Tuesday, 20 August 2013 - 20:00
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Shoprite, Africa's biggest grocer, is ramping up its expansion across the continent with 47 new supermarkets as its core South African consumer base grapples with high personal debt levels and growing fuel and transport costs. Full story
Revenue for the year ended 30 June 2013 shot up by 14% to R92.4 billion (2012: R80.8 billion). Operating profit increased by 8% to R6.1 billion (2012: R5.6 billion), while net profit attributable to owners of Imperial jumped by 11% to R3.3 billion (2012: R3 billion). Furthermore, headline ea Full story |
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Egypt's army-backed authorities detained the Muslim Brotherhood's leader on Tuesday, signalling their determination to crush the group and silence protests against the ousting of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi. Full storyThe British authorities forced
the Guardian newspaper to destroy material leaked by Edward
Snowden, its editor has revealed, calling it a "pointless" move
that would not prevent further reporting on U.S. and British
surveillance programmes. Full storyThe government of Iraqi Kurdistan
has set an entry quota of 3,000 refugees a day to cope with an
influx of Kurds fleeing the civil war in Syria, but there are
signs many more are still coming in, aid agencies said on
Tuesday. Full story |
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Markets | U.S. stocks, snapping the
year's longest losing streak, rose on Tuesday on gains by Best
Buy Co, J.C. Penney and other retailers.. . . Full story | | European shares hit a three-week
low and a major volatility index jumped on Tuesday, as
expectations hardened that the U.S. Federal Reserve will. . . Full story | | U.S. bond yields receded from
two-year highs on Tuesday on revived safe-haven bids as prices
on most world stock exchanges fell to the. . . Full story | | Britain's top share index edged
lower on Tuesday as gloomy earnings reports fuelled
profit-taking on some basic material and energy stocks and
investors cut. . . Full story |
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| Gold prices climbed on Tuesday as
the dollar fell against a basket of currencies, pressured by
uncertainty ahead of the release of minutes. . . Full story | | UK government-backed schemes have
revitalised mortgage lending, helping drive stellar gains in
housebuilders' shares which could still be undervalued by 45
percent.. . . Full story | | Hong Kong shares suffered
their worst day in nearly seven weeks on Tuesday as investors
took profits on Chinese energy and power counters. . . Full story | | Britain's blue chip shares fell
on Tuesday, led lower by heavyweight miners, while rising
expectations for a scaling back of the U.S. Federal. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Yields on South African debt hit their highest in 19 months on Tuesday and the rand dropped to its lowest in six weeks as investors continued to dump local assets in a global sell-off of emerging markets.. . . Full story |
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| The Turkish central
bank's latest tightening may briefly boost the lira, but the
currency could need far higher interest rates to protect it. . . Full story | | South African transport group Imperial Holdings Ltd posted a 15 percent rise in full-year profit on Tuesday, lifted by a strong. . . Full story | | South Africa's Treasury sold a total 2.35 billion rand of its 2023, 2031 and 2037 government bonds on Tuesday.. . . Full story | | Shoprite Holdings, Africa's largest retailer, said on Tuesday it plans to open 171 new stores by June 2014, including 47 outside. . . Full story |
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| The South African Reserve Bank's monthly leading business cycle indicator decreased by 0.6 percent in June from May, mainly because of less residential business plans passed in the period, the bank said on Tuesday.. . . Full story | | The Indian rupee
plummeted to a record low against the dollar on Monday, leading
a rout by Brazil's real and other emerging market currencies
seen by investors as the most vulnerable to an exodus of foreign
capital.. . . Full story |
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Company News | ARM's headline earnings per share for the year ended 30 June 2013 are expected to be between 1 640 and 1. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that PSV has posted to shareholders summarised financial information as contained in the Company's Integrated Annual Report for. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the Results of General Meeting announcement released on 19 August 2013 and are hereby advised of the. . . Full story | | Lib-Hold announced that Ms Santie Botha has been appointed as an independent director effective 19 August 2013.. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders are referred to the announcement released on 27 June 2013 regarding the acquisition by Altron's wholly owned subsidiary, Altron Finance (Pty) Ltd., of the entire issued ordinary share capital of Allied Technologies Ltd. ("Altech") that Altron and its subsidiaries did. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the cautionary announcement dated 15 August 2013 and to the press article that appeared in the Business Day on 16 August 2013 (Business Day Article).
