Friday, 07 December 2012 - 20:00
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South African stocks ended lower on Friday after resource shares such as diversified miner Exxaro slid on the back of a fall in global commodity prices. Full story
South Africa's Standard Bank said on Friday it would appeal an arbitration ruling to refund at least $60 million worth of shares to a union pension fund. Full story |
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Republican House Speaker John
Boehner accused U.S. President Barack Obama of pushing the
country toward the "fiscal cliff" Friday and of wasting another
week without progress in talks. Full storyVenezuela's President Hugo Chavez
made a theatrical return home on Friday after medical treatment
in Cuba, walking and joking in a first public appearance for
three weeks that quashed rumors he may have been at death's
door. Full storyRebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared Damascus International Airport a battle zone on Friday, while Moscow and Washington both sounded downbeat about the prospects of a diplomatic push to end the conflict. Full story |
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Markets | Britain's top share index closed a
touch higher on Friday, helped by a robust U.S. jobs report,
although weak consumer confidence data from. . . Full story | | The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq
slipped on Friday after consumer sentiment unexpectedly dipped,
dampening early enthusiasm from a better-than-expected
employment report.. . . Full story | | Gold edged up on Friday,
rebounding from early lows, as upbeat U.S. nonfarm payrolls data
did not alter a view that the Federal. . . Full story | | Global shares were little
changed on Friday after a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report
for November was tempered by a drop in American. . . Full story |
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| European stocks closed flat in
choppy trade on Friday, as worries that U.S. politicians may
fail to strike a deal to avoid growth-curbing. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks pared some gains
early on Friday after a Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan
preliminary survey on consumer sentiment showed Americans'
outlook on the. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened higher on
Friday in the wake of data showing U.S. employment grew more
than forecast in November, defying expectations of. . . Full story | | U.S. stock index futures
recovered from earlier losses to advance on Friday after data
showed U.S. non-farm payrolls came in above expectations at
146,000. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa sold 2.570 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday, less than the 2.685 billion rand on offer,. . . Full story | | The world's biggest gold refiner, South Africa's Rand Refinery, is considering setting up a refining plant in China within two to. . . Full story | | The rand retreated on Friday after strong gains in the previous session, making it one of the lower three performers in. . . Full story | | Coal of Africa said on Friday it has sacked 178 workers at its Mooiplaats mine in South Africa after they went. . . Full story |
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| South Africa exported 6.5 million tonnes of coal from the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) in November, up from 5.56 million. . . Full story | | Atlatsa Resources said on Friday an illegal strike at its Bokoni platinum mine in South Africa had ended and 90 percent. . . Full story | | Junior South African gold mining company Village Main Reef said on Friday workers at its Blyvoor mine had returned to work. . . Full story | | South Africa's net gold and foreign exchange reserves fell to $48.431 billion at the end of November from $48.626 billion in. . . Full story |
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| South African state power utility Eskom said on Friday it would auction 350 million rand in total of its inflation-linked 2029 bond and the 2033 straight bond on December 12.. . . Full story | | Commodities trader Glencore faces a potential South African hurdle in its $33 billion takeover of miner Xstrata, after power utility Eskom raised concerns the deal could affect its coal supplies.. . . Full story | | A Colorado start-up run by
former NASA managers plans to conduct missions to the moon for
about $1.5 billion per expedition, a fraction of what a similar
government-run operation would cost, company officials. . . Full story |
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Company News | ARM shareholders are advised that at the annual general meeting of shareholders of ARM held on Friday, 7 December 2012, all. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the integrated annual report for the year ended 31 July 2012 was dispatched to shareholders on 7. . . Full story | | A review of the financial results for the year ended 30 September 2012 by management has indicated that the earnings per. . . Full story | | DRDGOLD announced that three of its subsidiary companies - collectively the Ergo Group - have entered into heads of agreement with. . . Full story |
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| At the annual general meeting of the shareholders of the company held today, 7 December 2012, all the resolutions were passed. . . Full story | | SA Corp unitholders are advised that Gerhard Van Zyl has resigned as Managing Director of SA Corporate. Rory Mackey currently Chief. . . Full story | | Business Day reported that Pick n Pay opened its third Mauritian store, in Mont Choisy in the Grand Baie region on. . . Full story | | Coal advised that 178 employees at its Mooiplaats coal mine who have been engaged in an unprotected strike since 3 December,. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period jumped to R104.7 million (R74.9 million) and gross profit was R37.3 million (R18.7 million). Operating profit before impairment reversals increased to R23.0 million (R3.6 million). Total profit for the period attributable to equity holders of the company was R2.1 million (loss of R26.2 million). Furthermore, headline earnings per share from continuing operations was 1.9cps (headline loss per share of 1.6cps).
