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Sales of goods increased to R1.4 billion (R1.3 billion). Gross profit rose dramatically to R169 million (R4 million). There was a profit to R30 million from a net attributable loss of R94 million previously. In addition, headline earnings per share amounted to 30.3cps (loss of 94.8cps). Full story
Big wage hikes demanded by the government-allied trade union in South Africa's coal and gold industries helped push the rand to a four-year low on Monday, highlighting the ripple effect of the prospect of more turmoil in the industry. Full story |
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More than 60 people were killed in a series of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, part of the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011. Full storyTwo car bombs killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others on Monday in Dagestan, a turbulent province in Russia's North Caucasus region where armed groups are waging an Islamist insurgency. Full storyAbout 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. Full story |
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Markets | Global equity markets resumed
this year's rally on Monday, driven higher by a flurry of merger
and acquisition activity, while a recent tumble. . . Full story | | European shares reached new
five-year peaks on Monday, supported by strength in the autos
and travel sector, where budget airline Ryanair's stock
hit a. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose slightly on
Monday as acquisition activity gave support, but investors were
hesitant to rush into the market with indexes hovering. . . Full story | | Britain's benchmark equity index
rose on Monday to its best closing level since late 2000, helped
by rising bank stocks, and analysts said. . . Full story |
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| European shares edged to fresh
five-year highs on Monday, boosted by strength in German stocks
and a travel sector lifted by a surge. . . Full story | | Wall Street opened weaker on
Monday as investors searched for catalysts after major U.S.
equity indexes closed a fourth consecutive week of gains. . . Full story | | Britain's benchmark equity index
steadied near its highest level in five-and-a-half years on
Monday, helped by a rise in bank stocks, and most. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index rose to
fresh 5-1/2 year peaks on Monday, spurred on by robust economic
data from the United States and. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's rand fell to a new 4-year low and government bonds were heavily sold on Monday in a market still jittery over the threat of labour unrest in the mining sector.. . . Full story | | Shares in South African gold producers fell more than 2 percent on Monday after the National Union of Mineworkers said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle costs and. . . Full story |
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| South African financial services firm Alexander Forbes said on Monday it is considering possible deals to sell off stakes in its. . . Full story | | Car maker Mercedes Benz said on Monday workers at its South African assembly plant had gone on an illegal strike at. . . Full story | | Interest rates in South
Africa are set to stay at 5 percent this week, with imported
inflation from a weaker currency concerning the. . . Full story | | South Africa's Solidarity trade union, which represents mostly skilled workers, said on Monday it was seeking 10 percent pay increases for. . . Full story |
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| Shares of South Africa's African Bank Investments tumbled 24 percent in midday trade on Monday, putting the massmarket lender on track. . . Full story | | South Africa's Vodacom Group reported a 23 percent rise in full-year profit on Monday underpinned by a strong performance by its. . . Full story | | South African industrial group Barloworld Ltd boosted first-half profit by a third on Monday, as a solid result in its Russian. . . Full story | | Netcare Ltd, Africa's third-biggest private hospital group, posted a 25 percent rise in half-year profit on Monday, helped by a strong. . . Full story |
