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Zimbabwe failed to sell treasury bills for the third time in around a month on Tuesday, traders said, as wary banks brushed off government pressure to help revive the domestic debt market. Full story
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Hundreds of thousands of Greeks
began a crippling 48-hour strike on Tuesday to protest against a
new round of wage and pension cuts that parliament is expected
to approve by a narrow margin. Full storyPresident Barack Obama
and Republican challenger Mitt Romney battled down to the wire
on Tuesday, mounting a last-minute Election Day drive to get
their supporters to the polls in a handful of states that will
decide the winner in a neck-and-neck race for the White House. Full storyBritain floated the notion on Tuesday of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad leaving power with immunity from prosecution while the opposition said at least 100 more people were killed in the country's 19-month revolt. Full story |
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Markets | European equities were lifted by a
clutch of strong earnings reports on Tuesday, although volumes
were subdued as many preferred to wait for. . . Full story | | Britain's blue-chip stock index
rose on Tuesday, buoyed by some encouraging earnings reports in
light trade ahead of what is expected to be. . . Full story | | World stock markets rose on
Tuesday as American voters went to the polls, with the U.S.
presidential election keeping trade subdued, while the. . . Full story | | Gold rose for a second day on
Tuesday, largely tracking equities, as the market watched the
U.S. presidential election in which a win. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks extended gains on
Tuesday, with both the Dow and the S&P 500 up more than 1
percent, as voters chose the. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks gained steam on
Tuesday, with the Dow climbing 1 percent and the S&P 500 on
track for a second straight advance,. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks added to gains and
the Dow rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday as the prospect of a
winner in the. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday,
putting the S&P 500 on track for a second straight advance as
Americans went to the polls to. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa has changed the weightings in its consumer price index basket to reflect the latest spending patterns, giving a slightly lower weighting to food, while petrol and electricity weightings will. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar in early Tuesday trade, with investors unwilling to take strong positions until after the U.S. election and a Greek vote that will determine whether. . . Full story | | Gold Fields, the world's fourth largest bullion producer, said on Tuesday that all three of its operating mines in South Africa were back in production after the end of a 23-day. . . Full story |
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| Pernod Ricard plans to
tap Africa's thirst for whisky, vodka and cognac at a time when
China is slowing and bets the continent. . . Full story | | When the European Parliament
turned Yves Mersch down for a top central banking post, it
wasn't because he lacked the expertise or experience;. . . Full story | | Gold producer AngloGold Ashanti Ltd said on Tuesday work at its Mponeng operations in South Africa remained shut following a second. . . Full story | | South Africa's biggest private hospital group by value, Mediclinic International, reported a 45 percent surge in first-half profit helped by a. . . Full story |
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| Spanish electricity and gas firm
Gas Natural Fenosa plans to cut earnings guidance and
focus on debt in its next strategic plan due. . . Full story | | AngloGold Ashanti on Tuesday again suspended operations at its Mponeng mine in South Africa after a sit-in protest just two days. . . Full story | | AngloGold Ashanti, the world's third largest bullion producer, has suspended operations at Mponeng mine in South Africa after a sit-in protest,. . . Full story | | South Africa's benchmark Top-40 Index hit a fresh lifetime high on Tuesday, as shares of platinum mining firms and financial companies. . . Full story |
