Thursday, 20 December 2012 - 20:00
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South Africa government bonds rallied to multi-month highs on Thursday, partly because of expectations that December coupon payments would be reinvested back into the market. Full story
South African stocks booked a record close again on Thursday, as investors returned to shares of banks such as FirstRand, which have fallen behind in recent sessions. Full story |
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As a year-end deadline looms,
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on
Thursday with their own "fiscal cliff" plan that muddles
negotiations with the White House to avoid steep tax increases
and spending cuts. Full storyEgypt's chief public prosecutor,
forced to quit this week after opposition protests, retracted
his resignation on Thursday, setting the stage for more turmoil
as the nation votes in a referendum on its political future. Full storyEven as they buried more victims of the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history on Thursday, residents of Newtown, Connecticut, looked for ways to pressure national leaders to restrict access to weapons. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks were little changed
on Thursday as investors fretted that a deal on the U.S. budget
wouldn't come as soon as they. . . Full story | | European shares stuttered on
Thursday as indexes approached overbought levels and budget
talks in the United States stalled, with cruise operator
Carnival plunging 6. . . Full story | | Global shares held mostly
steady near 17-month highs on Thursday, while oil prices slipped
as the latest setback in talks to avert the. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index
steadied around nine-month highs on Thursday, pausing within
reach of the psychologically key 6,000 points mark.. . . Full story |
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| Gold prices fell more than 1
percent on Thursday to hit their lowest in nearly four months
after breaking through a critical support. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened little
changed on Thursday amid uncertainty over fiscal talks as
President Barack Obama threatened to veto a controversial
Republican plan, suggesting. . . Full story | | European equity indexes slipped
from multi-month highs on Thursday after fresh signs of friction
in U.S. budget talks, while a fall in mobile. . . Full story | | European shares pared earlier
losses to turn positive briefly on Thursday, with UK engineering
group Weir among the main gainers as it benefited. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's maize stocks fell to 5.018 million tonnes at the end of November from 5.784 million tonnes at the end of October, data showed on Thursday.. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand was largely steady against the dollar on Thursday, with sentiment largely positive after a leadership conference of the ruling ANC allayed investor fears of any radical policy shifts.. . . Full story | | Gold steadied with little
overall change o n W ednesday, after dropping in the previous
session to a 3-1/2 month low, as U.S. legislators appeared far
from reaching deal to avert tax hikes and. . . Full story |
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| In sight of a
crumbling 18th century slave trade fort overgrown with jungle, a
conveyor belt pours ochre-red iron ore into the belly of a bulk
carrier moored on the muddy Sierra Leone River.. . . Full story | | South Africa on Thursday raised its 2012 wheat output forecast to 1.895 million tonnes from 1.784 million tonnes in the previous forecast.. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand pulled back slightly from the previous day's near three-month high against the dollar on Wednesday as oil importers in particular took advantage of recent gains to buy greenbacks.. . . Full story |
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Company News | On the 12 December 2012 Anglo announced, for information purposes only, the provisional timetables for any dividends that become payable in. . . Full story | | In the operational update to shareholders published on 28 November 2012 the group indicated that the underwriting result was negatively impacted. . . Full story | | The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) advised that the above-mentioned company has failed to enter into an agreement and make an announcement. . . Full story | | Further to the cautionary announcement dated 14 November 2012, shareholders were advised that discussions are still in progress which, if successfully. . . Full story |