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Company News | Miranda is in the process of finalising its financial results for the six months ended 28 February 2013 and advised shareholders. . . Full story | | Vukile linked unitholders were referred to the announcement released on SENS on 12 March 2013 relating to Vukile's proposed empowerment transformation. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that the Pick n Pay audited summarised financial statements for the 2013 annual financial period will be posted. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that the Pick n Pay audited summarised financial statements for the 2013 annual financial period will be posted. . . Full story |
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| Lib-Hold confirmed the following changes to Committees of the board:
*Directors' Affairs Committee -- appointment of Mr S K Tshabalala, a. . . Full story | | Shareholders were referred to the various cautionary announcements released over the past 9 months relating to the investigation by the Financial. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the basic loss per share will be approximately 0.39 cents per share compared to earnings of 2.74. . . Full story | | The High Court of South Africa in Pretoria has approved the amalgamation of the two main long-term insurance licences of the. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the year ended 28 February 2013 increased to R1 billion (2012: R965.8 million). Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period increased to R31.3 billion (2012: R28.1 billion). Operating profit rose to R1.5 billion (2012: R1.3 billion),. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period increased to R10.2 billion (R9.2 billion). Operating profit rose to R512.8 million (R465.1 million). Profit attributable. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year increased to R69.9 billion (2012: R66.9 billion), operating profit rose to R18.9 billion (2013: R16.6 billion), while. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 41079.55 | -333.89 | -0.81% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 36545.18 | -226.62 | -0.62% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1318.64 | -46.86 | -3.43% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 31716.73 | -654.71 | -2.02% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 53625.24 | -301.90 | -0.56% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 46966.65 | -204.42 | -0.43% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 45445.86 | -117.95 | -0.26% | DJ Futures | 19:50 | 15320.00 | 5.00 | 0.03% | DJ Ind | 19:52 | 15326.22 | -28.18 | -0.18% | SP 500 | 19:52 | 1664.67 | -2.80 | -0.17% | Nasdaq | 19:52 | 3490.48 | -8.49 | -0.24% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 6755.63 | 32.57 | 0.48% | DAX | 18:08 | 8455.83 | 57.83 | 0.69% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 4022.85 | 21.58 | 0.54% | Nikkei | 08:38 | 15360.81 | 222.69 | 1.47% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2299.99 | 17.12 | 0.75% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 23493.03 | 410.35 | 1.78% | All Ords | 08:42 | 5185.40 | 25.60 | 0.50% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 4598.66 | .82 | 0.02% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:57 | 1384.40 | 25.48 | 1.88% | Gold R | 19:58 | 13064.75 | 291.47 | 2.28% | Gold R/kg | 19:52 | 420254 | 6538 | 1.58% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 22.6660 | .3690 | 1.65% | Platinum $ | 19:58 | 1480.25 | 29.25 | 2.02% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 746.00 | 11.00 | 1.50% | R157 | 17:23 | 5.12 | .08 | 1.59% | R186 | 17:34 | 6.94 | .11 | 1.61% | R204 | 17:23 | 5.74 | .08 | 1.41% | R207 | 17:23 | 5.98 | .10 | 1.70% | Brent Crude | 19:38 | 105.06 | 1.26 | 1.21% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 9.4369 | 0.0358 | 0.38% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 14.3605 | 0.1097 | 0.77% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 12.1542 | 0.0756 | 0.63% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.7099 | 0.0897 | 1.18% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.2663 | 0.0860 | 0.94% | Yen / Dollar | 19:58 | 102.3000 | -0.3140 | -0.31% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7764 | -0.0018 | -0.23% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.2875 | 0.0032 | 0.25% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6557 | -0.0024 | -0.36% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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20/05/2013 | 123 | 222 | 81 | 426 | 295,353,182 | R15,922,965,580 | 213739 | 1412530 | 17/05/2013 | 204 | 168 | 76 | 448 | 246,220,952 | R13,164,532,835 | 166614 | 1496215 | 16/05/2013 | 207 | 165 | 69 | 441 | 280,251,447 | R16,684,182,240 | 200866 | 1469676 | 15/05/2013 | 195 | 160 | 80 | 435 | 