Thursday, 04 October 2012 - 20:00
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Gold shot up nearly 1 percent on
Thursday to its highest price in 11 months, with the market's
sights set firmly on $1,800 an ounce, as bullion's
inflation-hedge appeal was boosted by signs the European Central
Bank intends to keep borrowing costs low.
Platinum group metals rallied as labor unre Full story
Revenue for the year grew 22% to R667.2 million (R547.2 million) whilst operating profit fell to R22.3 million (R26.8 million). Loss attributable to owners of the company was R10.4 million (profit of R8.4 million). Furthermore, headline loss per share form continuing operations was 0.44cps ( Full story |
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Markets | European shares closed
fractionally lower on Thursday as a gloomy economic outlook
dented sentiment, outweighing a boost to risk appetite from
global monetary stimulus.. . . Full story | | The S&P 500 rose for a fourth
session on Thursday after a report suggested improvement in the
labor market ahead of Friday's closely. . . Full story | | The euro notched a two-week high
against the dollar on Thursday and global shares edged higher
after the head of the European Central. . . Full story | | Britain's FTSE 100 share index
stalled near the top of its recent range on Thursday, supported
by prospects of global central bank stimulus. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks rose at the open on
Thursday after labor market data came in within expectations and
following encouraging comments by European Central. . . Full story | | European shares turned
fractionally lower on Thursday afternoon after the European
Central Bank president Mario Draghi said the bank's governing
council had not discussed. . . Full story | | U.S. stock index futures added
to gains after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said
growth risks are on the downside and should. . . Full story | | U.S. stock index futures held
their early gains after weekly initial jobless claims rose a tad
less than expected last week to 367,000,. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Gold edged up on Wednesday,
defying a drop in crude oil and a firmer dollar as encouraging
U.S. employment and service-sector data bolstered bullion's
investment appeal as an inflation hedge.
The metal held slim gains even though Brent crude futures
plunged more than 3 percent as disappointing economic reports
from Europe and China stoked concerns about demand.
Gold largely tracked Wall Street after the ADP National
Employment report showed U.S. companies added more jobs than
expected i. . . Full story |
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| Toyota Motor Corp said it had been forced to shut its South African car factory for four days because of an. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand extended losses against the dollar on Thursday, hitting an 11-week low as waves of strikes across the mining. . . Full story | | South African police fired tear gas at striking miners near the Rustenburg operations of the world's top platinum producer Anglo American. . . Full story | | Wage talks to end a strike by more than 20,000 truck drivers in South Africa have collapsed after unions rejected the. . . Full story |
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| Wage talks to end a strike by more than 20,000 truck drivers in South Africa have collapsed after unions rejected the. . . Full story | | Illegal strikes have spread to three more South African mines run by world no. 1 platinum producer Anglo American Platinum, a. . . Full story | | Toyota Motor Corp said it had been forced to shut its Durban vehicle plant for four days because of an illegal. . . Full story | | Kumba Iron Ore suspended production at its Sishen mine in South Africa after employees who embarked on an illegal strike blocked. . . Full story |
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Company News | The company (which has a primary listing on the ASX in Australia, a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange and. . . Full story | | Kumba has announced that it has suspended production at the company's Sishen Mine where approximately 300 striking employees are blocking access. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that the following directors have resigned from Bell's board with immediate effect:
*John Deere Forestry and Construction Equipment nominated. . . Full story | | Business Report noted that a property unit of FirstRand's investment banking arm has raised USD250 million (R2.1 billion) to develop real. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders of the company are advised that the European benchmark ferrochrome price has been settled, after negotiation with major European stainless steel producers, at USD1.10 per pound for the fourth quarter. . . Full story | | Further to the SENS announcements dated 22 August 2011, 4 October 2011, 15 November 2011, 3 January 2012, 16 February 2012, 28 March 2012, 17 May 2012, 29 June 2012 and. . . Full story | | Accordingly, shareholders are advised that the group results for the six months ended 31 August 2012 (the reporting period) have shown an increase when compared to the previous corresponding period. Consequently,. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue from continuing operations increased to R758.2 million (August 2011: R553.2 million). Operating profit from continuing operations was recorded at R15.1 million (August 2011: loss of R29.5 million). Loss attributable to ordinary shareholders was at R35.8 million (August 2011: loss of R83.7 million). In addition, headline loss per share from continuing operations was recorded at 17cps (August 2011: headline loss per share of 13cps).
