Wednesday, 24 April 2013 - 20:00
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South African stocks ended mostly flat on Wednesday as gains by resource producers including Harmony Gold offset declines from a mixed bag of companies that reported disappointing earnings. Full story
South African power utility Eskom sold 243 million rand of its 2029 inflation-linked bond at a clearing yield of 1.44 percent, compared to a yield of 1.6 percent at its last sale two weeks ago. Full story |
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Wednesday asked centre-left politician Enrico Letta to form a new government, signalling the end of a damaging two-month stalemate since elections in the euro zone's third largest economy in February. Full storyItalian President Giorgio
Napolitano on Wednesday asked centre-left politician Enrico
Letta to form a new government, signalling the end of a damaging
two-month stalemate since elections in the euro zone's third
largest economy in February. Full storyA block housing garment
factories and shops collapsed in Bangladesh on Wednesday,
killing nearly 100 people and injuring more than a thousand,
officials said. Full story |
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Markets | The Dow dipped while the S&P
500 edged up on Wednesday as a sharp drop in durable goods
orders last month added to. . . Full story | | Global equity markets and
crude oil rose on Wednesday, drawing support from strong
corporate earnings and speculation of a European Central Bank
interest rate. . . Full story | | European shares chalked up a
fourth straight session of gains on Wednesday, helped by some
upbeat corporate results and mounting speculation about a
further. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index hit
three-week highs on Wednesday, with weak German data bolstering
expectations of an interest rate cut in the euro. . . Full story |
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| Gold rose on Wednesday as
physical demand encouraged speculative buying after the previous
session's drop, while support also came from weak German
economic data. . . Full story | | European shares extended gains
on Wednesday afternoon, with traders citing mounting speculation
about more monetary policy easing from the European Central Bank
after comments. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened little
changed on Wednesday as strong results from Boeing Co
were offset by weaker-than-expected data on March durable goods.. . . Full story | | European shares rose on
Wednesday, extending the previous session's hefty gains after a
weak German Ifo survey added to expectations that the European
Central. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South African bonds traded near record highs on Wednesday, supported by signs of weak global growth that could cause investors to shift money into higher yielding emerging markets.. . . Full story | | South Africa's Vodacom said on Wednesday its full-year earnings rose by as much as 25 percent, lifted by a strong performance in its mobile business and a favourable tax change.. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Wednesday it had halted operations at its Phakisa and Tshepong mines in the country due. . . Full story | | Australia winger Drew Mitchell has signed a two-year deal with Toulon starting next season, the French Top 14 club said on. . . Full story | | South Africa's
communications regulator, ICASA, on Wednesday gave permission
for satellite television network TopTV to broadcast three
"sexually explicit" channels, saying there was no. . . Full story | | Bahrain-based Islamic lender Al Baraka Bank plans to expand its global footprint with a focus on Africa under a five-year plan. . . Full story |
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| Bahrain-based Islamic lender Al
Baraka Bank plans to expand its global footprint with
a focus on Africa under a five-year plan that includes
