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Platinum producer Lonmin and South Africa's hardline AMCU said they signed a recognition accord on Wednesday in a move that averts threatened strike action by the union. Full story
South African stocks climbed to a third straight record close on Wednesday, as mining companies such as Gold Fields were given a lift from a higher bullion price and European shares rose after data showed the eurozone emerging from recession. Full story |
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Egyptian security forces crushed a protest camp of thousands of supporters of the deposed president on Wednesday, shooting dead scores of people in the bloodiest day in decades in the Arab world's biggest country. Full storyIndonesia's anti-graft agency on
Wednesday arrested the head of the energy regulator to probe
allegations he took more than half a million dollars from an oil
firm, piling more uncertainty on energy policy in Southeast
Asia's biggest economy. Full storyBahraini police fired tear gas
and birdshot at demonstrators on Wednesday, witnesses said, as
protests called for by activists to press demands for
democratic change in the U.S.-allied Gulf kingdom turned
violent. Full story |
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Markets | Gold rose about 1
percent on Wednesday, as broad gains in the commodities complex
and signs of simmering inflation lifted bullion after the
previous. . . Full story | | European shares rose back towards
2-1/2 month highs on Wednesday, led by gains on the French stock
exchange, as the region's markets were. . . Full story | | Wall Street stocks fell on
Wednesday, dragged down by weak earnings from department store
Macy's, but European shares rose to 2-1/2 month highs. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index ended
lower on Wednesday, with losses for companies going ex-dividend
offsetting the impact of positive macroeconomic data, which
lifted financial. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks fell on Wednesday
after department store Macy's disappointed investors with weak
results, dragging down consumer stocks.. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks opened little
changed on Wednesday as investors found few reasons to make bets
with equities near all-time highs and little clarity. . . Full story | | European stocks edged higher
around midday on Wednesday as data showing the euro zone emerged
from recession in the second quarter kept a. . . Full story | | China shares suffered their
first loss in four days, as a rally for materials counters
stalled on Wednesday after the country's industry minister
reiterated. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's rand advanced against the dollar on Wednesday despite disappointing retail sales data, as the greenback fell from a one-week. . . Full story | | Growth in South Africa's retail sales was at 1.9 percent year-on-year in June from a revised 6.0 percent in May, Statistics. . . Full story | | South Africa's power utility Eskom sold 80 million rand of its ES42 bond at a clearing yield of 10.125 percent on. . . Full story | | Africa's largest telecoms provider MTN posted a 22 percent rise in first-half earnings on Wednesday, helped by foreign exchange gains from. . . Full story |
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| MTN, Africa's
largest telecoms provider by subscribers, posted a 22 percent
rise in first-half earnings as foreign exchange gains from
international operations made up. . . Full story | | South Africa's biggest union for manufacturing plans to launch an open-ended nationwide strike on Monday in the country's key auto sector. . . Full story | | MTN said on Wednesday the recent resignation of its chief financial officer Nazir Patel had nothing to do with its operations. . . Full story | | South Africa's Treasury will auction 2.35 billion rand over its 2023, 2031 and 2037 government bonds on August20.. . . Full story |
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| Africa's biggest wireless phone operator MTN Group said on Wednesday the investigation into its former chief financial officer was related to "specific transactions".. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are hereby advised that Peter Wharton-Hood has resigned from the board of directors of Liberty Holdings Ltd with immediate effect,. . . Full story | | Bernard Pryor, a Non-Executive Director of the company been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of African Minerals Ltd., effective 14 August. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that Thenjiwe Chikane has resigned as an independent non-executive director of Nedbank and Nedbank Group with effect from. . . Full story | | Further to the announcement dated 22 May 2013 and 2 July 2013 regarding the acquisition of Tedaka Technologies (Pty) Ltd., shareholders. . . Full story |