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Company News | Italtile and Ceramic shareholders are referred to the joint circular distributed to Ceramic shareholders on Monday, 1 October 2012 and to. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the company's Integrated Annual Report 2012, containing the annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June. . . Full story | | Miranda is in the process of finalising its financial results for the year ending 31 August 2012 and advised shareholders that. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that at today's (6 November 2012) annual general meeting all the resolutions set out in the notice and. . . Full story |
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| Notice was given that a general meeting of Discovery ordinary shareholders will be held at the later of either 14:00 or. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that Mrs Nettie Wilhelmina Moffatt has been appointed as company secretary with effect from 2 November 2012.. . . Full story | | Highlights of the period
-Operational indicators outperforming national benchmarks:
*Second consecutive quarter of improving year-on-year footfall trend
*Occupancy broadly steady at. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcement published on 25 September 2012, shareholders are advised that the company has entered into negotiations which. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period jumped 7% to R530.6 million (R494.8 million). EBITDA increased to R72.9 million (R50.8 million) whilst earnings. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R2.8 billion (R2.6 billion). Gross profit rose to R415.6 million (R403.5 million) and operating profit improved to R290.8. . . Full story | | Revenue increased by 35.1% to R5.8 billion (R4.3 billion) whilst gross profit rose to R1.8 billion (1.3 billion). Operating profit jumped. . . Full story | | Revenue from continuing operations for the interim period ended 30 September 2012 increased to R351.4 million (2011: R337.1 million). Gross profit. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 37597.68 | 18.00 | 0.05% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 33432.33 | 8.00 | 0.02% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2377.05 | -8.00 | -0.38% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27847.48 | 228.00 | 0.83% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 44400.59 | 20.00 | 0.05% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 38187.26 | 21.00 | 0.06% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 50735.64 | -230.00 | -0.45% | DJ Futures | 19:48 | 13208.00 | 165.00 | 1.27% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13259.15 | 146.71 | 1.12% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1430.07 | 12.81 | 0.90% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3017.43 | 17.77 | 0.59% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5884.90 | 45.84 | 0.79% | DAX | 19:08 | 7377.76 | 51.29 | 0.70% | CAC40 | 19:08 | 3478.66 | 30.16 | 0.87% | Nikkei | 08:10 | 8975.15 | -32.29 | -0.36% | Shanghai | 09:30 | 2106.00 | -8.03 | -0.38% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 21944.43 | -61.97 | -0.28% | All Ords | 08:03 | 4503.70 | 10.10 | 0.22% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 3927.67 | 19.40 | 0.50% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1716.66 | 33.40 | 1.98% | Gold R | 19:58 | 14786.62 | 102.02 | 0.69% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 475509 | 3397 | 0.72% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 32.0580 | .9220 | 2.96% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1556.00 | 15.50 | 1.01% | Palladium $ | 19:55 | 617.25 | 7.75 | 1.27% | R157 | 05/11 | 5.47 | -.01 | 0.00% | R204 | 05/11 | 6.13 | -.01 | 0.00% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 110.17 | .97 | 0.89% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.6136 | -0.1101 | -1.26% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.7482 | -0.1566 | -1.13% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.0458 | -0.1150 | -1.03% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.1275 | -0.0768 | -1.07% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.9998 | -0.0497 | -0.55% | Yen / Dollar | 19:55 | 80.3470 | 0.1000 | 0.12% | Euro / Dollar | 19:58 | 0.7804 | -0.0011 | -0.14% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2814 | 0.0019 | 0.15% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6252 | -0.0004 | -0.06% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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06/11/2012 | 197 | 141 | 72 | 410 | 214,459,062 | R10,234,583,151 | 109362 | 692117 | 05/11/2012 | 163 | 208 | 69 | 440 | 160,571,570 | R8,970,829,325 | 106981 | 297071 | 02/11/2012 | 247 | 128 | 61 | 436 | 222,867,282 | R12,165,389,967 | 119710 | 1550147 | 01/11/2012 | 172 | 171 | 76 | 419 | 216,056,575 | R12,017,353,518 | 109980 | 1337582 | 31/10/2012 | 192 | 140 | 73 | 405 | 196,656,913 | R11,558,919,637 | 107366 | 1490275 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 33,432.00 | 8.00 | 0.02% | Industrial | 44,400.00 | 20.00 | 0.05% | Mid Cap | 51,928.00 | 69.00 | 0.13% | Small Cap | 38,417.00 | 176.00 | 0.46% | Resource 20 | 50,735.00 | -230.00 | -0.45% | Industrial 25 | 38,187.00 | 21.00 | 0.06% | Financial 15 | 10,419.00 | 90.00 | 0.88% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 41,601.00 | 121.00 | 0.29% | All Share | 37,597.00 | 18.00 | 0.05% | Oil & Gas | 28,181.00 | 91.00 | 0.32% | Mining | 32,609.00 | -195.00 | -0.59% | Gold Mining | 2,377.00 | -8.00 | -0.38% | Platinum Mining | 51.00 | .00 | -0.06% | GENERAL MINING | 8,547.00 | -60.00 | -0.71% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,152.00 | 49.00 | 0.33% | Basic Materials | 27,948.00 | -175.00 | -0.63% | Chemicals | 15,198.00 | 43.00 | 0.28% | Forestry & Paper | 16,747.00 | -128.00 | -0.76% | Industrial Metals | 27,897.00 | -431.00 | -1.52% | Industrials | 35,726.00 | 62.00 | 0.18% | General Industrials | 102.00 | 1.00 | 1.10% | Consumer Goods | 38,302.00 | 11.00 | 0.03% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,087.00 | 79.00 | 1.14% | Household Goods | 197.00 | 0 | 0.39% | Health Care | 52,247.00 | 10.00 | 0.02% | Beverages | 127.00 | 1.00 | 0.82% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 65,008.00 | -278.00 | -0.43% | Personal Goods | 590.00 | -1.00 | -0.33% | Consumer Services | 80,965.00 | -35.00 | -0.04% | General Retailers | 65,237.00 | 619.00 | 0.96% | Travel & Leisure | 4,645.00 | -10.00 | -0.23% | Media | 123.00 | .00 | 0.16% | Support Services | 2,370.00 | 11.00 | 0.48% | Telecommunications | 79,578.00 | 409.00 | 0.52% | Financials | 27,847.00 | 228.00 | 0.83% | Banks | 50,501.00 | 749.00 | 1.51% | Non-life Insurance | 46,705.00 | 663.00 | 1.44% | Life Insurance | 23,956.00 | 134.00 | 0.57% | General Financial | 2,495.00 | -5.00 | -0.24% | Technology | 33,379.00 | 20.00 | 0.06% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,311.00 | -8 | -0.26% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,413.00 | -7 | -0.21% | COAL MINING | 22,666.00 | -143 | -0.63% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,647.00 | 34 | 0.61% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,089.00 | -16 | -1.52% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 468.00 | | 0.88% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 382.00 | | 0.56% | RESOURCE | 27,916.00 | -129 | -0.46% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 204.00 | 1 | 0.54% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,670.00 | 7 | 0.10% | Capped Top 40 | 17,637.00 | 8 | 0.05% | Capped All Share | 19,016.00 | 11 | 0.06% | JSE TABACO | 5,587.00 | 12 | 0.23% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | AGL | ANGLO AMERICAN PLC | BUY | 02/11/2012 | CFR | COMPAGNIE FIN RICHEMONT | HOLD | 01/11/2012 | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | HOLD | 31/10/2012 | LON | LONMIN PLC | HOLD | 30/10/2012 | BTI | BRITISH AM. TOBACCO PLC | BUY | 30/10/2012 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 07/11/2012 | ATLATSA | September 2012 (Q) | 08/11/2012 | ANGLD | September 2012 (Q) | 08/11/2012 | ANGLD-A | September 2012 (Q) | 08/11/2012 | ANGLD-B | September 2012 (Q) | 08/11/2012 | ANGLD-E | September 2012 (Q) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | RAUBEX | 05/11/2012 | 23/11/2012 | 03/12/2012 | R 0.3000 | BCX | 05/11/2012 | 11/01/2013 | 21/01/2013 | R 0.2000 | ASCEN B | 02/11/2012 | 23/11/2012 | 03/12/2012 | R 0.0965 | ASCEN A | 02/11/2012 | 23/11/2012 | 03/12/2012 | R 0.1791 | REDEFINE | 01/11/2012 | 16/11/2012 | 26/11/2012 | R 0.3250 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | OASIS | 19/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | 12/11/2012 | R 0.4496 | VIVIDEND | 19/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | 12/11/2012 | R 0.2600 | INSIMBI | 05/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | 12/11/2012 | R 0.0200 | TELEMASTR | 02/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | 12/11/2012 | R 0.0100 | LONFIN | 19/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | 30/11/2012 | R 0.0035 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | GRF | Group Five Ltd. | 06/11/2012 | Confirmed | MVS | Mvelaserve Ltd. | 06/11/2012 | Confirmed | HPA | Hospitality Property Fund Ltd. | 06/11/2012 | Confirmed | HPB | Hospitality Property Fund Ltd. | 06/11/2012 | Confirmed | VPF | Vunani Property Investment Fund Ltd. | 06/11/2012 | Unconfirmed |
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