investments. . . Full story | | South Africa's maize stocks fell to 2.014 million tonnes at the end of March from 2.703 million tonnes in February, data. . . Full story | | South African bank and fund manager Investec said the head of its Australia business will step down later this year and. . . Full story | | Shares of South Africa's Vodacom rose more than 3 percent in early trade on Wednesday, after the mobile telephone operator said. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders of Merafe are advised that the ordinary and special resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting held on Wednesday, 24. . . Full story | | AFGRI shareholders are advised that the Company is expecting a decrease of between 25% and 40 % in respect of headline. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the announcement published on 14 November 2012 and are advised of further progress pursuant to the Company's. . . Full story | | Shareholders of Absa were advised that Barclays PLC ("Barclays") released its 2013 first quarter interim management statement. Although it makes no. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Headline earnings for the annual financial period amount to R284.6 million (2012: R365.5 million). In addition, headline earnings per share from. . . Full story | | Turnover rose by 7.1% to R59.3 billion (R55.3 billion). Gross profit increased to R10.5 billion (R10 billion). Net attributable profit more. . . Full story | | As the following results are the company's maiden results, therefore are incomparable. Profit for the period attributable to equity holders was. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R10.4 billion (R10 billion). EBITDA before capital items declined to R765 million (R919 million). Results from operating activities. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 38783.07 | 41.00 | 0.11% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 34191.83 | 25.00 | 0.08% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1538.78 | 45.00 | 3.07% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 30470.67 | -31.00 | -0.10% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 49114.65 | -319.00 | -0.65% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 42485.60 | -306.00 | -0.72% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 44673.74 | 738.00 | 1.68% | DJ Futures | 19:26 | 14630.00 | -21.00 | -0.14% | DJ Ind | 19:52 | 14697.19 | -22.27 | -0.15% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1580.34 | 1.56 | 0.10% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3269.61 | 0.28 | 0.01% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 6431.76 | 25.64 | 0.40% | DAX | 18:08 | 7759.03 | 100.82 | 1.32% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 3842.94 | 59.89 | 1.58% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 13843.46 | 313.81 | 2.32% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2218.32 | 33.78 | 1.55% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 22183.05 | 376.44 | 1.73% | All Ords | 08:43 | 5084.20 | 81.60 | 1.63% | NZSE 50 | 07:50 | 4538.98 | 22.48 | 0.50% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1427.02 | 14.17 | 1.00% | Gold R | 19:58 | 13079.83 | 81.42 | 0.63% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 420287 | 356 | 0.08% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 22.9800 | .0650 | 0.28% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1427.00 | 17.00 | 1.21% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 666.25 | .45 | 0.07% | R157 | 16:58 | 5.27 | .05 | 1.06% | R186 | 17:37 | 6.83 | .04 | 0.66% | R204 | 17:00 | 5.85 | .06 | 1.12% | R207 | 16:59 | 6.02 | .05 | 0.84% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 101.61 | 1.22 | 1.22% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 9.1658 | -0.0344 | -0.37% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 13.9536 | -0.0377 | -0.27% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.9274 | -0.0341 | -0.29% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.7539 | -0.0087 | -0.11% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.4140 | -0.0423 | -0.45% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 99.4000 | 0.0500 | 0.05% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7681 | -0.0009 | -0.12% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3016 | 0.0016 | 0.12% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6551 | -0.0008 | -0.12% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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24/04/2013 | 166 | 173 | 80 | 419 | 231,127,972 | R15,217,617,551 | 164427 | 1418187 | 23/04/2013 | 204 | 118 | 85 | 407 | 244,682,098 | R14,806,710,293 | 159822 | 1327809 | 22/04/2013 | 193 | 165 | 63 | 421 | 197,235,457 | R13,034,615,976 | 152210 | 1231639 | 19/04/2013 | 261 | 87 | 72 | 420 | 218,368,406 | R15,258,779,841 | 139303 | 1282232 | 