In order to avoid any speculation that may be caused by the Business. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Operating loss widened to USD5 million (2012: loss of USD1.7 million). Loss for the period rose to USD4.9 million (2012: loss. . . Full story | | Revenue increased to R229.8 million (R171.9 million). Net attributable profit soared to R145.3 million (R21.1 million). In addition, headline earnings per. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year shot up to R306 million (2012: R224.8 million). Gross profit jumped to R131.6 million (2012: R103.9 million),. . . Full story | | |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 42765.22 | -155.00 | -0.36% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 38384.01 | -109.91 | -0.29% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1413.46 | 24.61 | 1.77% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 30573.85 | -208.11 | -0.68% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 55640.26 | -46.11 | -0.08% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 48807.07 | -12.77 | -0.03% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 50169.03 | -353.72 | -0.70% | DJ Futures | 19:30 | 15040.00 | 38.00 | 0.25% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 15060.27 | 49.53 | 0.33% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1657.26 | 11.20 | 0.68% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3620.93 | 31.84 | 0.89% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 6453.46 | -12.27 | -0.19% | DAX | 18:08 | 8300.03 | -66.26 | -0.79% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 4028.93 | -55.05 | -1.35% | Nikkei | 08:32 | 13396.38 | -361.75 | -2.63% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2072.59 | -13.01 | -0.62% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 21970.29 | -493.41 | -2.20% | All Ords | 08:48 | 5068.80 | -33.50 | -0.66% | NZSE 50 | 07:52 | 4508.36 | 5.14 | 0.11% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1372.40 | 7.30 | 0.53% | Gold R | 19:59 | 13914.21 | 3.17 | 0.02% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 447672 | 991 | 0.22% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 23.0470 | -.1200 | -0.52% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1518.00 | 10.00 | 0.66% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 747.00 | -2.50 | -0.33% | R157 | 17:25 | 6.33 | .16 | 2.59% | R186 | 17:36 | 8.53 | -.07 | -0.76% | R204 | 17:35 | 7.37 | .20 | 2.72% | R207 | 17:25 | 7.71 | -.05 | -0.71% | Brent Crude | 19:48 | 110.57 | -.60 | -0.54% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 10.1386 | -0.0504 | -0.49% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 15.8618 | -0.0635 | -0.40% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 13.6045 | 0.0067 | 0.05% | Rand / NZD | 19:59 | 8.0921 | -0.1301 | -1.58% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.2172 | -0.0836 | -0.90% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 97.2840 | -0.3380 | -0.35% | Euro / Dollar | 19:59 | 0.7453 | -0.0046 | -0.61% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3418 | 0.0082 | 0.62% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6378 | -0.0010 | -0.16% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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20/08/2013 | 148 | 195 | 73 | 416 | 178,103,189 | R12,221,443,829 | 142530 | 1545560 | 19/08/2013 | 176 | 184 | 66 | 426 | 206,527,219 | R11,600,109,923 | 127388 | 1180107 | 16/08/2013 | 235 | 108 | 63 | 406 | 168,931,139 | R11,842,865,214 | 131798 | 1262779 | 15/08/2013 | 130 | 208 | 79 | 417 | 168,527,877 | R12,157,213,131 | 122194 | 1151463 | 14/08/2013 | 221 | 118 | 75 | 414 | 188,152,030 | R14,633,593,051 | 151368 | 1022522 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 38,384.01 | -109.91 | -0.29% | Industrial | 55,640.26 | -46.11 | -0.08% | Mid Cap | 55,297.41 | -465.12 | -0.83% | Small Cap | 46,157.17 | -147.95 | -0.32% | Resource 20 | 50,169.03 | -353.72 | -0.70% | Industrial 25 | 48,807.07 | -12.77 | -0.03% | Financial 