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South African stocks fell sharply on Thursday, logging their biggest daily drop in nearly two years, as some major mining companies slid on weak Chinese economic data and signs the U.S. central bank could soon cut its stimulus measures. Full story
South Africa's Reserve Bank left its repo rate unchanged as expected at 5 percent on Thursday, citing concerns about the inflationary impact of a lower rand exchange rate against a weakening economic growth outlook. Full story |
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Bulgaria's largest party GERB
declined on Thursday to try to form a new government, opening
the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat
administration and end a political impasse. Full storyThe Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta. Full storyA Chechen
immigrant who was being questioned about his possible links to
one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects was shot and killed
by a federal agent in Florida on Wednesday after he suddenly
turned violent, the FBI said. Full story |
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Markets | Stock markets around the world
fell on Thursday, extending the previous day's steep decline on
concerns over the pace of global economic growth. . . Full story | | A benchmark European equity index
logged its biggest one-day fall in nearly a year on Thursday,
hit by worries over a possible end. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks slipped on
Thursday, recovering from session lows as encouraging domestic
economic data and a rally in Hewlett-Packard's shares offset
concerns about the. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks pared their losses
on Thursday, with the Dow turning positive on strength in
Hewlett-Packard Co and Boeing Co. . . Full story |
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| Britain's FTSE 100 share index
suffered its biggest one-day drop in a year on Thursday, knocked
off historic peaks by weak economic data. . . Full story | | Gold rose on Thursday as the
dollar remained under pressure after falling U.S. weekly jobless
claims and as a senior Federal Reserve official. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks fell at the open on
Thursday, putting the S&P 500 on track for its first
back-to-back daily drop in a month,. . . Full story | | Doubts over the Federal Reserve's
long-term commitment to economic stimulus sent European stocks
into reverse on Thursday, with losses in banks and miners
compounded. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's rand firmed against the dollar on Thursday after the central bank kept the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.0 percent and Governor Gill Marcus said the market should not price in a rate cut.. . . Full story | | Gold turned sharply lower on
Wednesday, as investors weighed U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman
Ben Bernanke's congressional testimony warning of risks to
holding interest rates too low for too long and opened the
possibility of reducing bond purchases.
In prepared remarks, as. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's Reserve Bank
left its repo rate unchanged on Thursday, while admitting for
the first time in nearly a year that it. . . Full story | | South African power utility Eskom said on Thursday the reserve margin between forecast demand and capacity in the evening was only. . . Full story | | South Africa cut its forecast of maize output for 2013 to 11.44 million tonnes from a previous estimate of 11.562 million. . . Full story | | For highlights of South African
Reserve Bank Governor Gill Marcus' news conference after the
Bank's policy meeting, and quotes from her speech, please
double-click. . . Full story |
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| Zambia's decision to cut
subsidies on maize and remove a fuel subsidy is likely to hamper
output of the staple grain, raise prices. . . Full story | | South African President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday labour strikes could cause major problems and job losses in Africa's biggest economy.. . . Full story | | South Africa's maize stocks fell to 1.464 million tonnes at the end of April compared with a revised 1.985 million tonnes. . . Full story | | SABMiller, the world's second-biggest brewer, forecast margin expansion in the year ahead after profit grew in line with expectations thanks to. . . Full story |
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Company News | On 14 March 2013, Investec announced the proposed sale by Investec Ltd. of 15 per cent of Investec Asset Management Holdings. . . Full story | | Merafe announced the following changes to the Remuneration and Nomination Committee of the Merafe board.
Shareholders were advised that Mr. . . Full story | | Thabex, through its 91% owned subsidiary Tradepost 121 (Pty) Ltd. ("Tradepost"), has entered into an option and share purchase agreement with. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that Mr Pieter de Jager has resigned as CFO of the company with effect from 30 June 2013.. . . Full story |
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| Further to the cautionary announcement dated 22 February 2013 and the subsequent renewal dated 10 April 2013, unitholders are advised that the exclusive discussions between SA Corporate Fund Managers and Old Mutual Property (Pty) Ltd. regarding the possible internalisation of the management of the Fund remain in progress. Accordingly, unitholders are advised to continue to exercise caution when trading in the Fund's units until a further announcement has been made.
