Thursday, 20 February 2014 - 20:00
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South African stocks fell on Thursday, breaking a three-day winning streak as shares of telecoms giant MTN Group declined after the industry regulator said it would halve mobile interconnection rates sooner than previously planned. Full story
Two South African retailers separately wrote off a total of more than $100 million of consumer debt in the six months through December, underscoring a squeeze on shoppers brought on by rising interest rates, inflation and high unemployment. Full story |
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Protesters campaigning to oust
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra turned to Facebook and
other social media to attack businesses linked to her family on
Thursday and rallied outside the offices of a property developer
whose share price tumbled. Full storyUkraine suffered its bloodiest day
since Soviet times on Thursday with a gun battle in central Kiev
as President Viktor Yanukovich faced conflicting pressures from
visiting European Union ministers and his Russian paymasters. Full storyVenezuelan security forces and
demonstrators faced off in streets blocked by burning barricades
in several cities on Thursday in an escalation of protests
against President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government,
witnesses said. Full story |
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Markets | European shares recouped early
losses to end flat on Thursday, helped by a rally in U.S.
equities after strong manufacturing data, but sentiment. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks and the dollar
mostly rose on Thursday on data showing U.S. factory activity
accelerated in February at its fastest pace in. . . Full story | | Britain's top shares edged higher
on Thursday, tracking gains in U.S. stocks but pinned back by
miners after China's factory activity dropped, while. . . Full story | | European shares retreated from
four-week highs late on Thursday, with some weaker-than-expected
data releases and a poor company earnings outlook hurting
cyclical sectors such. . . Full story |
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| U.S. stocks edged higher in
volatile trading on Thursday, as a strong read on manufacturing
offset weak results from Wal-Mart and geopolitical and. . . Full story | | Gold firmed on Thursday, after
two sessions of falls that pulled it back from 3-1/2 month
highs, as a retreat in stock markets. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks briefly extended
declines after data from the Philadelphia Federal Reserve showed
manufacturing activity in the Mid-Atlantic region contracted in
February.. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose modestly at
the open after an industry report showed U.S. manufacturing
activity accelerated in February at its fastest pace in. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) vowed on Thursday to continue a strike against the world's top three. . . Full story | | South African power utility Eskom declared a second emergency in three months on Thursday, saying the national system was severely constrained. . . Full story | | South Africa's telecoms regulator on Thursday brought forward the start date for planned mobile rates cuts by a month, saying it. . . Full story | | South African-focused bullion producer Sibanye Gold reported a 19 percent rise in operating profit for the six months to the end. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's biggest health insurer, Discovery, said on Thursday its Chinese business was growing fairly slowly but that it expects revenue. . . Full story | | South African furniture retailer JD Group swung to first-half loss and suspended its dividend, hit by a near-doubling of money set. . . Full story | | Petra Diamonds Ltd said it
expected a strong market for rough diamonds to continue and that
it would consider initiating a dividend from. . . Full story | | Mali's government plans to revise its oil law this year as it seeks new investors, with a view to pumping oil. . . Full story |
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| Namibia announced a $5.5 billion budget on Wednesday for the coming year, up by 26.7 percent compared to last year as it looks to increase salaries for public sector workers and. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand was under pressure on Thursday after slipping below the psychologically key 11.0 to the dollar level overnight amid a renewed emerging markets sell-off.. . . Full story | | The world's financial leaders will address the impact of U.S. monetary policy on emerging markets in a final document from their meeting this week in Sydney, but the wording has yet. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 47149.35 | -288.96 | -0.61% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 42660.52 | -249.17 | -0.58% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1500.06 | -21.43 | -1.41% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 32486.81 | -90.46 | -0.28% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 60619.83 | -544.27 | -0.89% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 53542.12 | -496.24 | -0.92% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 58173.43 | -156.23 | -0.27% | DJ Futures | 19:48 | 16110.00 | 90.00 | 0.56% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 16147.00 | 106.44 | 0.66% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1839.03 | 10.28 | 0.56% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 4255.19 | 17.24 | 0.41% | FTSE 100 | 18:35 | 6812.99 | 16.28 | 0.24% | DAX | 19:08 | 9618.85 | -41.20 | -0.43% | CAC40 | 19:08 | 4355.49 | 14.39 | 0.33% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 14449.18 | -317.35 | -2.15% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 2138.78 | -3.77 | -0.18% | Hang-Seng | 10:30 | 22394.08 | -270.44 | -1.19% | All Ords | 07:48 | 5421.30 | 5.80 | 0.11% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 4909.83 | -4.31 | -0.09% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1315.40 | 3.98 | 0.30% | Gold R | 19:58 | 14478.19 | 4.49 | 0.03% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 465508 | -3096 | -0.66% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 21.6670 | .1190 | 0.55% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1412.20 | .70 | 0.05% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 735.90 | 6.15 | 0.84% | R157 | 16:40 | 7.35 | .15 | 2.08% | R186 | 16:40 | 8.66 | .06 | 0.70% | R204 | 16:40 | 8.25 | .15 | 1.85% | R207 | 16:40 | 8.42 | .12 | 1.45% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 109.99 | -.47 | -0.43% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 11.0405 | 0.0035 | 0.03% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 18.2817 | -0.1018 | -0.55% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 15.0689 | -0.0924 | -0.61% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 9.1194 | -0.0119 | -0.13% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.8873 | -0.0498 | -0.50% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 102.3550 | 0.0450 | 0.04% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7297 | 0.0018 | 0.25% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3701 | -0.0032 | -0.23% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6004 | 0.0011 | 0.18% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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20/02/2014 | 125 | 243 | 64 | 432 | 225,529,856 | R17,702,592,902 | 181316 | 106501 | 19/02/2014 | 216 | 146 | 58 | 420 | 234,841,469 | R16,324,940,399 | 148472 | 1298869 | 18/02/2014 | 171 | 194 | 68 | 433 | 181,646,130 | R13,108,262,158 | 135866 | 1386285 | 17/02/2014 | 246 | 138 | 51 | 435 | 202,453,745 | R13,131,043,092 | 128615 | 1285707 | 14/02/2014 | 212 | 143 | 65 | 420 | 200,900,808 | R13,752,047,322 | 146417 | 1468010 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 42,660.52 | -249.17 | -0.58% | Industrial | 60,619.83 | -544.27 | -0.89% | Mid Cap | 57,869.33 | -512.02 | -0.88% | Small Cap | 50,684.46 | -152.61 | -0.30% | Resource 20 | 58,173.43 | -156.23 | -0.27% | Industrial 25 | 53,542.12 | -496.24 | -0.92% | Financial 15 | 12,395.07 | -11.42 | -0.09% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 56,518.54 | -435.49 | -0.76% | All Share | 47,149.35 | -288.96 | -0.61% | Oil & Gas | 41,473.44 | -904.31 | -2.13% | Mining | 35,405.58 | 34.20 | 0.10% | Gold Mining | 1,500.06 | -21.43 | -1.41% | Platinum Mining | 50.88 | -.30 | -0.59% | GENERAL MINING | 10,328.98 | 40.59 | 0.39% | Oil & Gas Producers | 22,299.50 | -486.24 | -2.13% | Basic Materials | 31,258.57 | 18.44 | 0.06% | Chemicals | 24,431.79 | -349.94 | -1.41% | Forestry & Paper | 31,540.32 | 58.03 | 0.18% | Industrial Metals | 25,044.80 | -158.06 | -0.63% | Industrials | 40,562.51 | -295.47 | -0.72% | General Industrials | 124.15 | -.86 | -0.69% | Consumer Goods | 56,721.28 | 70.15 | 0.12% | Automobiles & Parts | 10,280.64 | -33.97 | -0.33% | Household Goods | 334.76 | -5 | -1.50% | Health Care | 70,928.06 | -776.01 | -1.08% | Beverages | 173.45 | -.78 | -0.45% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 63,559.07 | -280.83 | -0.44% | Personal Goods | 1,079.96 | 5.99 | 0.56% | Consumer Services | 11,271.62 | -299.16 | -2.59% | General Retailers | 53,362.87 | -280.88 | -0.52% | Travel & Leisure | 5,396.41 | -31.12 | -0.57% | Media | 271.73 | -10.84 | -3.84% | Support Services | 2,719.82 | 95.23 | 3.63% | Telecommunications | 9,423.37 | -138.26 | -1.45% | Financials | 32,486.81 | -90.46 | -0.28% | Banks | 53,549.75 | -184.21 | -0.34% | Non-life Insurance | 42,609.33 | -12.76 | -0.03% | Life Insurance | 31,885.37 | -112.67 | -0.35% | General Financial | 3,268.60 | -1.76 | -0.05% | Technology | 42,294.63 | -378.10 | -0.89% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 4,162.29 | -22 | -0.51% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 4,242.62 | -25 | -0.58% | COAL MINING | 18,967.69 | -370 | -1.92% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 6,490.01 | -13 | -0.20% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,158.64 | -20 | -1.69% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 469.08 | | -1.52% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 419.58 | | -0.66% | RESOURCE | 31,787.35 | -92 | -0.29% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 205.66 | -1 | -0.46% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 9,385.58 | -58 | -0.61% | Capped Top 40 | 22,486.07 | -155 | -0.68% | Capped All Share | 23,842.81 | -153 | -0.64% | JSE TABACO | 7,385.82 | 121 | 1.67% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | BIL | BHP BILLITON PLC | BUY | 17/02/2014 | SNT | SANTAM LTD | SELL | 17/02/2014 | PPC | PRETORIA PORT CEMNT | HOLD | 17/02/2014 | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | BUY | 17/02/2014 | NTC | NETCARE LIMITED | BUY | 17/02/2014 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 21/02/2014 | CSG | December 2013 (Interim) | 21/02/2014 | IMPL CONV | December 2013 (Interim) | 21/02/2014 | IMPLATS | December 2013 (Interim) | 21/02/2014 | NORTHAM | December 2013 (Interim) | 21/02/2014 | ROLFES | December 2013 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TRNPACO | 19/02/14 | 13/03/14 | 24/03/14 | ZAR 0.3900 | EMIRA | 19/02/14 | 07/03/14 | 17/03/14 | ZAR 0.5931 | BHPBILL | 18/02/14 | 28/02/14 | 26/03/14 | USD 0.5900 | TRANSCAP | 17/02/14 | 07/03/14 | 17/03/14 | ZAR 2.1000 | ANGLO | 14/02/14 | 13/03/14 | 29/04/14 | USD 0.5300 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | FIRSTRANDB-P | 28/01/14 | 14/02/14 | 24/02/14 | ZAR 3.2025 | CAPITAL | 29/01/14 | 14/02/14 | 24/02/14 | ZAR 0.4004 | CULINAN5.5 | 31/01/14 | 14/02/14 | 24/02/14 | ZAR 0.0550 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | AHL | AH-Vest Ltd. | 20/02/2014 | Confirmed | PET | Petmin Ltd. | 21/02/2014 | Confirmed | BEG | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 25/02/2014 | Confirmed | BEGP | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 25/02/2014 | Confirmed | BEGP2 | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 25/02/2014 | Confirmed |
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