219,838,566 | R13,687,955,865 | 176882 | 1474251 | 14/05/2013 | 198 | 158 | 70 | 426 | 224,747,577 | R13,908,167,285 | 175297 | 1393902 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 36,545.00 | -225.00 | -0.61% | Industrial | 53,625.00 | -301.00 | -0.56% | Mid Cap | 55,810.00 | -1099.00 | -1.93% | Small Cap | 45,235.00 | -258.00 | -0.57% | Resource 20 | 45,445.00 | -117.00 | -0.26% | Industrial 25 | 46,966.00 | -204.00 | -0.43% | Financial 15 | 11,832.00 | -263.00 | -2.18% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 50,242.00 | -396.00 | -0.78% | All Share | 41,079.00 | -333.00 | -0.81% | Oil & Gas | 31,448.00 | -65.00 | -0.21% | Mining | 27,739.00 | -101.00 | -0.36% | Gold Mining | 1,318.00 | -46.00 | -3.40% | Platinum Mining | 37.00 | .00 | 0.11% | GENERAL MINING | 8,016.00 | 22.00 | 0.28% | Oil & Gas Producers | 16,909.00 | -34.00 | -0.20% | Basic Materials | 24,469.00 | -82.00 | -0.34% | Chemicals | 19,971.00 | -111.00 | -0.56% | Forestry & Paper | 21,853.00 | 54.00 | 0.25% | Industrial Metals | 25,233.00 | -126.00 | -0.50% | Industrials | 42,582.00 | -342.00 | -0.80% | General Industrials | 129.00 | .00 | -0.04% | Consumer Goods | 51,065.00 | 88.00 | 0.17% | Automobiles & Parts | 8,124.00 | -140.00 | -1.70% | Household Goods | 152.00 | -6 | -3.82% | Health Care | 65,911.00 | -946.00 | -1.42% | Beverages | 176.00 | 2.00 | 1.33% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 71,131.00 | -1749.00 | -2.40% | Personal Goods | 864.00 | 2.00 | 0.34% | Consumer Services | 88,396.00 | -1148.00 | -1.28% | General Retailers | 63,038.00 | -2726.00 | -4.15% | Travel & Leisure | 5,409.00 | -120.00 | -2.18% | Media | 156.00 | 2.00 | 1.94% | Support Services | 2,355.00 | 37.00 | 1.60% | Telecommunications | 85,577.00 | -957.00 | -1.11% | Financials | 31,716.00 | -654.00 | -2.02% | Banks | 50,506.00 | -1596.00 | -3.06% | Non-life Insurance | 49,849.00 | -30.00 | -0.06% | Life Insurance | 30,626.00 | -688.00 | -2.20% | General Financial | 2,803.00 | -106.00 | -3.65% | Technology | 39,125.00 | -165.00 | -0.42% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,341.00 | -11 | -0.36% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,469.00 | -17 | -0.52% | COAL MINING | 17,923.00 | -81 | -0.45% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,785.00 | -22 | -0.39% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 998.00 | -11 | -1.16% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 582.00 | | -0.17% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 469.00 | | -0.04% | RESOURCE | 24,768.00 | -83 | -0.34% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 207.00 | -5 | -2.65% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,091.00 | -93 | -1.15% | Capped Top 40 | 19,301.00 | -135 | -0.70% | Capped All Share | 20,808.00 | -174 | -0.83% | JSE TABACO | 6,940.00 | 85 | 1.25% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | NTC | NETCARE LIMITED | BUY | 17/05/2013 | PPC | PRETORIA PORT CEMNT | HOLD | 17/05/2013 | CFR | COMPAGNIE FIN RICHEMONT | HOLD | 17/05/2013 | SAB | SABMILLER PLC | HOLD | 17/05/2013 | LHC | LIFE HEALTHCARE GRP HLDG ... | HOLD | 17/05/2013 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 21/05/2013 | CHROMETCO | February 2013 (Final) | 21/05/2013 | REUNERT | March 2013 (Interim) | 21/05/2013 | REUNERT5.5 | March 2013 (Interim) | 21/05/2013 | REUNERTPR | March 2013 (Interim) | 21/05/2013 | TIGBRANDS | March 2013 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | AECI 5.5%P | 17/05/2013 | 31/05/2013 | 14/06/2013 | R 0.3844 | SOVFOOD | 16/05/2013 | 31/05/2013 | 10/06/2013 | R 0.1900 | PPC | 16/05/2013 | 31/05/2013 | 10/06/2013 | R 0.3800 | RICHEMONT | 16/05/2013 | 13/09/2013 | 27/09/2013 | R 0.1000 | HOLDSPORT | 15/05/2013 | 31/05/2013 | 10/06/2013 | R 1.3000 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | JSE | 12/03/2013 | 17/05/2013 | 27/05/2013 | R 2.5000 | REDEFINE | 02/05/2013 | 17/05/2013 | 27/05/2013 | R 0.3370 | HOWDEN | 08/03/2013 | 17/05/2013 | 27/05/2013 | R 0.3000 | PHUMELELA | 11/04/2013 | 17/05/2013 | 27/05/2013 | R 0.2800 | DELPROP | 06/05/2013 | 17/05/2013 | 27/05/2013 | R 0.2369 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | EHS | Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium Ltd. | 20/05/2013 | Confirmed | MSM | Massmart Holdings Ltd. | 22/05/2013 | Confirmed | BRT | Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd. | 22/05/2013 | Confirmed | BRN | Brimstone Investment Corporation Ltd. | 22/05/2013 | Confirmed | MSMX | Massmart Holdings Ltd. | 22/05/2013 | Confirmed |
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