Dividend
For the foreseeable future the boar. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 36268.96 | 148.00 | 0.41% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 32005.30 | 137.00 | 0.43% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2334.55 | -10.00 | -0.45% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27483.16 | 157.00 | 0.58% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 42716.59 | 155.00 | 0.37% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 36571.99 | 144.00 | 0.40% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 48386.21 | 192.00 | 0.40% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 13520.00 | 80.00 | 0.60% | DJ Ind | 20:00 | 13576.09 | 81.48 | 0.60% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1460.48 | 9.49 | 0.65% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 3143.73 | 8.50 | 0.27% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5827.78 | 1.97 | 0.03% | DAX | 18:10 | 7305.21 | -.65 | -0.01% | CAC40 | 18:10 | 3401.20 | -4.82 | -0.14% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 8824.59 | 77.72 | 0.89% | Shanghai | 28/09 | 2086.17 | 29.85 | 1.45% | Hang-Seng | 10:32 | 20907.95 | 19.67 | 0.09% | All Ords | 08:49 | 4472.60 | 13.80 | 0.31% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 3881.99 | -7.61 | -0.20% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1793.40 | 15.84 | 0.89% | Gold R | 20:00 | 15263.99 | 304.48 | 2.04% | Gold R/kg | 20:00 | 490737 | 10371 | 2.16% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 35.0050 | .3950 | 1.14% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1714.75 | 29.25 | 1.74% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 672.40 | 21.30 | 3.27% | R157 | 14/09 | 5.45 | -.03 | 0.00% | R204 | 14/09 | 6.18 | -.06 | 0.00% | Brent Crude | 20:00 | 111.64 | 2.17 | 1.98% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.5112 | 0.0963 | 1.14% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.7556 | 0.2567 | 1.90% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.0878 | 0.2246 | 2.07% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.0043 | 0.1068 | 1.55% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.7445 | 0.1450 | 1.69% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 78.3250 | -0.1590 | -0.20% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7674 | -0.0070 | -0.90% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3031 | 0.0122 | 0.94% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6171 | -0.0045 | -0.72% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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04/10/2012 | 216 | 126 | 76 | 418 | 173,916,188 | R11,639,821,701 | 94003 | 2168920 | 03/10/2012 | 189 | 183 | 73 | 445 | 180,621,503 | R10,418,906,509 | 112517 | 2015737 | 02/10/2012 | 218 | 164 | 68 | 450 | 191,235,052 | R11,231,261,838 | 103398 | 1557803 | 01/10/2012 | 204 | 141 | 70 | 415 | 148,795,129 | R7,995,389,906 | 99527 | 1780508 | 28/09/2012 | 221 | 127 | 63 | 411 | 249,060,437 | R12,645,321,326 | 97855 | 2014908 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 32,005.00 | 137.00 | 0.43% | Industrial | 42,716.00 | 155.00 | 0.37% | Mid Cap | 52,000.00 | 171.00 | 0.33% | Small Cap | 38,587.00 | 109.00 | 0.28% | Resource 20 | 48,386.00 | 192.00 | 0.40% | Industrial 25 | 36,571.00 | 144.00 | 0.40% | Financial 15 | 10,231.00 | 69.00 | 0.69% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 39,925.00 | 183.00 | 0.46% | All Share | 36,268.00 | 148.00 | 0.41% | Oil & Gas | 28,003.00 | 151.00 | 0.54% | Mining | 30,883.00 | 106.00 | 0.35% | Gold Mining | 2,334.00 | -10.00 | -0.45% | Platinum Mining | 47.00 | .00 | 1.13% | GENERAL MINING | 8,081.00 | 57.00 | 0.71% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,056.00 | 81.00 | 0.55% | Basic Materials | 26,439.00 | 98.00 | 