Friday, 01 February 2013 - 20:00
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South African shares tracked global stocks higher on Friday as platinum producers such as Impala led the benchmark index to briefly touch a life-time high. Full story
An external committee appointed by African mobile phone group MTN to investigate claims by rival Turkcell of corrupt dealings in Iran has dismissed the allegations as "a fabric of lies, distortions and inventions". Full story |
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Rescue workers on Friday
pulled out more bodies from debris at the headquarters of
Mexican state oil giant Pemex, where an explosion that killed at
least 32 people has thrown a spotlight back on the state-run
company's poor safety record. Full storyOpponents of
Islamist President Mohamed Mursi hurled petrol bombs at his
palace on Friday as protesters returned to the streets of Egypt
demanding his overthrow after the deadliest violence of his
seven months in power. Full storyA far-leftist suicide bomber
killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on
Friday, officials said, blowing open an entrance and sending
debris flying through the air. Full story |
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Markets | The dollar tumbled to a more
than 14-month low against the euro on Friday after U.S. jobs
data reaffirmed expectations the Federal Reserve. . . Full story | | Gold rose in line with equities
and commodities on Friday, set for a weekly gain, after U.S.
nonfarm payrolls data showed modest job. . . Full story | | European shares inched up on
Friday, as investors took advantage of the past two sessions'
losses to snap up equities more cheaply, reassured. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks climbed to five-year
highs on Friday in the wake of jobs and manufacturing data that
showed the economy's sluggish recovery is. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks hit five-year highs
with each of the three major indexes up at least 1 percent on
Friday, after jobs and manufacturing. . . Full story | | U.S. and European stock indexes
jumped on Friday while the greenback dropped against the euro
after U.S. jobs data for January and upside. . . Full story | | Britain's blue-chip index
rebounded on Friday from sharp falls in the previous session,
with good earnings and an optimistic global economic outlook
pushing the. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks hit five-year highs
and the Nasdaq rose 1 percent on Friday, after jobs and
manufacturing data showed the economy's sluggish recovery. . . Full story |
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SA Business | The retail price of petrol in South Africa will rise by 3.5 percent a litre next Wednesday, while the wholesale diesel price will increase by about 1.6 percent, the energy department. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand steadied against the dollar early on Friday, looking to end the week at the same levels it started after managing to break through tough resistance in the previous. . . Full story | | Junior coal mining company Coal of Africa (CoAL) has restarted limited operations at its Vele colliery in South Africa following heavy rainfall and flooding around the mine.. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's seasonally adjusted Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) was at 49.1, below the key 50 mark that distinguishes contraction from expansion for the fifth straight month in January.. . . Full story | | Zimbabwe's central bank chief on Thursday cautioned the government against a drive forcing foreign banks to hand over majority stakes to locals, saying this could damage confidence in the sector battling. . . Full story | | From phone bills in Lagos to
bulldozers in Beijing, analysts are looking creatively at ways
to measure the strength of emerging market economies where
official data sometimes comes up short.. . . Full story |
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Company News | The board of directors of Trustco is pleased to update the Group's shareholders in respect of the financial quarter ending 31. . . Full story | | Shareholders of the Company are advised that, Mr Des Oliver, Executive Director, has elected early retirement, effective 31 December 2013. This. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that for the six months ended 31 December 2012, the Group expects to release unaudited earnings per share. . . Full story | | Barloworld Logistics has successfully concluded a transaction which results in the merger of its Dedicated Transport Services division (DTS) with Manline,. . . Full story |
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| BCX shareholders were referred to the announcement published on 5 November 2012, wherein they were advised that BCX had entered into. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that Grindrod expects its earnings per share (EPS) and headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the twelve month. . . Full story | | Pick n Pay announced that, following the announcement of its new CEO in October last year, CEO Richard Brasher had started. . . Full story | | Business Day reported that BCX has developed two mobile applications ("apps") for the BlackBerry 10 operating platform which was launched on. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Turnover increased by 10% to R3.5 billion (R3.2 billion). Gross profit rose 7% to R1.4 billion (R1.3 billion) and operating profit was up 3% to R437 million (R426 million). Net attributable profit increased to R340 million (R325 million). In addition, headline earnings per share grew 5% to 1 071cps (1 024cps).
