Thursday, 12 March 2015 - 20:00
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South African stocks ended higher on Thursday, breaking a three-day losing run, with heavily weighted mining shares adding the most points to the benchmark index as metal prices recovered. Full story
Local markets
The JSE All Share rose 0.94% on Thursday, with gains in resources leading the movement upwards. Full story |
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Two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, were shot and wounded in what officials called an ambush early on Thursday, the latest spasm of violence arising from months of tension between African-Americans and the city's mostly white police force. Full storyAt least five people were killed and another about 100 feared trapped after a cement factory collapsed in Bangladesh on Thursday, police said. Full storyIndonesia signalled on Thursday that it was not likely to execute foreigners on death row for at least the next 16 days after the attorney general's office said that a group of 10 convicts would be executed together. Full story |
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Markets | Stocks in major markets rose
on Thursday as the dollar softened the most in a month against
major currencies after surprisingly weak U.S.. . . Full story | | Gold steadied on Thursday as a
retreat in the dollar from 12-year highs arrested its
eight-session slide, though speculation that U.S. interest rates
could. . . Full story | | Hong Kong's main stock indices rose on
Thursday, led by banking shares, as investors expect that
Beijing's plans to let local governments swap. . . Full story | | China's main stock indices
rose on Thursday, fuelled by a surge in banking shares as
investors expect Beijing's plans to let local governments. . . Full story |
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| Japan's Nikkei share average
posted its biggest daily gain in a month on Thursday as
investors chased the market higher before the futures
settlement,. . . Full story | | Australian shares rose the most
in a month on Thursday as better-than-expected jobs data
encouraged investors to shrug off dwindling chances of an
imminent. . . Full story | | The euro slumped to a 12-year
low against the dollar on Wednesday, driving European stocks
higher as shares of big exporters gained, while. . . Full story | | Gold fell more than 1
percent on Wednesday, touching its lowest in more than three
months in what looked to be an eighth. . . Full story |
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SA Business | The chief executive of South Africa's power company Eskom has been suspended while an inquiry is held into the operations of. . . Full story | | Statistics South Africa released its monthly mining production data for January on Thursday. Below is the breakdown of the main minerals.. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand recouped some more of this week's steep losses on Thursday, firming more than 1 percent against the dollar,. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand rose more than 1 percent against the dollar on Thursday as the currency continued to recoup some of. . . Full story |
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| The sliding rand is
a double-edged sword for mining companies in South Africa, with
cost inflation, wage claims and potential labour unrest
outweighing the. . . Full story | | South African retailer Massmart named a Bharti Airtel Africa executive as its new finance head on Thursday in the latest reshuffle. . . Full story | | South Africa's manufacturing production contracted 2.3 percent year-on-year in January after a revised 0.9 percent growth in December, Statistics South Africa. . . Full story | | The chairman of South Africa's power utility Eskom, which is struggling to meet demand, forcing it to implement rolling power blackouts,. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's Competition Commission said on Thursday it had recommended that the Competition Tribunal approve retailer Edcon Limited's [EDCOH.UL] acquisition of Celrose and Eddels without conditions.. . . Full story | | Cameroon has renewed the
operating licence of Africa's largest telecoms provider MTN
and allowed the firm to start offering third and fourth
generation (3G and 4G) services in the Central African country,
MTN said on Wednesday.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Adcock shareholders are referred to the announcement dated 23 February 2015 wherein it was announced that Bidvest had entered into an. . . Full story | | Shareholders of DAWN are referred to the announcement dated 24 February 2015, wherein DAWN advised that shareholders of DAWN, who collectively. . . Full story | | Business Reports announced that Barloworld Transport launched a new cranes division, Barloworld Cranes. Barloworld Logistics chief executive Steve Ford said that. . . Full story | | Acucap and Growthpoint shareholders are referred to the firm intention announcement dated 12 December 2014 and the circular issued to Acucap. . . Full story |
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| Acucap and Growthpoint shareholders are referred to the firm intention announcement dated 12 December 2014 and the circular issued to Acucap shareholders dated 15 January 2015 (the ?Circular?) regarding the offer by Growthpoint to acquire all of the shares in Acucap that it does not already own, by way of a scheme of arrangement (the ?Scheme?) in terms of section 114 of the Companies Act, 2008.