15 | 11,586.56 | -47.71 | -0.41% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 51,651.53 | -46.55 | -0.09% | All Share | 42,765.22 | -155.00 | -0.36% | Oil & Gas | 35,264.34 | -75.68 | -0.21% | Mining | 30,670.87 | -234.78 | -0.76% | Gold Mining | 1,413.46 | 24.61 | 1.77% | Platinum Mining | 47.59 | .13 | 0.27% | GENERAL MINING | 8,743.70 | -108.94 | -1.23% | Oil & Gas Producers | 18,960.99 | -40.69 | -0.21% | Basic Materials | 27,071.94 | -197.48 | -0.72% | Chemicals | 22,521.48 | -214.70 | -0.94% | Forestry & Paper | 26,105.55 | -115.54 | -0.44% | Industrial Metals | 23,452.26 | 12.89 | 0.05% | Industrials | 40,888.82 | 89.35 | 0.22% | General Industrials | 121.83 | -.02 | -0.02% | Consumer Goods | 52,729.15 | -226.28 | -0.43% | Automobiles & Parts | 8,423.79 | 113.23 | 1.36% | Household Goods | 182.09 | -3 | -1.69% | Health Care | 69,221.89 | -753.41 | -1.08% | Beverages | 166.35 | -.89 | -0.53% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 70,474.13 | -216.93 | -0.31% | Personal Goods | 1,022.53 | -2.80 | -0.27% | Consumer Services | 9,348.42 | 8.14 | 0.09% | General Retailers | 57,832.21 | 305.79 | 0.53% | Travel & Leisure | 5,538.67 | 13.07 | 0.24% | Media | 186.59 | -.67 | -0.36% | Support Services | 2,809.08 | -13.87 | -0.49% | Telecommunications | 9,110.55 | 96.88 | 1.07% | Financials | 30,573.85 | -208.11 | -0.68% | Banks | 51,185.97 | 114.74 | 0.22% | Non-life Insurance | 47,088.47 | -638.06 | -1.34% | Life Insurance | 29,785.54 | -196.23 | -0.65% | General Financial | 2,884.86 | -29.24 | -1.00% | Technology | 41,830.47 | -13.00 | -0.03% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,660.78 | -14 | -0.37% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,763.64 | -16 | -0.43% | COAL MINING | 20,460.64 | 68 | 0.33% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,654.78 | 12 | 0.22% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,003.34 | -9 | -0.88% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 473.60 | | -2.87% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 399.35 | | -2.31% | RESOURCE | 27,449.18 | -185 | -0.67% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 206.39 | -0 | -0.13% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,464.11 | -24 | -0.28% | Capped Top 40 | 20,265.90 | -43 | -0.21% | Capped All Share | 21,635.81 | -73 | -0.34% | JSE TABACO | 6,835.47 | -15 | -0.21% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | HOLD | 19/08/2013 | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | BUY | 16/08/2013 | NHM | NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED | HOLD | 16/08/2013 | OCE | OCEANA GROUP LIMITED | BUY | 15/08/2013 | APN | ASPEN PHARMACARE HLDGS | HOLD | 15/08/2013 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 21/08/2013 | BLUETEL | May 2013 (Final) | 21/08/2013 | DEFCAP | June 2013 (Final) | 21/08/2013 | DELTA | June 2013 (Interim) | 21/08/2013 | HOSP-A | June 2013 (Final) | 21/08/2013 | HOSP-B | June 2013 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TRENCOR | 16/08/2013 | 06/09/2013 | 16/09/2013 | R 0.7200 | ARB | 15/08/2013 | 30/08/2013 | 09/09/2013 | R 0.1000 | ARB | 15/08/2013 | 30/08/2013 | 09/09/2013 | R 0.1620 | STANBANK-P | 15/08/2013 | 30/08/2013 | 09/09/2013 | R 3.2456 | STANBANK6.5 | 15/08/2013 | 30/08/2013 | 09/09/2013 | R 0.0325 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | FIRSTRANDB-P | 01/08/2013 | 16/08/2013 | 26/08/2013 | R 3.2025 | BATS | 31/07/2013 | 16/08/2013 | 30/09/2013 | R 0.4500 | CAPITAL | 31/07/2013 | 16/08/2013 | 26/08/2013 | R 0.3558 | SABVEST-N | 30/07/2013 | 16/08/2013 | 26/08/2013 | R 0.1800 | SABVEST | 30/07/2013 | 16/08/2013 | 26/08/2013 | R 0.1800 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | ART | Argent Industrial Ltd. | 20/08/2013 | Confirmed | MRPP | Mr Price Group Ltd. | 21/08/2013 | Confirmed | MPC | Mr Price Group Ltd. | 21/08/2013 | Confirmed | MPCB | Mr Price Group Ltd. | 21/08/2013 | Confirmed | TAS | Taste Holdings Ltd. | 22/08/2013 | Confirmed |
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