Dividend
A final ordinary dividend of 310cps has been declared.
Outlook
Trading conditions are expected to remain muted in 2013. The rapid growth in consumer spending over. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 40601.09 | 119.00 | 0.29% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 36219.07 | 116.00 | 0.32% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2184.47 | 28.00 | 1.32% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 30167.77 | -143.00 | -0.47% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 48563.54 | 183.00 | 0.38% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 41942.13 | 168.00 | 0.40% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 53576.55 | 386.00 | 0.73% | DJ Futures | 19:08 | 13940.00 | 114.00 | 0.82% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13994.15 | 133.57 | 0.96% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1512.71 | 14.60 | 0.97% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3178.94 | 36.81 | 1.17% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 6347.24 | 70.36 | 1.12% | DAX | 19:08 | 7833.39 | 22.08 | 0.28% | CAC40 | 19:08 | 3773.53 | 40.93 | 1.10% | Nikkei | 09:20 | 11191.34 | 52.68 | 0.47% | Shanghai | 09:30 | 2419.02 | 33.60 | 1.41% | Hang-Seng | 10:30 | 23721.58 | -7.95 | -0.03% | All Ords | 07:44 | 4941.90 | 40.90 | 0.83% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 4245.93 | -6.72 | -0.16% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1672.08 | 8.18 | 0.49% | Gold R | 19:58 | 14779.35 | -125.93 | -0.84% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 475027 | -4056 | -0.85% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 31.9350 | .5000 | 1.59% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1684.50 | 8.50 | 0.51% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 754.90 | 13.90 | 1.88% | R157 | 17:16 | 5.33 | -.02 | -0.47% | R204 | 17:26 | 6.00 | -.02 | -0.33% | R207 | 17:15 | 6.31 | -.04 | -0.55% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 116.76 | 1.86 | 1.62% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.8356 | -0.1219 | -1.36% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.8628 | -0.3113 | -2.20% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 12.0781 | -0.0908 | -0.75% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.4779 | -0.0437 | -0.58% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.2028 | -0.1455 | -1.56% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 92.5400 | 0.8030 | 0.88% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7312 | -0.0045 | -0.61% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3670 | 0.0086 | 0.63% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6355 | 0.0053 | 0.84% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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01/02/2013 | 227 | 145 | 62 | 434 | 192,914,955 | R12,137,252,802 | 163505 | 1791776 | 31/01/2013 | 162 | 222 | 70 | 454 | 303,299,029 | R18,101,015,407 | 214547 | 1569257 | 30/01/2013 | 180 | 165 | 76 | 421 | 212,694,108 | R13,608,590,082 | 157142 | 1198859 | 29/01/2013 | 184 | 170 | 85 | 439 | 189,008,032 | R10,816,411,265 | 134236 | 1077463 | 28/01/2013 | 174 | 182 | 67 | 423 | 182,059,394 | R10,908,428,638 | 124211 | 1117832 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 36,219.00 | 116.00 | 0.32% | Industrial | 48,563.00 | 183.00 | 0.38% | Mid Cap | 54,789.00 | 106.00 | 0.19% | Small Cap | 42,508.00 | -41.00 | -0.10% | Resource 20 | 53,576.00 | 386.00 | 0.73% | Industrial 25 | 41,942.00 | 168.00 | 0.40% | Financial 15 | 11,388.00 | -67.00 | -0.59% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 45,748.00 | 57.00 | 0.13% | All Share | 40,601.00 | 119.00 | 0.29% | Oil & Gas | 29,180.00 | -125.00 | -0.43% | Mining | 34,514.00 | 297.00 | 0.87% | Gold Mining | 2,184.00 | 28.00 | 1.32% | Platinum Mining | 58.00 | 1.00 | 2.79% | GENERAL MINING | 9,228.00 | 46.00 | 0.50% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,690.00 | -66.00 | -0.43% | Basic Materials | 29,788.00 | 257.00 | 0.87% | Chemicals | 17,764.00 | 124.00 | 0.71% | Forestry & Paper | 19,649.00 | 73.00 | 0.37% | Industrial Metals | 30,620.00 | 431.00 | 1.43% | Industrials | 38,257.00 | 167.00 | 0.44% | General Industrials | 110.00 | 1.00 | 1.17% | Consumer Goods | 44,870.00 | 157.00 | 0.35% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,812.00 | 7.00 | 0.09% | Household Goods | 182.00 | -1 | -0.63% | Health Care | 54,746.00 | -121.00 | -0.22% | Beverages | 150.00 | .00 | 0.45% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 67,534.00 | -289.00 | -0.43% | Personal Goods | 749.00 | 9.00 | 1.25% | Consumer Services | 80,702.00 | 402.00 | 0.50% | General Retailers | 63,454.00 | 561.00 | 0.89% | Travel & Leisure | 5,113.00 | -19.00 | -0.38% | Media | 126.00 | .00 | 0.53% | Support Services | 2,336.00 | 16.00 | 0.70% | Telecommunications | 84,747.00 | 212.00 | 0.25% | Financials | 30,167.00 | -143.00 | -0.47% | Banks | 53,958.00 | -391.00 | -0.72% | Non-life Insurance | 46,960.00 | -2781.00 | -5.59% | Life Insurance | 26,756.00 | -252.00 | -0.94% | General Financial | 2,806.00 | 32.00 | 1.16% | Technology | 32,837.00 | 189.00 | 0.58% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,570.00 | 24 | 0.69% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,673.00 | 23 | 0.65% | COAL MINING | 22,821.00 | 104 | 0.46% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,950.00 | 35 | 0.60% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 927.00 | 9 | 1.06% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 497.00 | | -0.04% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 406.00 | | -0.04% | RESOURCE | 29,455.00 | 199 | 0.68% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 218.00 | 1 | 0.76% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,293.00 | 15 | 0.19% | Capped Top 40 | 19,066.00 | 62 | 0.33% | Capped All Share | 20,527.00 | 60 | 0.30% | JSE TABACO | 5,946.00 | 15 | 0.27% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | IPL | IMPERIAL HOLDINGS LTD | HOLD | 21/01/2013 | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | HOLD | 21/01/2013 | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | SELL | 21/01/2013 | AMS | ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM C... | HOLD | 21/01/2013 | ANG | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED | HOLD | 21/01/2013 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 04/02/2013 | AMPLATS | December 2012 (Final) | 04/02/2013 | ANGLOPLATCCP | December 2012 (Final) | 04/02/2013 | RESGEN | December 2012 (Interim) | 05/02/2013 | FIUUNIT | December 2012 (Q) | 06/02/2013 | JASCO | December 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | CAPITAL | 30/01/2013 | 15/02/2013 | 25/02/2013 | R 0.3650 | TFG PREF | 08/11/2012 | 14/03/2013 | 25/03/2013 | R 0.0650 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | SBR003 | 05/11/2012 | 25/01/2013 | 04/02/2013 | R 1.3500 | PNR FOODS | 26/11/2012 | 25/01/2013 | 04/02/2013 | R 0.7000 | FOORDCMPS | 18/01/2013 | 01/02/2013 | 11/02/2013 | R 0.4899 | NETCARE | 19/11/2012 | 25/01/2013 | 04/02/2013 | R 0.3400 | TREMATON | 29/11/2012 | 01/02/2013 | 11/02/2013 | R 0.0250 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | OCT | Octodec Investments Ltd. | 01/02/2013 | Confirmed | NPP2 | Nampak Ltd. | 01/02/2013 | Unconfirmed | NPKP | Nampak Ltd. | 01/02/2013 | Unconfirmed | NPP1 | Nampak Ltd. | 01/02/2013 | Unconfirmed | NPKO | Nampak Ltd. | 01/02/2013 | Unconfirmed |
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