Dividend
No dividend has been declared fo. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 38195.89 | -91.00 | -0.24% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 33909.68 | -98.00 | -0.29% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2196.01 | -9.00 | -0.45% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 28446.65 | -1.00 | -0.00% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 46015.43 | -50.00 | -0.11% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 39709.41 | -72.00 | -0.18% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 49572.76 | -338.00 | -0.68% | DJ Futures | 19:42 | 13115.00 | 51.00 | 0.39% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13119.77 | 45.73 | 0.35% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1414.65 | 0.71 | 0.05% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 2974.00 | -15.27 | -0.51% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5914.40 | 12.98 | 0.22% | DAX | 19:10 | 7517.80 | -16.74 | -0.22% | CAC40 | 19:10 | 3605.61 | 3.96 | 0.11% | Nikkei | 08:14 | 9527.39 | -17.77 | -0.19% | Shanghai | 09:30 | 2061.79 | 32.55 | 1.60% | Hang-Seng | 10:32 | 22191.17 | -58.64 | -0.26% | All Ords | 07:45 | 4555.90 | 40.20 | 0.89% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 4041.53 | 18.17 | 0.45% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1701.40 | 1.89 | 0.11% | Gold R | 19:58 | 14732.17 | -18.63 | -0.13% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 473410 | 669 | 0.14% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 32.9480 | -.0280 | -0.08% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1599.25 | 3.75 | 0.24% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 695.80 | 5.20 | 0.75% | R157 | 17:37 | 5.48 | .01 | 0.18% | R204 | 17:37 | 6.15 | -.01 | -0.08% | R207 | 17:37 | 6.42 | -.05 | -0.77% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 106.88 | -1.72 | -1.58% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 8.6587 | -0.0210 | -0.24% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.8501 | -0.0473 | -0.34% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.2025 | -0.0489 | -0.43% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.2162 | -0.0036 | -0.05% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.0788 | -0.0165 | -0.18% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 82.3300 | -0.0570 | -0.07% | Euro / Dollar | 19:57 | 0.7729 | 0.0078 | 1.02% | Dollar / Euro | 19:57 | 1.2937 | -0.0022 | -0.17% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6234 | 0.0003 | 0.05% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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07/12/2012 | 163 | 173 | 81 | 417 | 164,339,086 | R9,424,937,345 | 105958 | 1080264 | 06/12/2012 | 197 | 145 | 76 | 418 | 202,567,342 | R10,644,737,181 | 122790 | 1233056 | 05/12/2012 | 204 | 157 | 73 | 434 | 206,726,763 | R12,879,049,414 | 137074 | 1080510 | 04/12/2012 | 165 | 199 | 66 | 430 | 202,160,283 | R9,577,365,550 | 126249 | 1165123 | 03/12/2012 | 179 | 184 | 74 | 437 | 155,868,180 | R9,213,674,584 | 111934 | 1279860 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 33,909.00 | -98.00 | -0.29% | Industrial | 46,015.00 | -50.00 | -0.11% | Mid Cap | 52,993.00 | -18.00 | -0.04% | Small Cap | 40,124.00 | 127.00 | 0.32% | Resource 20 | 49,572.00 | -338.00 | -0.68% | Industrial 25 | 39,709.00 | -72.00 | -0.18% | Financial 15 | 10,620.00 | 4.00 | 0.04% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 43,006.00 | -54.00 | -0.13% | All Share | 38,195.00 | -91.00 | -0.24% | Oil & Gas | 27,621.00 | -453.00 | -1.62% | Mining | 31,922.00 | -143.00 | -0.45% | Gold Mining | 2,196.00 | -9.00 | -0.45% | Platinum Mining | 52.00 | .00 | 0.33% | GENERAL MINING | 8,465.00 | -31.00 | -0.37% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,851.00 | -243.00 | -1.61% | Basic Materials | 27,434.00 | -127.00 | -0.46% | Chemicals | 16,338.00 | 112.00 | 0.70% | Forestry & Paper | 17,347.00 | -50.00 | -0.29% | Industrial Metals | 26,770.00 | -395.00 | -1.46% | Industrials | 35,674.00 | -17.00 | -0.05% | General Industrials | 104.00 | .00 | 0.22% | Consumer Goods | 41,113.00 | -199.00 | -0.48% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,929.00 | 7.00 | 0.10% | Household Goods | 188.00 | 1 | 0.76% | Health Care | 52,003.00 | 51.00 | 0.10% | Beverages | 132.00 | .00 | -0.08% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 69,438.00 | -26.00 | -0.04% | Personal Goods | 677.00 | -5.00 | -0.83% | Consumer Services | 82,969.00 | -193.00 | -0.23% | General Retailers | 68,940.00 | 344.00 | 0.50% | Travel & Leisure | 4,632.00 | 36.00 | 0.80% | Media | 120.00 | .00 | 0.13% | Support Services | 2,224.00 | -40.00 | -1.79% | Telecommunications | 80,894.00 | 1017.00 | 1.27% | Financials | 28,446.00 | -1.00 | -0.00% | Banks | 50,575.00 | 144.00 | 0.29% | Non-life Insurance | 46,731.00 | 281.00 | 0.61% | Life Insurance | 24,625.00 | -62.00 | -0.25% | General Financial | 2,599.00 | -5.00 | -0.22% | Technology | 32,711.00 | -44.00 | -0.13% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,327.00 | -9 | -0.29% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,432.00 | -8 | -0.26% | COAL MINING | 19,848.00 | -521 | -2.56% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,753.00 | 10 | 0.19% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 999.00 | 18 | 1.91% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 494.00 | | 0.05% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 401.00 | | -0.00% | RESOURCE | 27,334.00 | -169 | -0.62% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 207.00 | 0 | 0.18% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,746.00 | -4 | -0.06% | Capped Top 40 | 17,881.00 | -51 | -0.29% | Capped All Share | 19,318.00 | -45 | -0.23% | JSE TABACO | 5,828.00 | -29 | -0.51% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | SHF | STEINHOFF INTERNATIONAL H... | BUY | 04/12/2012 | IPL | IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 03/12/2012 | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | HOLD | 03/12/2012 | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | SELL | 03/12/2012 | AMS | ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM C... | HOLD | 03/12/2012 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 10/12/2012 | ZCI | September 2012 (Interim) | 14/12/2012 | OSIRIS | August 2013 (Final) | 14/12/2012 | TELEMASTR | September 2012 (Final) | 14/12/2012 | WINHOLD | September 2012 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | NAMPAK 6.5 | 06/12/2012 | 18/01/2013 | 28/01/2013 | R 0.0650 | NAMPAK 6%P | 06/12/2012 | 18/01/2013 | 28/01/2013 | R 0.0600 | AF-OVR 6%PP | 05/12/2012 | 27/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.5400 | NEWBOND | 05/12/2012 | 04/01/2013 | 14/01/2013 | R 2.1100 | REX TRUE6% | 05/12/2012 | 27/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.0600 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | INVPREFR | 15/11/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 4.1917 | INVESTEC-P | 15/11/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 3.6768 | INVLTDPREF | 15/11/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 3.4315 | ABIL PREF | 19/11/2012 | 07/12/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 3.2700 | SPAR | 14/11/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 10/12/2012 | R 2.7500 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | SIM | Simmer and Jack Mines Ltd. | 07/12/2012 | Confirmed | TPC | Transpaco Ltd. | 07/12/2012 | Confirmed | PLL | Platfields Ltd. | 07/12/2012 | Confirmed | ARI | African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. | 07/12/2012 | Confirmed | GPLP | Grand Parade Investments Ltd. | 12/12/2012 | Confirmed |
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