Acucap and Growthpoint shareholders were advised on 16 February 2015 that all of the resolu. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period jumped to R3.6 billion (R3.2 billion). Gross profit decreased to R525.2 million (R437.4 million), while earnings. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period increased by 39.4% to R4.6 billion (2014: R3.3 billion). Gross profit shot up to R1.6 billion. . . Full story | | Income from operations jumped to R3.5 billion (2013: R3.1 billion), profit for the period attributable to equity holders of the company. . . Full story | | Revenue from continuing operations for the interim period increased to R1.3 billion (R661.9 million), while gross profit was higher at R597.6. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 52240.06 | 486.99 | 0.94% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 46303.16 | 477.29 | 1.04% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1171.77 | 9.24 | 0.79% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 44307.44 | 517.96 | 1.18% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 74574.73 | 529.05 | 0.71% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 66342.39 | 514.34 | 0.78% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 41358.20 | 592.10 | 1.45% | DJ Futures | 19:52 | 17825.00 | 187.00 | 1.06% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 17833.24 | 197.85 | 1.12% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 2060.56 | 16.32 | 0.80% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 4882.70 | 32.76 | 0.68% | FTSE 100 | 17:48 | 6776.86 | 55.35 | 0.82% | DAX | 19:08 | 11799.39 | -6.60 | -0.06% | CAC40 | 19:08 | 4987.33 | -10.42 | -0.21% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 18991.11 | 267.59 | 1.43% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 3349.32 | 58.42 | 1.78% | Hang-Seng | 06:28 | 23819.59 | 101.62 | 0.43% | All Ords | 07:42 | 5816.00 | 52.70 | 0.91% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 5886.78 | 24.80 | 0.42% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1153.56 | -1.52 | -0.13% | Gold R | 19:58 | 14160.78 | 12.35 | 0.09% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 455239 | -1990 | -0.44% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 15.5550 | .0640 | 0.41% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1115.43 | -1.07 | -0.10% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 789.80 | 2.55 | 0.32% | R186 | 16:57 | 7.86 | -.04 | -0.51% | R204 | 16:57 | 7.13 | -.01 | -0.14% | R207 | 16:57 | 7.32 | -.02 | -0.27% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 57.07 | .68 | 1.21% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 12.2719 | 0.0235 | 0.19% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 18.2018 | -0.0592 | -0.32% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 13.0131 | 0.0916 | 0.71% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 9.0496 | 0.1338 | 1.50% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.4357 | 0.1329 | 1.43% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 121.3670 | -0.1120 | -0.09% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.9423 | -0.0058 | -0.61% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.0610 | 0.0063 | 0.60% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6724 | 0.0028 | 0.42% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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12/03/2015 | 196 | 135 | 49 | 380 | 284,003,160 | R20,460,224,266 | 281878 | 1684042 | 11/03/2015 | 133 | 218 | 58 | 409 | 375,271,860 | R27,228,747,261 | 317648 | 1566322 | 10/03/2015 | 102 | 252 | 68 | 422 | 310,301,845 | R21,058,064,475 | 325497 | 1587566 | 09/03/2015 | 82 | 277 | 52 | 411 | 225,321,946 | R16,620,180,358 | 242279 | 22154 | 06/03/2015 | 178 | 184 | 66 | 428 | 279,402,495 | R19,242,125,497 | 259591 | 372170 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 46,303.16 | 477.29 | 1.04% | Industrial | 74,574.73 | 529.05 | 0.71% | Mid Cap | 72,065.41 | 375.06 | 0.52% | Small Cap | 59,388.46 | -8.10 | -0.01% | Resource 20 | 41,358.20 | 592.10 | 1.45% | Industrial 25 | 66,342.39 | 514.34 | 0.78% | Financial 15 | 16,973.91 | 228.01 | 1.36% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 71,189.09 | 681.00 | 0.97% | All Share | 52,240.06 | 486.99 | 0.94% | Oil & Gas | 30,348.80 | 285.93 | 0.95% | Mining | 25,118.41 | 363.33 | 1.47% | Gold Mining | 1,171.77 | 9.24 | 0.79% | Platinum Mining | 30.46 | .25 | 0.83% | GENERAL MINING | 7,377.36 | 117.94 | 1.62% | Oil & Gas Producers | 16,317.99 | 153.74 | 0.95% | Basic Materials | 23,354.52 | 299.47 | 1.30% | Chemicals | 22,256.65 | 293.26 | 1.34% | Forestry & Paper | 41,138.12 | 50.27 | 0.12% | Industrial Metals | 10,810.85 | 97.94 | 0.91% | Industrials | 46,210.73 | 96.45 | 0.21% | General Industrials | 164.22 | 1.17 | 0.72% | Consumer Goods | 66,315.49 | 663.05 | 1.01% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,730.86 | -81.52 | -1.04% | Household Goods | 455.96 | -1 | -0.31% | Health Care | 11,237.70 | 60.87 | 0.54% | Beverages | 228.18 | 3.28 | 1.46% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 9,348.04 | 43.77 | 0.47% | Personal Goods | 1,024.53 | 13.68 | 1.35% | Consumer Services | 15,660.87 | 41.78 | 0.27% | General Retailers | 82,474.57 | -432.34 | -0.52% | Travel & Leisure | 6,327.32 | 54.51 | 0.87% | Media | 376.19 | 3.27 | 0.88% | Support Services | 2,998.31 | -.58 | -0.02% | Telecommunications | 10,718.25 | 145.35 | 1.37% | Financials | 44,307.44 | 517.96 | 1.18% | Banks | 77,751.01 | 1576.56 | 2.07% | Non-life Insurance | 57,424.97 | 1786.56 | 3.21% | Life Insurance | 43,536.47 | 599.15 | 1.40% | General Financial | 4,051.62 | 41.88 | 1.04% | Technology | 57,535.99 | 310.15 | 0.54% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,542.71 | 39 | 1.12% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,797.98 | 38 | 1.02% | COAL MINING | 12,440.75 | 126 | 1.03% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 6,860.20 | -13 | -0.18% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,510.61 | -3 | -0.23% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 641.69 | | -0.18% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 553.79 | | -0.17% | RESOURCE | 22,668.22 | 308 | 1.38% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 236.59 | 2 | 0.81% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 9,771.98 | 99 | 1.02% | Capped Top 40 | 24,705.50 | 253 | 1.04% | Capped All Share | 26,497.11 | 247 | 0.94% | JSE TABACO | 8,525.77 | 18 | 0.21% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | SAB | SABMILLER PLC | HOLD | 10/03/2015 | SOL | SASOL LIMITED | BUY | 10/03/2015 | CFR | COMPAGNIE FIN RICHEMONT | HOLD | 10/03/2015 | MND | MONDI LIMITED | HOLD | 09/03/2015 | ARI | AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS | BUY | 09/03/2015 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 13/03/2015 | COAL | December 2014 (Interim) | 13/03/2015 | EASTPLATS | December 2014 (Final) | 13/03/2015 | EHSV | December 2014 (Final) | 13/03/2015 | ELBGROUP | December 2014 (Interim) | 13/03/2015 | ELBGROUP6 | December 2014 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ECSP A2 | 11/03/15 | 26/03/15 | 07/04/15 | ZAR 0.6849 | ECSPONENT | 11/03/15 | 27/03/15 | 07/04/15 | ZAR 0.9075 | RMBH | 11/03/15 | 20/03/15 | 30/03/15 | ZAR 1.2200 | ECSP C2 | 11/03/15 | 26/03/15 | 07/04/15 | ZAR 0.9075 | ASCENDIS | 11/03/15 | 08/05/15 | 18/05/15 | ZAR 0.0800 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | KUMBA | 10/02/15 | 06/03/15 | 16/03/15 | ZAR 7.7300 | DSY B PREF | 19/02/15 | 06/03/15 | 16/03/15 | ZAR 4.6500 | TRUWTHS | 19/02/15 | 06/03/15 | 16/03/15 | ZAR 2.3600 | CITYLDG | 18/02/15 | 06/03/15 | 16/03/15 | ZAR 2.3000 | REMGRO | 19/02/15 | 06/03/15 | 16/03/15 | ZAR 1.6900 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | REB | Rebosis Property Fund Ltd. | 18/03/2015 | Confirmed |
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