Wednesday, 12 December 2012 - 20:00
Charts
Top News
South African stocks booked a record closes on Wednesday, extending their run into a third day, as hopes of further U.S. stimulus boosted riskier assets worldwide. Full story
A joint-venture between South African ferrochrome producer Merafe Resources and London-listed Xstrata will shut five of 20 furnaces between January and March next year to help power utility Eskom manage a tight electricity supply. Full story |
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Egypt's liberal and secular
opposition said on Wednesday it would back a "no" vote in a
referendum on a divisive new constitution promoted by Islamist
President Mohamed Mursi, calling off a boycott as long as
safeguards are in place for a fair vote. Full storyNorth Korea successfully
launched a rocket on Wednesday, boosting the credentials of its
new leader and stepping up the threat the isolated and
impoverished state poses to opponents. Full storyA teenage girl wounded in a shooting
spree at an Oregon shopping mall that left three dead, including
the suspected gunman, is in serious condition, a hospital
official said on Wednesday. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks rose and the euro
rallied against the dollar on Wednesday after the Federal
Reserve ramped up its monetary stimulus as contentious. . . Full story | | Peripheral euro zone indexes
helped European shares edge up on Wednesday, steadying after
three weeks of gains but retaining the potential to rise. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks added slightly to
gains after the Federal Reserve announced plans to ramp up its
stimulus to the economy.. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index closed
at a new nine month high on Wednesday, led by an energy sector
buoyed by hopes that the. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks mostly gained on
Wednesday, but the moves were slim before the U.S. Federal
Reserve's expected announcement of a new stimulus plan. . . Full story | | Peripheral euro zone indexes
helped European shares edge higher on Wednesday, steadying after
three weeks of gains but with the potential to rise. . . Full story | | Gold prices rose in Europe on
Wednesday ahead of a Federal Reserve monetary policy statement
later in the day, at which the U.S.. . . Full story | | Wall Street opened higher on
Wednesday, after five straight days of gains, as investors
anticipated the U.S. Federal Reserve will announce a fresh
stimulus. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's headline consumer inflation steadied at 5.6 percent year-on-year in November from October, in line with market expectations.. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand was steady against the dollar on Wednesday ahead of domestic inflation data as markets also await the Federal Reserve's policy meeting announcement.. . . Full story | | Gold prices eased on Tuesday,
weighed down by hopes that the U.S. budget crisis can be averted
and ahead of a key Federal Reserve policy statement regarding
its monetary outlook.
Bullion. . . Full story |
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| Top South African cement maker PPC is to buy a controlling stake in Rwanda's only cement maker, Cimerwa, for $69.4 million, it said on Wednesday, a bold move into a fast-growing but aid-dependent sub-Saharan African country.. . . Full story | | South Africa-focussed miner Sylvania
Platinum Ltd said some top executives, including its
chief executive, would give up a third of their pay for the
remainder of the year as the company cuts costs to offset
production lost as a result of recent strikes.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders of Sentula are referred to the announcement released on SENS on Monday, 29 October 2012 and published in the press. . . Full story | | Anglo American announces, for information purposes only, the following provisional timetables for any dividends that become payable in 2013. Confirmation of. . . Full story | | Rockwell announced its decision to place its operations at the Tirisano Mine on care and maintenance following persistent industrial relations issues. . . Full story | | Shareholders of the Company are advised that the Xstrata-Merafe Chrome Venture ("the Venture") has agreed to participate in Eskom's electricity buy-back. . . Full story |
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| Notice is given that a general meeting of Rainbow shareholders will be held at 13:30 on Tuesday, 15 January 2013 at. . . Full story | | PPC announced that it has acquired 51% equity in Cimerwa Ltd. of Rwanda ("Cimerwa") for a total cash consideration of USD69.4. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the trading statement released on SENS on 09 October 2012 wherein Ellies stated that it was not. . . Full story | | Coal advised that it has appointed Mr Tony Bevan as company secretary, effective from 12 December 2012. Coal further advised the. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue increased to R454.8 million (R393.7 million). Operating profit rose to R41.8 million (R27.3 million). Net attributable profit was up by more than 50% to R35.6 million (R22.1 million). In addition, headline earnings per share grew to 4.95cps (3.08cps).