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| Business Day reported that the Spar group today, 14 August 2013, joins the move among food retailers into the service station forecourt market when it opens its first Spar Express store in Germiston, in partnership with fuel giant Shell. The forecourt. . . Full story | | As a result of Omnia's improved financial profile and its continued solid business performance, the rating agency Global Credit Rating Co ("GCR") has affirmed Omnia's long term rating of A- which is defined as "Investment grade - High credit quality. Protection. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Sibanye's maiden interim results as a listed entity showed revenue of R9.2 billion. Net operating profit amounted to R1.9 billion. Net. . . Full story | | Revenue from continuing operations decreased to AUD1.9 million (AUD2.1 million). Loss for the period attributable to owners was AUD2.8 million (profit. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period grew to R793.6 million (R682.8 million) and profit before net finance income jumped to R344.7 million. . . Full story | | Turnover from continuing operations increased to R2 billion (R1.8 billion). Gross profit rose by 16% to R806 million (R696 million). Trading. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 43019.21 | 333.86 | 0.78% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 38564.99 | 329.54 | 0.86% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1323.60 | 31.24 | 2.42% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 31150.66 | 297.87 | 0.97% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 55788.89 | 236.41 | 0.43% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 48899.22 | 237.97 | 0.49% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 50405.82 | 671.50 | 1.35% | DJ Futures | 19:48 | 15315.00 | -100.00 | -0.65% | DJ Ind | 19:54 | 15332.36 | -118.65 | -0.77% | SP 500 | 19:54 | 1686.21 | -7.95 | -0.47% | Nasdaq | 19:54 | 3672.90 | -11.54 | -0.31% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 6587.43 | -24.51 | -0.37% | DAX | 18:10 | 8438.12 | 22.36 | 0.27% | CAC40 | 18:10 | 4114.20 | 21.70 | 0.53% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 14050.16 | 183.16 | 1.32% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2100.14 | -6.02 | -0.29% | Hang-Seng | 13/08 | 22541.13 | 269.85 | 1.21% | All Ords | 09:01 | 5141.00 | -.60 | -0.01% | NZSE 50 | 07:52 | 4524.59 | -1.23 | -0.03% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1333.03 | 12.13 | 0.92% | Gold R | 16:13 | 13173.40 | 53.49 | 0.41% | Gold R/kg | 19:54 | 426220 | 324 | 0.08% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 21.7400 | .3080 | 1.44% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1501.50 | 6.00 | 0.40% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 738.10 | 2.00 | 0.27% | R157 | 17:00 | 6.07 | -.03 | -0.49% | R186 | 17:35 | 8.27 | -.04 | -0.48% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.07 | -.03 | -0.42% | R207 | 17:16 | 7.42 | .03 | 0.34% | Brent Crude | 19:48 | 109.95 | .98 | 0.90% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 9.9472 | -0.0322 | -0.32% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 15.3925 | 0.0129 | 0.08% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 13.1779 | -0.0527 | -0.40% | Rand / NZD | 16:13 | 7.9716 | 0.0212 | 0.27% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.0873 | 0.0085 | 0.09% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 98.1490 | -0.0960 | -0.10% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7546 | 0.0008 | 0.11% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3250 | -0.0013 | -0.10% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6447 | -0.0025 | -0.39% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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14/08/2013 | 221 | 118 | 75 | 414 | 188,152,030 | R14,633,593,051 | 151368 | 1022522 | 13/08/2013 | 211 | 139 | 83 | 433 | 253,986,863 | R14,368,764,025 | 148542 | 1000435 | 12/08/2013 | 231 | 144 | 78 | 453 | 206,880,220 | R15,905,422,953 | 181544 | 945496 | 08/08/2013 | 215 | 130 | 69 | 414 | 160,020,044 | R11,359,896,356 | 107692 | 1173952 | 07/08/2013 | 137 | 205 | 73 | 415 | 209,028,670 | R13,116,341,771 | 140217 | 1261220 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 38,564.99 | 329.54 | 0.86% | Industrial | 55,788.89 | 236.41 | 0.43% | Mid Cap | 56,088.60 | 210.09 | 0.38% | Small Cap | 46,246.20 | 175.58 | 0.38% | Resource 20 | 50,405.82 | 671.50 | 1.35% | Industrial 25 | 48,899.22 | 237.97 | 0.49% | Financial 15 | 11,760.15 | 131.09 | 1.13% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 51,894.94 | 327.26 | 0.63% | All Share | 43,019.21 | 333.86 | 0.78% | Oil & Gas | 35,898.50 | 199.78 | 0.56% | Mining | 30,680.09 | 451.72 | 1.49% | Gold Mining | 1,323.60 | 31.24 | 2.42% | Platinum Mining | 46.45 | .08 | 0.17% | GENERAL MINING | 8,842.30 | 130.91 | 1.50% | Oil & Gas Producers | 19,301.96 | 107.42 | 0.56% | Basic Materials | 27,089.59 | 375.11 | 1.40% | Chemicals | 22,226.79 | 63.60 | 0.29% | Forestry & Paper | 26,129.48 | 260.06 | 1.01% | Industrial Metals | 24,042.69 | 4.97 | 0.02% | Industrials | 41,274.00 | 413.36 | 1.01% | General Industrials | 123.52 | 1.24 | 1.01% | Consumer Goods | 52,925.86 | 588.17 | 1.12% | Automobiles & Parts | 8,600.41 | 86.05 | 1.01% | Household Goods | 188.08 | 2 | 1.03% | Health Care | 69,751.54 | 535.16 | 0.77% | Beverages | 168.38 | 3.72 | 2.26% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 70,472.13 | -21.96 | -0.03% | Personal Goods | 1,013.74 | 2.99 | 0.30% | Consumer Services | 9,122.93 | -172.74 | -1.86% | General Retailers | 58,599.04 | 388.69 | 0.67% | Travel & Leisure | 5,603.69 | 8.83 | 0.16% | Media | 176.53 | -7.58 | -4.12% | Support Services | 2,817.25 | 17.18 | 0.61% | Telecommunications | 9,438.09 | 116.92 | 1.25% | Financials | 31,150.66 | 297.87 | 0.97% | Banks | 52,059.14 | 641.00 | 1.25% | Non-life Insurance | 47,726.53 | -752.90 | -1.55% | Life Insurance | 30,142.50 | 306.66 | 1.03% | General Financial | 2,932.67 | 38.69 | 1.34% | Technology | 42,293.76 | 391.79 | 0.94% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,702.45 | 48 | 1.32% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,806.06 | 44 | 1.18% | COAL MINING | 20,765.10 | 624 | 3.10% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,619.86 | 44 | 0.78% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,023.81 | 12 | 1.22% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 498.16 | | 0.57% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 414.70 | | 0.38% | RESOURCE | 27,538.63 | 363 | 1.33% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 209.02 | 2 | 0.90% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,525.49 | 87 | 1.03% | Capped Top 40 | 20,351.61 | 158 | 0.78% | Capped All Share | 21,762.16 | 164 | 0.76% | JSE TABACO | 6,850.03 | 38 | 0.55% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | VOD | VODACOM GROUP LIMITED | HOLD | 12/08/2013 | LEW | LEWIS GROUP LIMITED | HOLD | 12/08/2013 | HAR | HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPA... | HOLD | 12/08/2013 | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | BUY | 12/08/2013 | SNT | SANTAM LTD | SELL | 12/08/2013 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 15/08/2013 | ARB | June 2013 (Final) | 15/08/2013 | NORTHAM | June 2013 (Final) | 15/08/2013 | TRENCOR | June 2013 (Interim) | 15/08/2013 | TRENCOR 6%CD | June 2013 (Interim) | 15/08/2013 | TRUWTHS | June 2013 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | GROUP 5 | 12/08/2013 | 19/09/2013 | 30/09/2013 | R 0.3500 | MONDILTD | 08/08/2013 | 16/08/2013 | 17/09/2013 | R 0.0955 | MONDIPLC | 08/08/2013 | 16/08/2013 | 17/09/2013 | R 0.0955 | OLDMUTUAL | 07/08/2013 | 19/09/2013 | 31/10/2013 | R 0.0210 | SHPRT 3RD5 | 07/08/2013 | 23/08/2013 | 02/09/2013 | R 0.0500 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | KUMBA | 19/07/2013 | 08/08/2013 | 19/08/2013 | R 20.1000 | HUDACO | 28/06/2013 | 08/08/2013 | 19/08/2013 | R 1.5500 | SABMILLER | 23/05/2013 | 09/08/2013 | 23/08/2013 | R 0.7700 | ANGLO | 26/07/2013 | 08/08/2013 | 12/09/2013 | R 0.3200 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | SAH | South African Coal Mining Holdings Ltd. | 14/08/2013 | Confirmed | GDN | Gooderson Leisure Corporation Ltd. | 15/08/2013 | Confirmed | IVTP | Invicta Holdings Ltd. | 16/08/2013 | Confirmed | IVT | Invicta Holdings Ltd. | 16/08/2013 | Confirmed | MMG | MICROmega Holdings Ltd. | 16/08/2013 | Confirmed |
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