0.37% | Chemicals | 15,707.00 | -34.00 | -0.22% | Forestry & Paper | 15,495.00 | 168.00 | 1.10% | Industrial Metals | 25,449.00 | 147.00 | 0.58% | Industrials | 34,542.00 | -207.00 | -0.60% | General Industrials | 99.00 | .00 | 0.64% | Consumer Goods | 37,312.00 | 391.00 | 1.06% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,813.00 | 9.00 | 0.14% | Household Goods | 177.00 | 3 | 1.76% | Health Care | 49,581.00 | -7.00 | -0.01% | Beverages | 128.00 | 1.00 | 1.13% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 65,372.00 | -359.00 | -0.55% | Personal Goods | 531.00 | 10.00 | 2.02% | Consumer Services | 78,145.00 | -1.00 | -0.00% | General Retailers | 63,449.00 | -558.00 | -0.87% | Travel & Leisure | 4,411.00 | 64.00 | 1.48% | Media | 118.00 | 2.00 | 2.05% | Support Services | 2,165.00 | 14.00 | 0.66% | Telecommunications | 74,239.00 | -24.00 | -0.03% | Financials | 27,483.00 | 157.00 | 0.58% | Banks | 48,339.00 | 63.00 | 0.13% | Non-life Insurance | 45,735.00 | -714.00 | -1.54% | Life Insurance | 23,765.00 | 320.00 | 1.37% | General Financial | 2,523.00 | 5.00 | 0.21% | Technology | 33,319.00 | -47.00 | -0.14% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,111.00 | 14 | 0.47% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,228.00 | 14 | 0.45% | COAL MINING | 20,488.00 | 205 | 1.01% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,581.00 | -6 | -0.11% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,105.00 | -37 | -3.24% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 487.00 | | 0.34% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 393.00 | | 0.66% | RESOURCE | 26,628.00 | 99 | 0.38% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 199.00 | 1 | 0.64% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,375.00 | 28 | 0.38% | Capped Top 40 | 16,877.00 | 71 | 0.43% | Capped All Share | 18,346.00 | 75 | 0.41% | JSE TABACO | 5,812.00 | 128 | 2.26% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | IPL | IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 30/09/2012 | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | HOLD | 30/09/2012 | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | SELL | 30/09/2012 | AMS | ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM C... | HOLD | 30/09/2012 | ANG | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED | HOLD | 30/09/2012 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 05/10/2012 | DON | June 2012 (Final) | 05/10/2012 | INSIMBI | August 2012 (Interim) | 05/10/2012 | SACMH | June 2012 (Interim) | 08/10/2012 | PSG | August 2012 (Interim) | 08/10/2012 | PSGFIN PREF | August 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TELEMASTR | 02/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | 12/11/2012 | R 0.0100 | DCENTRIX | 02/10/2012 | 19/10/2012 | 29/10/2012 | R 0.1125 | FONEWORX | 28/09/2012 | 12/10/2012 | 22/10/2012 | R 0.0700 | AMAPS | 27/09/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 10/12/2012 | R 0.1000 | BOWCALF | 26/09/2012 | 19/10/2012 | 29/10/2012 | R 0.2000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ASTRAPAKP | 07/09/2012 | 28/09/2012 | 08/10/2012 | R 3.6545 | SASFIN-P | 10/09/2012 | 28/09/2012 | 08/10/2012 | R 3.5155 | MMI HLDGS | 11/09/2012 | 28/09/2012 | 08/10/2012 | R 0.6900 | MMI HLDGS | 11/09/2012 | 28/09/2012 | 08/10/2012 | R 0.6500 | SPURCORP | 06/09/2012 | 28/09/2012 | 08/10/2012 | R 0.4700 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | VMK | Verimark Holdings Ltd. | 04/10/2012 | Confirmed | RBX | Raubex Group Ltd. | 05/10/2012 | Confirmed | BEG | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 10/10/2012 | Confirmed | BEGP2 | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 10/10/2012 | Confirmed | BFS | Blue Financial Services Ltd. | 10/10/2012 | Confirmed |
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