Friday, 24 August 2012 - 20:00
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South African resources such as diversified miner Exxaro led the wider market lower on Friday as investors worry about plans by central banks pumping out more cash to boost global economic growth. Full story
Gold prices eased on Friday as
waning appetite for higher-risk assets and a firmer dollar
prompted investors to cash in gains after a seven-session rally
to 4-1/2 month highs, though they stayed on track for their
biggest weekly rise since early June. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks rose on Friday on
news that the European Central Bank is considering setting
yield band targets in a new bond-. . . Full story | | European shares closed
fractionally higher on Friday after staging a late bounce when
European Central Bank sources told Reuters the ECB was
considering setting. . . Full story | | U.S. and European stocks rose
and the euro bounced off lows against the dollar on Friday after
sources said the European Central Bank. . . Full story | | Britain's blue chip share index
recovered in late trading on Friday to end flat after sources
said the European Central Bank was considering. . . Full story |
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| European shares turned higher in
late, choppy trade, led by defensive stocks in the food &
beverage and healthcare sectors, mirroring a surge. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks extended gains on
Friday on news that the European Central Bank is considering
setting yield band targets under a new. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks erased losses to
trade slightly higher by late morning on Friday after the S&P
500 briefly fell below the 1,400 level.. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened lower on
Friday after Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany, as well as
France, want Greece to stay in the euro. . . Full story |
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SA Business | 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. monetary stimulus and news that
Spain is negotiating conditions for a possible aid package.
Silver surged 2 percent and platinum group metals also
climbed on supply concerns due to labor unrest in South Africa.
Precious metals received a boost after sources told Reuters
Spain is in talks with the euro zone over conditions for
international aid, even though the country ha. . . Full story |
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| Investors in Anglo American
said its $2.8 billion sale of a stake in its Chilean
unit that ended a 10-month battle was. . . Full story | | South Africa sold 2.685 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average yield of 5.08 percent, slightly. . . Full story | | South African government bonds firmed on Friday as offshore demand, soft inflation and weak growth prospects combined to rally yields this. . . Full story | | Platinum miner Lonmin, facing a strained balance sheet, a shortfall in production and lost revenue after a violent strike that left. . . Full story |
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| Northam Platinum, one of South Africa's smaller platinum producers, said it expected subdued earnings growth as the industry grappled with increasingly violent labour unrest and depressed prices.. . . Full story |
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Company News | The board of Bell has learnt of the statement made by one of its members in an interview with Moneyweb, which. . . Full story | | Comparable profit before income tax, excluding exceptional and one-off items and the contribution of DoRego's from March 2012, is expected to. . . Full story | | RBPlat advised that normal operations at Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine's North shaft recommenced from the night shift on 23 August 2012.. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcement released by the Company on SENS on 12 July 2012, BCX shareholders ("Shareholders") are advised that. . . Full story |
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| Mediclinic shareholders are referred to the announcement released on SENS on 1 August 2012 and published in the South African press on 2 August 2012, relating to the refinancing of the Groups existing debt facilities in Switzerland, including a proposed renounceable rights offer to raise ZAR5.0 billion ("the rights offer").
Rationale for the rights offer
The proceeds from the rights offer will be used to partly refinance the Groups existing debt facilities in Switzerland and provide. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue jumped 11.5% to R28.8 billion (R25.8 billion). Gross profit rose by 14.5% to R10.2 billion (R8.9 billion) and operating profit. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R952.4 million (R874.3 million). Operating profit rose to R74.5 million (R43.5 million). Net attributable profit more than doubled. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period jumped to R22.6 billion (2011: R18.6 billion). Operating profit rose to R10.8 billion (2011: R8.5 billion),. . . Full story | | Revenue declined to R27.6 billion (R33.1 billion). Gross profit decreased to R7 billion (R11.6 billion) and profit from operations was lower. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 35794.12 | -48.00 | -0.14% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 31567.19 | -39.00 | -0.13% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2430.28 | -7.00 | -0.32% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27082.72 | 63.00 | 0.24% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 42022.81 | 130.00 | 0.31% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 35945.93 | 145.00 | 0.41% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 47892.63 | -558.00 | -1.15% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 13122.00 | -36.00 | -0.27% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13159.53 | -13.23 | -0.10% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1412.42 | -1.07 | -0.08% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3076.69 | 3.02 | 0.10% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5776.60 | .32 | 0.01% | DAX | 18:08 | 6971.07 | -46.68 | -0.67% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3433.21 | .65 | 0.02% | Nikkei | 08:30 | 9070.76 | -107.36 | -1.17% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2092.10 | -20.97 | -0.99% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 19880.03 | -252.21 | -1.25% | All Ords | 09:06 | 4376.50 | -35.30 | -0.80% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 3622.59 | -40.75 | -1.11% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1670.20 | .55 | 0.03% | Gold R | 19:57 | 13976.40 | 85.51 | 0.62% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 448971 | 15235 | 3.51% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 30.6400 | .1110 | 0.36% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1545.70 | 4.70 | 0.30% | Palladium $ | 19:53 | 649.50 | -3.00 | -0.46% | R157 | 16:08 | 5.56 | .06 | 1.00% | R204 | 17:02 | 6.36 | .06 | 0.87% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 115.61 | -1.07 | -0.92% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.3676 | 0.0493 | 0.59% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.2157 | 0.0512 | 0.39% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 10.4915 | 0.0383 | 0.37% | Rand / NZD | 19:57 | 6.7945 | 0.0328 | 0.49% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.7232 | 0.0334 | 0.38% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 78.6500 | 0.1110 | 0.14% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7975 | 0.0019 | 0.24% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2534 | -0.0030 | -0.24% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6316 | 0.0013 | 0.21% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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24/08/2012 | 173 | 158 | 82 | 413 | 159,291,808 | R8,993,127,109 | 77593 | 1511215 | 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 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 31,567.00 | -39.00 | -0.13% | Industrial | 42,022.00 | 130.00 | 0.31% | Mid Cap | 51,536.00 | -153.00 | -0.30% | Small Cap | 37,915.00 | 127.00 | 0.34% | Resource 20 | 47,892.00 | -558.00 | -1.15% | Industrial 25 | 35,945.00 | 145.00 | 0.41% | Financial 15 | 10,099.00 | 30.00 | 0.31% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 39,300.00 | 167.00 | 0.43% | All Share | 35,794.00 | -48.00 | -0.14% | Oil & Gas | 26,950.00 | -76.00 | -0.28% | Mining | 30,838.00 | -390.00 | -1.25% | Gold Mining | 2,430.00 | -7.00 | -0.32% | Platinum Mining | 49.00 | .00 | 0.80% | GENERAL MINING | 7,928.00 | -136.00 | -1.70% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,490.00 | -41.00 | -0.28% | Basic Materials | 26,407.00 | -328.00 | -1.23% | Chemicals | 15,555.00 | 197.00 | 1.28% | Forestry & Paper | 13,596.00 | -110.00 | -0.81% | Industrial Metals | 28,564.00 | -551.00 | -1.89% | Industrials | 34,900.00 | -18.00 | -0.05% | General Industrials | 98.00 | .00 | 0.34% | Consumer Goods | 36,414.00 | 143.00 | 0.40% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,816.00 | 361.00 | 5.59% | Household Goods | 165.00 | 0 | 0.54% | Health Care | 49,201.00 | -216.00 | -0.44% | Beverages | 125.00 | 1.00 | 1.45% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 65,956.00 | -295.00 | -0.45% | Personal Goods | 515.00 | -4.00 | -0.89% | Consumer Services | 74,552.00 | 413.00 | 0.56% | General Retailers | 63,067.00 | 871.00 | 1.40% | Travel & Leisure | 4,166.00 | 32.00 | 0.79% | Media | 107.00 | .00 | 0.50% | Support Services | 2,109.00 | -23.00 | -1.12% | Telecommunications | 76,037.00 | 619.00 | 0.82% | Financials | 27,082.00 | 63.00 | 0.24% | Banks | 49,292.00 | 207.00 | 0.42% | Non-life Insurance | 43,387.00 | -331.00 | -0.76% | Life Insurance | 22,272.00 | -41.00 | -0.19% | General Financial | 2,463.00 | 3.00 | 0.15% | Technology | 31,274.00 | 28.00 | 0.09% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,089.00 | -21 | -0.70% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,216.00 | -20 | -0.62% | COAL MINING | 21,978.00 | -743 | -3.27% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,594.00 | -11 | -0.20% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,065.00 | 10 | 0.97% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 496.00 | | 0.67% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 394.00 | | 0.54% | RESOURCE | 26,443.00 | -296 | -1.11% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 198.00 | 0 | 0.42% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,304.00 | -11 | -0.16% | Capped Top 40 | 16,659.00 | -18 | -0.11% | Capped All Share | 18,107.00 | -24 | -0.14% | JSE TABACO | 5,593.00 | 15 | 0.27% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | OML | OLD MUTUAL PLC | BUY | 22 Aug | 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 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 27 Aug 2012 | ADVTECH | June 2012 (Interim) | 27 Aug 2012 | BIDVEST | June 2012 (Final) | 27 Aug 2012 | KERSAFP | June 2012 (Final) | 27 Aug 2012 | ONELOGIX | May 2012 (Final) | 27 Aug 2012 | SUNINT | June 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | AFROX | 12-08-23 | 12-10-05 | 12-10-15 | R 0.2700 | GFIELDS | 12-08-23 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 1.6000 | WOOLIES | 12-08-23 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 1.2300 | HYPROP | 12-08-23 | 12-09-14 | 12-09-25 | R 1.9800 | IMPLATS | 12-08-23 | 12-09-07 | 12-09-17 | R 0.6000 |
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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 | MTN GROUP | 12-08-08 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 3.2100 | LIB-HOLD | 12-08-02 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 1.9200 | RESILIENT | 12-08-07 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-03 | R 1.2074 | ANGLD | 12-08-06 | 12-08-24 | 12-09-14 | R 1.0000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | 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 | RDI | Rockwell Diamonds Inc | 30/08/2012 | Confirmed | MRPP | Mr Price Group Ltd. | 30/08/2012 | Confirmed |
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