Full story | | Gold surged above $1,650 an
ounce on Wednesday for the first time since early May, breaking
above its recent trading range as minutes from the U.S. Federal
Reserve convinced many bullion investors that another round of
monetary stimulus is imminent.
Another precious. . . Full story |
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| Arson or illicit mining may have been responsible for a fire at a South African operation of world no. 4 gold. . . Full story | | The world's fourth biggest gold producer Gold Fields said it would review its portfolio, notably capital investments, to stress the delivery. . . Full story | | World No.2 platinum producer Impala Platinum has warned that industrial action at South Africa's platinum mines, resulting in the death of. . . Full story | | South Africa is mulling retaliatory measures to protect its centuries-old wine industry and counter job losses caused by a British retailers'. . . Full story |
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| South African iron ore miner Kumba Iron Ore said on Thursday it had agreed to extend an interim supply deal with. . . Full story | | South Africa's maize output forecast by traders for 2012 is seen at 10.919 million tonnes, largely steady from 11 million tonnes. . . Full story | | The rand fell against the dollar early on Thursday, weighed by a poor Chinese manufacturing survey that raised fears of a. . . Full story | | South Africa's Impala Platinum (Implats) said on Thursday its headline earnings for the 2012 financial year fell 38 percent after its. . . Full story |
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Company News | Old Mutual announced that it has applied to the Financial Services Authority, in its capacity as United Kingdom Listing Authority, to. . . Full story | | Anglo and Corporaci=n Nacional del Cobre de Chile ("Codelco") announced their agreement to form a new partnership in respect of certain. . . Full story | | As a result of Omnia's improved financial profile and its continued solid business performance, the rating agency Global Credit Rating Co.. . . Full story | | Barloworld has finalised agreements to sell its UK Materials Handling business to Briggs Equipment who will acquire Barloworld's assets and represent. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders are advised that Resgen has issued an investor update presentation. The presentation may be viewed under the ASX announcements section. . . Full story | | Resgen, which is developing one of South Africa's largest remaining coal deposits, announced earlier this year that it had agreed to. . . Full story | | Resgen has been able to reduce the estimated capital cost of its Boikarabelo coal mine in South Africa by USD120 million. . . Full story | | Shareholders were previously advised that the Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd. ("SIOC") and ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd. ("AMSA") had agreed. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue jumped by 15.6% to R61.4 billion (2011: R53.1 billion). Gross profit jumped by 16.4% to R11.3 billion (2011: R9.7 million),. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year rose to R1 billion (2011: R907.9 million). Operating profit fell by 6.3% to R100.6 million (2011: R107.4 million),. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year rose to R1.3 billion (2011: R1.2 billion) and operating profit climbed to R666 million (2011: R598 million).. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2012 jumped by 25% to R80.8 billion (2011: R64.7 billion). Operating profit shot up. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 35843.92 | 227.00 | 0.64% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 31607.12 | 193.00 | 0.61% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2438.36 | 8.00 | 0.34% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27019.50 | 116.00 | 0.43% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 41892.21 | 81.00 | 0.19% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 35800.81 | 40.00 | 0.11% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 48451.75 | 698.00 | 1.46% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 13031.00 | -162.00 | -1.23% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13055.05 | -148.53 | -1.12% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1401.87 | -11.30 | -0.80% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3050.22 | -17.04 | -0.56% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5776.60 | 2.40 | 0.04% | DAX | 18:12 | 6949.57 | -139.75 | -1.97% | CAC40 | 18:12 | 3432.56 | -29.09 | -0.84% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 9178.12 | 46.38 | 0.51% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2113.07 | 5.36 | 0.25% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 20132.24 | 244.46 | 1.23% | All Ords | 08:41 | 4411.80 | 8.50 | 0.19% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 3663.34 | 4.96 | 0.14% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1670.69 | 17.85 | 1.08% | Gold R | 19:57 | 13879.68 | 284.74 | 2.09% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 446001 | 10923 | 2.51% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 30.5500 | .7400 | 2.48% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1537.75 | 6.75 | 0.44% | Palladium $ | 19:58 | 650.90 | 21.70 | 3.45% | R157 | 17:08 | 5.48 | -.09 | -1.53% | R204 | 17:08 | 6.27 | -.09 | -1.34% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 116.11 | .37 | 0.32% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.3064 | 0.0809 | 0.98% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.1480 | 0.1133 | 0.87% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.4380 | 0.1306 | 1.27% | Rand / NZD | 19:57 | 6.7631 | 0.0664 | 0.99% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.6810 | 0.0325 | 0.38% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 78.4860 | -0.0590 | -0.08% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7954 | -0.0024 | -0.30% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2565 | 0.0034 | 0.27% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6300 | 0.0006 | 0.10% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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23/08/2012 | 233 | 125 | 67 | 425 | 188,365,280 | R12,682,639,863 | 96640 | 1446527 | 22/08/2012 | 138 | 202 | 81 | 421 | 170,454,766 | R8,522,750,744 | 78615 | 1114638 | 21/08/2012 | 234 | 121 | 79 | 434 | 192,706,142 | R10,933,262,713 | 93864 | 1092328 | 20/08/2012 | 166 | 170 | 65 | 401 | 175,778,427 | R10,751,109,876 | 89930 | 1197148 | 17/08/2012 | 183 | 182 | 62 | 427 | 168,552,001 | R11,622,695,942 | 106681 | 1409081 |
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Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 31,607.00 | 193.00 | 0.61% | Industrial | 41,892.00 | 81.00 | 0.19% | Mid Cap | 51,690.00 | 381.00 | 0.74% | Small Cap | 37,788.00 | 297.00 | 0.79% | Resource 20 | 48,451.00 | 698.00 | 1.46% | Industrial 25 | 35,800.00 | 40.00 | 0.11% | Financial 15 | 10,069.00 | 34.00 | 0.35% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 39,133.00 | 60.00 | 0.15% | All Share | 35,843.00 | 227.00 | 0.64% | Oil & Gas | 27,027.00 | 390.00 | 1.46% | Mining | 31,229.00 | 463.00 | 1.51% | Gold Mining | 2,438.00 | 8.00 | 0.34% | Platinum Mining | 49.00 | 1.00 | 2.46% | GENERAL MINING | 8,065.00 | 145.00 | 1.83% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,532.00 | 210.00 | 1.47% | Basic Materials | 26,736.00 | 365.00 | 1.39% | Chemicals | 15,358.00 | 31.00 | 0.21% | Forestry & Paper | 13,707.00 | 27.00 | 0.20% | Industrial Metals | 29,116.00 | 57.00 | 0.20% | Industrials | 34,919.00 | 319.00 | 0.92% | General Industrials | 98.00 | 1.00 | 1.30% | Consumer Goods | 36,271.00 | -59.00 | -0.16% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,455.00 | 206.00 | 3.31% | Household Goods | 165.00 | 0 | -0.02% | Health Care | 49,418.00 | 150.00 | 0.31% | Beverages | 124.00 | .00 | 0.03% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 66,252.00 | -49.00 | -0.07% | Personal Goods | 520.00 | .00 | 0.03% | Consumer Services | 74,139.00 | 465.00 | 0.63% | General Retailers | 62,196.00 | 392.00 | 0.63% | Travel & Leisure | 4,134.00 | 50.00 | 1.24% | Media | 107.00 | .00 | 0.32% | Support Services | 2,133.00 | 10.00 | 0.51% | Telecommunications | 75,418.00 | -160.00 | -0.21% | Financials | 27,019.00 | 116.00 | 0.43% | Banks | 49,085.00 | 173.00 | 0.36% | Non-life Insurance | 43,719.00 | 893.00 | 2.09% | Life Insurance | 22,314.00 | 89.00 | 0.40% | General Financial | 2,460.00 | 9.00 | 0.37% | Technology | 31,246.00 | 40.00 | 0.13% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,111.00 | 29 | 0.96% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,237.00 | 30 | 0.96% | COAL MINING | 22,722.00 | -384 | -1.66% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,606.00 | 12 | 0.22% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,055.00 | -11 | -1.09% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 493.00 | | 0.93% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 392.00 | | 0.83% | RESOURCE | 26,740.00 | 395 | 1.50% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 198.00 | 1 | 0.85% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,316.00 | 53 | 0.74% | Capped Top 40 | 16,678.00 | 99 | 0.60% | Capped All Share | 18,132.00 | 115 | 0.64% | JSE TABACO | 5,578.00 | 53 | 0.98% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | MST | MUSTEK LIMITED | BUY | 21 Aug | IPL | IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 21 Aug | RLO | REUNERT LIMITED | SELL | 21 Aug | ALT | ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMIT... | HOLD | 21 Aug | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | BUY | 21 Aug |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 24 Aug 2012 | CBH | June 2012 (Final) | 24 Aug 2012 | NORTHAM | June 2012 (Final) | 27 Aug 2012 | ADVTECH | June 2012 (Interim) | 27 Aug 2012 | BIDVEST | June 2012 (Final) | 27 Aug 2012 | KERSAFP | June 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | GRINDROD | 12-08-22 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 0.1750 | TRNPACO | 12-08-22 | 12-09-14 | 12-09-25 | R 0.4900 | HOSP-A | 12-08-22 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 0.4974 | MASSMART | 12-08-22 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 1.4600 | IMPERIAL | 12-08-22 | 12-09-20 | 12-10-01 | R 3.8000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | FIRSTRANDB-P | 12-08-07 | 12-08-17 | 12-08-27 | R 3.3309 | NEDBANK-P | 12-08-01 | 12-08-17 | 12-08-27 | R 0.3730 | CAPITAL | 12-07-31 | 12-08-17 | 12-08-27 | R 0.3328 | MONDILTD | 12-08-07 | 12-08-17 | 12-09-18 | R 0.0890 | MONDIPLC | 12-08-07 | 12-08-17 | 12-09-18 | R 0.0890 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | FBR | Famous Brands Ltd. | 23/08/2012 | Confirmed | ISB | Insimbi Refractory and Alloy Supplies Lt... | 24/08/2012 | Confirmed | ANS | Ansys Ltd. | 28/08/2012 | Confirmed | ANP | Annuity Properties Ltd. | 29/08/2012 | Confirmed | MPC | Mr Price Group Ltd. | 30/08/2012 | Confirmed |
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