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| Business Day reported that Ellies strengthened its lead as the JSE's best performing share of 2012 with a 3.79% gain to close at R7.40 on Wednesday, 19 December 2012. Ellies has surged 235% during 2012, after ending 2011 at R2.21.. . . Full story | | The company's Integrated Report and Annual General Meeting Document for the year ended 30 September 2012 were posted to shareholders on Thursday 20 December 2012 and contain no modifications to the audited results which were published on Monday 19 November 2012. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Mobile has changed its year-end to March each year from December and these results are for a 6 month period to September 2012 and are therefore incomparable to the prior interim. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period ended 30 September 2012 increased to R80.7 million (2011: R71.8 million). Gross loss lowered slightly to R10.7 million (2011: loss of R10.9 million). Operating loss narrowed. . . Full story | | Group revenue shot up to USD210.2 million (USD196.4 million) whilst operating profit dropped to USD8.7 million (USD10.7 million). Profit attributable to members narrowed to USD5.1 million (USD5.5 million). Furthermore, headline earnings. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 39220.96 | 56.00 | 0.15% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 34797.93 | 73.00 | 0.21% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2194.71 | -22.00 | -1.01% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 29681.55 | 257.00 | 0.88% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 46697.92 | 22.00 | 0.05% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 40196.56 | 36.00 | 0.09% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 51339.84 | -123.00 | -0.24% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 13195.00 | -16.00 | -0.12% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13249.67 | -2.30 | -0.02% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1436.95 | 1.14 | 0.08% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3040.76 | -3.60 | -0.12% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 5958.34 | -3.25 | -0.05% | DAX | 19:08 | 7672.10 | 3.60 | 0.05% | CAC40 | 19:08 | 3666.73 | 2.14 | 0.06% | Nikkei | 08:08 | 10039.33 | -121.07 | -1.19% | Shanghai | 09:50 | 2168.35 | 6.11 | 0.28% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 22659.78 | 36.41 | 0.16% | All Ords | 07:55 | 4646.60 | 13.40 | 0.29% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 4075.45 | 52.45 | 1.30% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1641.88 | -23.05 | -1.38% | Gold R | 19:59 | 13953.79 | -178.74 | -1.26% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 448453 | -5720 | -1.26% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 29.6700 | -1.2990 | -4.19% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1547.50 | -38.00 | -2.40% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 679.30 | -8.40 | -1.22% | R157 | 15:14 | 5.30 | -.04 | -0.75% | R204 | 15:14 | 5.99 | -.04 | -0.58% | R207 | 15:14 | 6.25 | -.05 | -0.79% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 110.15 | 1.31 | 1.20% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.4996 | 0.0093 | 0.11% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.7987 | 0.0309 | 0.22% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.2485 | 0.0376 | 0.34% | Rand / NZD | 19:59 | 7.0895 | 0.0048 | 0.07% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.9125 | 0.0135 | 0.15% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 84.2900 | 0.2430 | 0.29% | Euro / Dollar | 19:59 | 0.7556 | -0.0015 | -0.20% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3237 | 0.0029 | 0.22% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6141 | -0.0010 | -0.16% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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20/12/2012 | 165 | 172 | 76 | 413 | 315,212,961 | R26,972,322,078 | 132739 | 1067801 | 19/12/2012 | 219 | 129 | 77 | 425 | 203,533,655 | R12,661,277,549 | 147517 | 1492513 | 18/12/2012 | 193 | 144 | 72 | 409 | 196,394,449 | R15,286,092,603 | 153250 | 