18/04/2013 | 158 | 180 | 83 | 421 | 223,703,966 | R13,746,041,338 | 154170 | 1434404 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 34,191.00 | 25.00 | 0.08% | Industrial | 49,114.00 | -319.00 | -0.65% | Mid Cap | 55,185.00 | 189.00 | 0.35% | Small Cap | 43,690.00 | -122.00 | -0.28% | Resource 20 | 44,673.00 | 738.00 | 1.68% | Industrial 25 | 42,485.00 | -306.00 | -0.72% | Financial 15 | 11,313.00 | -20.00 | -0.19% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 45,981.00 | -294.00 | -0.64% | All Share | 38,783.00 | 41.00 | 0.11% | Oil & Gas | 28,913.00 | -243.00 | -0.83% | Mining | 27,778.00 | 590.00 | 2.17% | Gold Mining | 1,538.00 | 45.00 | 3.07% | Platinum Mining | 43.00 | .00 | 1.95% | GENERAL MINING | 7,684.00 | 161.00 | 2.15% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,546.00 | -130.00 | -0.83% | Basic Materials | 24,336.00 | 460.00 | 1.93% | Chemicals | 19,018.00 | -144.00 | -0.75% | Forestry & Paper | 20,839.00 | 68.00 | 0.33% | Industrial Metals | 22,814.00 | -173.00 | -0.76% | Industrials | 40,182.00 | -298.00 | -0.74% | General Industrials | 118.00 | .00 | -0.16% | Consumer Goods | 46,199.00 | -556.00 | -1.19% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,744.00 | -67.00 | -0.86% | Household Goods | 160.00 | -1 | -0.81% | Health Care | 61,288.00 | 222.00 | 0.36% | Beverages | 163.00 | -3.00 | -1.85% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 66,992.00 | -352.00 | -0.52% | Personal Goods | 721.00 | .00 | -0.10% | Consumer Services | 80,389.00 | -1253.00 | -1.53% | General Retailers | 61,256.00 | -339.00 | -0.55% | Travel & Leisure | 5,650.00 | 70.00 | 1.26% | Media | 130.00 | -2.00 | -2.12% | Support Services | 2,352.00 | -16.00 | -0.70% | Telecommunications | 78,535.00 | 1561.00 | 2.03% | Financials | 30,470.00 | -31.00 | -0.10% | Banks | 51,351.00 | -280.00 | -0.54% | Non-life Insurance | 46,833.00 | -101.00 | -0.22% | Life Insurance | 28,149.00 | 64.00 | 0.23% | General Financial | 2,789.00 | 16.00 | 0.61% | Technology | 35,598.00 | -56.00 | -0.16% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,149.00 | 38 | 1.25% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,293.00 | 37 | 1.16% | COAL MINING | 19,032.00 | -176 | -0.92% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,909.00 | -4 | -0.08% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 955.00 | 6 | 0.72% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 545.00 | | 0.00% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 436.00 | | 0.22% | RESOURCE | 24,467.00 | 408 | 1.70% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 206.00 | 0 | 0.41% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,794.00 | 31 | 0.41% | Capped Top 40 | 18,070.00 | 0 | 0.00% | Capped All Share | 19,652.00 | 12 | 0.06% | JSE TABACO | 6,361.00 | -52 | -0.82% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | PIK | PICK N PAY STORES LIMITED | HOLD | 24/04/2013 | PGR | PEREGRINE HOLDINGS LTD | BUY | 24/04/2013 | CML | CORONATION FUND MANAGERS ... | HOLD | 24/04/2013 | TON | TONGAAT HULETT LTD | BUY | 24/04/2013 | CFR | COMPAGNIE FIN RICHEMONT | HOLD | 23/04/2013 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 25/04/2013 | ALTECH | February 2013 (Final) | 25/04/2013 | CLICKS | February 2013 (Interim) | 25/04/2013 | DRDLD | March 2013 (Q) | 25/04/2013 | DRDLDCP | March 2013 (Q) | 25/04/2013 | NUWORLD | February 2013 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | PICKNPAY | 23/04/2013 | 07/06/2013 | 18/06/2013 | R 0.6925 | PIKWIK | 23/04/2013 | 07/06/2013 | 18/06/2013 | R 0.3361 | CMH | 22/04/2013 | 07/06/2013 | 18/06/2013 | R 0.5000 | BLACKSTAR | 19/04/2013 | 07/06/2013 | 18/06/2013 | R 0.0121 | DCENTRIX | 16/04/2013 | 10/05/2013 | 20/05/2013 | R 0.1202 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TRENCOR | 25/03/2013 | 19/04/2013 | 29/04/2013 | R 3.6000 | SANLAM | 07/03/2013 | 19/04/2013 | 29/04/2013 | R 1.6500 | JDGROUP | 21/02/2013 | 19/04/2013 | 29/04/2013 | R 1.1500 | MPACT | 07/03/2013 | 19/04/2013 | 29/04/2013 | R 0.5000 | SANLAM | 07/03/2013 | 19/04/2013 | 29/04/2013 | R 0.5000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | MRF | Merafe Resources Ltd. | 24/04/2013 | Confirmed | CNL | Control Instruments Group Ltd. | 24/04/2013 | Confirmed | SBV | Sabvest Ltd. | 24/04/2013 | Confirmed | SVN | Sabvest Ltd. | 24/04/2013 | Confirmed | JSE | JSE Ltd. | 25/04/2013 | Confirmed |
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