Dividend
A final. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year grew to R34.9 million (R32.2 million). Profit attributable to equity holders increased to R4.3 million (R3.7 million). Furthermore, headline earnings per share jumped to 35.61cps (31.33cps).
Dividend
No ordinary dividend has been declared for the year under. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 38763.64 | 228.00 | 0.59% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 34415.32 | 175.00 | 0.51% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2233.48 | 2.00 | 0.11% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 28820.01 | 129.00 | 0.45% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 46263.26 | 144.00 | 0.31% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 39853.66 | 80.00 | 0.20% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 51164.49 | 589.00 | 1.17% | DJ Futures | 20:00 | 13280.00 | 2.00 | 0.02% | DJ Ind | 20:00 | 13310.72 | 62.28 | 0.47% | SP 500 | 20:00 | 1436.83 | 8.99 | 0.63% | Nasdaq | 20:00 | 3031.85 | 9.55 | 0.32% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5945.85 | 20.88 | 0.35% | DAX | 19:10 | 7614.79 | 25.04 | 0.33% | CAC40 | 19:10 | 3646.66 | .51 | 0.01% | Nikkei | 08:04 | 9581.46 | 56.14 | 0.59% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2082.73 | 8.02 | 0.39% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 22503.35 | 179.41 | 0.80% | All Ords | 07:40 | 4591.80 | 10.50 | 0.23% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 3995.26 | -30.92 | -0.77% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1721.70 | 11.82 | 0.69% | Gold R | 20:00 | 14856.89 | 54.08 | 0.37% | Gold R/kg | 20:00 | 477649 | 1767 | 0.37% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 33.7320 | .7570 | 2.30% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1644.50 | 12.50 | 0.77% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 698.40 | 7.65 | 1.11% | R157 | 17:11 | 5.43 | .00 | 0.09% | R204 | 17:11 | 6.12 | .02 | 0.25% | R207 | 17:12 | 6.38 | .01 | 0.24% | Brent Crude | 20:00 | 109.94 | 2.61 | 2.43% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.6292 | -0.0262 | -0.30% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.9200 | 0.0031 | 0.02% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.2945 | 0.0349 | 0.31% | Rand / NZD | 19:59 | 7.2900 | 0.0233 | 0.32% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.1328 | 0.0093 | 0.10% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 83.1150 | 0.5790 | 0.70% | Euro / Dollar | 19:59 | 0.7641 | 0.7641 | 0.00% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3086 | 0.0081 | 0.62% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6182 | -0.0021 | -0.34% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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12/12/2012 | 243 | 102 | 79 | 424 | 245,021,585 | R13,454,979,817 | 147116 | 1072734 | 11/12/2012 | 205 | 151 | 88 | 444 | 206,603,887 | R12,960,731,199 | 158654 | 1020745 | 10/12/2012 | 166 | 163 | 80 | 409 | 187,897,632 | R11,158,334,700 | 134064 | 1061841 | 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 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 34,415.00 | 175.00 | 0.51% | Industrial | 46,263.00 | 144.00 | 0.31% | Mid Cap | 53,798.00 | 572.00 | 1.08% | Small Cap | 40,589.00 | 231.00 | 0.57% | Resource 20 | 51,164.00 | 589.00 | 1.17% | Industrial 25 | 39,853.00 | 80.00 | 0.20% | Financial 15 | 10,750.00 | 22.00 | 0.21% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 43,248.00 | 74.00 | 0.17% | All Share | 38,763.00 | 228.00 | 0.59% | Oil & Gas | 27,954.00 | 15.00 | 0.05% | Mining | 33,059.00 | 437.00 | 1.34% | Gold Mining | 2,233.00 | 2.00 | 0.11% | Platinum Mining | 55.00 | 2.00 | 4.08% | GENERAL MINING | 8,766.00 | 110.00 | 1.27% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,030.00 | 8.00 | 0.06% | Basic Materials | 28,350.00 | 356.00 | 1.27% | Chemicals | 16,332.00 | -53.00 | -0.33% | Forestry & Paper | 17,308.00 | 24.00 | 0.14% | Industrial Metals | 27,604.00 | 375.00 | 1.38% | Industrials | 36,585.00 | 439.00 | 1.22% | General Industrials | 106.00 | 1.00 | 1.20% | Consumer Goods | 41,273.00 | 89.00 | 0.22% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,223.00 | -13.00 | -0.18% | Household Goods | 185.00 | 1 | 0.66% | Health Care | 52,563.00 | -29.00 | -0.06% | Beverages | 133.00 | 1.00 | 0.86% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 70,960.00 | 610.00 | 0.87% | Personal Goods | 681.00 | -3.00 | -0.56% | Consumer Services | 83,289.00 | 166.00 | 0.20% | General Retailers | 68,258.00 | 559.00 | 0.83% | Travel & Leisure | 4,787.00 | 141.00 | 3.04% | Media | 120.00 | .00 | -0.50% | Support Services | 2,294.00 | -9.00 | -0.41% | Telecommunications | 80,122.00 | 22.00 | 0.03% | Financials | 28,820.00 | 129.00 | 0.45% | Banks | 50,966.00 | -11.00 | -0.02% | Non-life Insurance | 47,216.00 | 136.00 | 0.29% | Life Insurance | 25,240.00 | 68.00 | 0.27% | General Financial | 2,617.00 | 29.00 | 1.16% | Technology | 32,702.00 | 50.00 | 0.15% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,390.00 | 21 | 0.64% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,497.00 | 25 | 0.74% | COAL MINING | 20,329.00 | 458 | 2.31% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,766.00 | 7 | 0.13% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 968.00 | -27 | -2.73% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 501.00 | | 1.51% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 407.00 | | 1.34% | RESOURCE | 28,214.00 | 322 | 1.16% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 209.00 | 1 | 0.52% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,875.00 | 59 | 0.77% | Capped Top 40 | 18,141.00 | 95 | 0.53% | Capped All Share | 19,602.00 | 116 | 0.60% | JSE TABACO | 5,815.00 | -9 | -0.16% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | BTI | BRITISH AM. TOBACCO PLC | BUY | 10/12/2012 | AVI | AVI LTD | HOLD | 09/12/2012 | SPP | THE SPAR GROUP LTD | BUY | 04/12/2012 | AEG | AVENG LIMITED | HOLD | 04/12/2012 | TFG | THE FOSCHINI GROUP LTD | BUY | 04/12/2012 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 13/12/2012 | INDEQTY | September 2012 (Final) | 13/12/2012 | INDEQTYP | September 2012 (Final) | 13/12/2012 | INDEQTYPA | September 2012 (Final) | 13/12/2012 | INDEQTYPB | September 2012 (Final) | 14/12/2012 | AH-VEST | September 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | AFPREFINV | 10/12/2012 | 27/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.2606 | 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 | REX TRUE6% | 05/12/2012 | 27/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.0600 | AF-OVR 6%PP | 05/12/2012 | 27/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.5400 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ABIL PREF | 19/11/2012 | 07/12/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 3.2700 | MRPRICE | 14/11/2012 | 07/12/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 1.3300 | ABIL | 19/11/2012 | 07/12/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 1.1000 | AME | 20/11/2012 | 07/12/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 1.0000 | REX TRUE | 16/11/2012 | 07/12/2012 | 18/12/2012 | R 0.6100 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | GPL | Grand Parade Investments Ltd. | 12/12/2012 | Confirmed | GPLP | Grand Parade Investments Ltd. | 12/12/2012 | Confirmed | RARP | Rare Holdings Ltd. | 13/12/2012 | Confirmed | RAR | Rare Holdings Ltd. | 13/12/2012 | Confirmed | SLO | Southern Electricity Company Ltd. | 13/12/2012 | Confirmed |
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