Change to Nominatio. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue was up 6.8% to R5.2 billion (R4.9 billion). Operating profit increased by 9.5% to R1.2 billion (R1.1 billion). Net profit. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year ended 28 February 2013 increased by 66% to R506.4 million (2012: R304.3 million). Gross profit rose by. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year jumped 12% to R24.6 billion (R22.0 billion). Operating profit also increased to R4.3 billion (R3.8 billion). Loss. . . Full story | | Income increased to EUR294 million (EUR141 million). Net attributable profit more than halved to EUR375 million (EUR865 million).
Outlook
Reinet is now. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 40855.89 | -980.13 | -2.34% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 36312.44 | -997.23 | -2.67% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1362.92 | 14.36 | 1.06% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 31226.52 | -712.96 | -2.23% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 53033.42 | -1064.84 | -1.97% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 46366.22 | -1047.04 | -2.21% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 46042.72 | -1568.69 | -3.29% | DJ Futures | 19:54 | 15260.00 | -60.00 | -0.39% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 15276.22 | -30.95 | -0.20% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1646.96 | -8.39 | -0.51% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3451.47 | -11.83 | -0.34% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 6696.79 | -143.48 | -2.10% | DAX | 18:10 | 8351.98 | -178.91 | -2.10% | CAC40 | 18:10 | 3967.15 | -83.96 | -2.07% | Nikkei | 08:48 | 14483.98 | -1143.28 | -7.32% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2275.67 | -26.74 | -1.16% | Hang-Seng | 10:30 | 22669.68 | -591.40 | -2.54% | All Ords | 08:49 | 5040.80 | -101.30 | -1.97% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 4588.59 | -21.59 | -0.47% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:57 | 1391.80 | 22.80 | 1.67% | Gold R | 19:58 | 13278.85 | 175.87 | 1.34% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 427015 | -6478 | -1.49% | Silver $ | 19:58 | 22.5540 | .3420 | 1.54% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1458.50 | -6.50 | -0.44% | Palladium $ | 19:58 | 736.70 | -7.30 | -0.98% | R157 | 17:44 | 5.26 | .14 | 2.63% | R186 | 17:32 | 7.09 | .08 | 1.07% | R204 | 17:32 | 5.92 | .15 | 2.51% | R207 | 17:32 | 6.19 | .15 | 2.49% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 101.98 | -1.93 | -1.86% | Rand / Dollar | 19:58 | 9.5442 | -0.0277 | -0.29% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 14.3897 | 0.0159 | 0.11% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 12.3476 | 0.0397 | 0.32% | Rand / NZD | 19:59 | 7.7767 | 0.0618 | 0.80% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.3038 | 0.0261 | 0.28% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 101.7600 | -1.3450 | -1.30% | Euro / Dollar | 19:58 | 0.7732 | 0.7732 | 0.00% | Dollar / Euro | 19:58 | 1.2933 | 0.0080 | 0.62% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6615 | -0.0030 | -0.45% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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23/05/2013 | 106 | 253 | 77 | 436 | 244,697,898 | R16,068,250,431 | 190407 | 2028940 | 22/05/2013 | 199 | 173 | 68 | 440 | 240,882,671 | R15,242,690,248 | 191987 | 1946574 | 21/05/2013 | 231 | 139 | 72 | 442 | 295,476,697 | R17,646,320,554 | 208784 | 1510170 | 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 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 36,312.00 | -996.00 | -2.67% | Industrial | 53,033.00 | -1064.00 | -1.97% | Mid Cap | 55,865.00 | -394.00 | -0.70% | Small Cap | 44,735.00 | -395.00 | -0.88% | Resource 20 | 46,042.00 | -1568.00 | -3.29% | Industrial 25 | 46,366.00 | -1046.00 | -2.21% | Financial 15 | 11,688.00 | -282.00 | -2.36% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 49,493.00 | -1212.00 | -2.39% | All Share | 40,855.00 | -980.00 | -2.34% | Oil & Gas | 31,745.00 | -794.00 | -2.44% | Mining | 28,138.00 | -956.00 | -3.29% | Gold Mining | 1,362.00 | 14.00 | 1.11% | Platinum Mining | 38.00 | .00 | 0.89% | GENERAL MINING | 8,094.00 | -345.00 | -4.09% | Oil & Gas Producers | 17,068.00 | -427.00 | -2.44% | Basic Materials | 24,784.00 | -817.00 | -3.19% | Chemicals | 20,359.00 | 43.00 | 0.21% | Forestry & Paper | 21,658.00 | -495.00 | -2.24% | Industrial Metals | 25,399.00 | -1125.00 | -4.24% | Industrials | 42,159.00 | -594.00 | -1.39% | General Industrials | 128.00 | -1.00 | -0.94% | Consumer Goods | 50,004.00 | -1388.00 | -2.70% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,952.00 | -106.00 | -1.32% | Household Goods | 153.00 | -2 | -1.75% | Health Care | 66,099.00 | -870.00 | -1.30% | Beverages | 169.00 | -3.00 | -1.99% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 70,623.00 | -1076.00 | -1.50% | Personal Goods | 863.00 | -36.00 | -4.02% | Consumer Services | 88,858.00 | -827.00 | -0.92% | General Retailers | 64,516.00 | 115.00 | 0.18% | Travel & Leisure | 5,316.00 | -24.00 | -0.45% | Media | 156.00 | -2.00 | -1.81% | Support Services | 2,295.00 | -1.00 | -0.06% | Telecommunications | 83,692.00 | -1960.00 | -2.29% | Financials | 31,226.00 | -712.00 | -2.23% | Banks | 50,408.00 | -1175.00 | -2.28% | Non-life Insurance | 48,364.00 | -1913.00 | -3.81% | Life Insurance | 30,312.00 | -784.00 | -2.52% | General Financial | 2,820.00 | -73.00 | -2.53% | Technology | 39,321.00 | -142.00 | -0.36% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,351.00 | -108 | -3.15% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,479.00 | -98 | -2.76% | COAL MINING | 18,156.00 | -579 | -3.09% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,739.00 | -19 | -0.34% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 987.00 | -14 | -1.44% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 547.00 | | -1.79% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 445.00 | | -1.88% | RESOURCE | 25,104.00 | -816 | -3.15% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 210.00 | -2 | -1.17% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,064.00 | -209 | -2.53% | Capped Top 40 | 19,171.00 | -520 | -2.64% | Capped All Share | 20,688.00 | -491 | -2.32% | JSE TABACO | 6,801.00 | -111 | -1.61% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | RLO | REUNERT LIMITED | HOLD | 22/05/2013 | PFG | PIONEER FOODS GROUP LTD | SELL | 21/05/2013 | ABL | AFRICAN BANK INVESTMENTS ... | BUY | 21/05/2013 | DSY | DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITE... | HOLD | 20/05/2013 | NHM | NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED | HOLD | 20/05/2013 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 24/05/2013 | ISA | February 2013 (Final) | 24/05/2013 | ROCKWELL | February 2013 (Final) | 24/05/2013 | WINHOLD | March 2013 (Interim) | 27/05/2013 | ADCORP | February 2013 (Final) | 27/05/2013 | CADIZ | March 2013 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | MRPRICE | 22/05/2013 | 13/06/2013 | 24/06/2013 | R 2.6500 | LEWIS | 22/05/2013 | 12/07/2013 | 22/07/2013 | R 3.0200 | TASTE | 22/05/2013 | 28/06/2013 | 08/07/2013 | R 0.0510 | MEDCLIN | 22/05/2013 | 13/06/2013 | 24/06/2013 | R 0.6050 | ADCORP | 22/05/2013 | 23/08/2013 | 02/09/2013 | R 0.8000 |
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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 | GAM | Global Asset Management Ltd. | 23/05/2013 | Confirmed | ILAA | Iliad Africa Ltd. | 23/05/2013 | Confirmed | ILA | Iliad Africa Ltd. | 23/05/2013 | Confirmed | AFX | African Oxygen Ltd. | 23/05/2013 | Confirmed | GDO | Gold One International Ltd. | 23/05/2013 | Confirmed |
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