1273678 | 14/12/2012 | 187 | 147 | 79 | 413 | 233,772,968 | R13,045,888,883 | 134946 | 1306962 | 13/12/2012 | 169 | 190 | 67 | 426 | 184,265,497 | R12,452,581,811 | 139905 | 1126741 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 34,797.00 | 73.00 | 0.21% | Industrial | 46,697.00 | 22.00 | 0.05% | Mid Cap | 54,730.00 | -141.00 | -0.26% | Small Cap | 40,735.00 | 79.00 | 0.20% | Resource 20 | 51,339.00 | -123.00 | -0.24% | Industrial 25 | 40,196.00 | 36.00 | 0.09% | Financial 15 | 11,153.00 | 131.00 | 1.19% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 43,929.00 | 182.00 | 0.42% | All Share | 39,220.00 | 56.00 | 0.15% | Oil & Gas | 26,996.00 | 53.00 | 0.20% | Mining | 33,376.00 | -90.00 | -0.27% | Gold Mining | 2,194.00 | -22.00 | -1.01% | Platinum Mining | 55.00 | .00 | 1.64% | GENERAL MINING | 8,886.00 | -19.00 | -0.22% | Oil & Gas Producers | 14,527.00 | 40.00 | 0.28% | Basic Materials | 28,644.00 | -72.00 | -0.25% | Chemicals | 16,396.00 | 10.00 | 0.06% | Forestry & Paper | 17,614.00 | 86.00 | 0.49% | Industrial Metals | 28,268.00 | -180.00 | -0.64% | Industrials | 37,334.00 | -50.00 | -0.14% | General Industrials | 108.00 | 1.00 | 1.10% | Consumer Goods | 41,078.00 | -52.00 | -0.13% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,427.00 | -44.00 | -0.60% | Household Goods | 186.00 | 0 | 0.24% | Health Care | 54,608.00 | -219.00 | -0.40% | Beverages | 134.00 | .00 | 0.12% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 70,756.00 | 179.00 | 0.25% | Personal Goods | 673.00 | .00 | 0.08% | Consumer Services | 83,055.00 | 298.00 | 0.36% | General Retailers | 69,231.00 | 611.00 | 0.89% | Travel & Leisure | 4,705.00 | 22.00 | 0.48% | Media | 117.00 | .00 | 0.24% | Support Services | 2,267.00 | 10.00 | 0.49% | Telecommunications | 83,900.00 | 396.00 | 0.48% | Financials | 29,681.00 | 257.00 | 0.88% | Banks | 53,704.00 | 1008.00 | 1.91% | Non-life Insurance | 47,726.00 | -1387.00 | -2.82% | Life Insurance | 25,703.00 | 53.00 | 0.21% | General Financial | 2,723.00 | 16.00 | 0.59% | Technology | 32,524.00 | -302.00 | -0.92% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,419.00 | -2 | -0.06% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,531.00 | -2 | -0.07% | COAL MINING | 21,224.00 | 4 | 0.02% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,769.00 | -15 | -0.27% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 942.00 | -9 | -1.04% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 505.00 | | 0.58% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 411.00 | | 0.39% | RESOURCE | 28,308.00 | -58 | -0.21% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 215.00 | 1 | 0.79% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,003.00 | 25 | 0.32% | Capped Top 40 | 18,329.00 | 42 | 0.23% | Capped All Share | 19,829.00 | 29 | 0.15% | JSE TABACO | 5,520.00 | -23 | -0.43% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | IPL | IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 17/12/2012 | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | HOLD | 17/12/2012 | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | SELL | 17/12/2012 | AMS | ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM C... | HOLD | 17/12/2012 | ANG | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED | HOLD | 17/12/2012 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 28/12/2012 | AH-VEST | September 2012 (Interim) | 28/12/2012 | CAFCA | September 2012 (Final) | 28/12/2012 | OSIRIS | August 2013 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TELEMASTR | 18/12/2012 | 11/01/2013 | 21/01/2013 | R 0.0100 | CULLINAN | 12/12/2012 | 27/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.0100 | AFPREFINV | 10/12/2012 | 27/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.2606 | NAMPAK 6%P | 06/12/2012 | 18/01/2013 | 28/01/2013 | R 0.0600 | NAMPAK 6.5 | 06/12/2012 | 18/01/2013 | 28/01/2013 | R 0.0650 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | CROOKES | 27/11/2012 | 13/12/2012 | 24/12/2012 | R 0.8000 | SALLIES-C | 16/11/2012 | 19/12/2012 | 02/01/2013 | R 0.5252 | RMBMIDCAP | 03/12/2012 | 19/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.3098 | SECDATA | 29/11/2012 | 13/12/2012 | 24/12/2012 | R 0.2500 | RMBINFX | 03/12/2012 | 19/12/2012 | 07/01/2013 | R 0.1650 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | HWW | Hardware Warehouse Ltd. | 21/12/2012 | Confirmed |
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