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Gold mining shares fell 2.37% on Wednesday, leading losses almost across sectors with the All Share down 0.21%. Full story
South African stocks were on the back foot on Wednesday as skittish investors holding stock in Tiger Brands and MTN Group were unnerved by bad news from both firms.
Tiger Brands lost 4.5 percent after saying executives at its Kenyan business had tinkered with figures to reflect a r Full story |
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Malaysia and Indonesia said on Wednesday they would offer shelter to 7,000 "boat people" adrift at sea in rickety boats but made clear their assistance was temporary and they would take no more. Full storyIraqi forces said they fought off an overnight attack by Islamic State militants near the city of Ramadi, which the insurgents overran at the weekend in the most significant setback for the government in a year. Full storyThe United Nations refugee agency on Wednesday welcomed a promise by Malaysia and Indonesia to offer temporary shelter to 7,000 migrants adrift at sea and called for them to be brought to shore immediately. Full story |
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Markets | The euro slid to two-week lows
on Wednesday after a Greek official said the country may miss a
debt repayment, while U.S. and. . . Full story | | Gold edged higher on Wednesday,
recovering some lost ground after the previous session's slide,
but gains were muted as the dollar strengthened ahead. . . Full story | | Hong Kong stocks ended mixed on
Wednesday, with the benchmark Hang Seng index sagging but
an index tracking Chinese companies firmer, helped by. . . Full story | | China stocks climbed on
Wednesday, energised by a surge in tech-heavy, Shenzhen-listed
shares after the city's bourse dramatically expanded the number
of firms in. . . Full story |
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| Japanese stocks closed at a
15-year peak on Wednesday, helped by data showing a surprisingly
rapid pace of domestic economic growth in the. . . Full story | | Australian shares slid to a
3-1/2-month low on Wednesday as falling commodity prices pushed
down mining and energy stocks.. . . Full story | | Asian shares slipped on Wednesday
after a mixed day on Wall Street, though Japan's
better-than-expected economic growth lifted the Nikkei to a
15-year high.. . . Full story | | U.S. and European equities rose
to trade near record highs on Tuesday, and the euro tumbled on
signals the European Central Bank may. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Tiger Brands, South Africa's biggest consumer foods manufacturer, said executives at its Kenyan business had cheated to reach targets as it. . . Full story | | About 2,000 South African workers of MTN Group went on strike on Wednesday demanding more pay, the first major industrial action. . . Full story | | South Africa's retail sales grew 2 percent year-on-year in March, below market expectations and lower than a revised 3.7 percent expansion. . . Full story | | South Africa's headline consumer inflation quickened to 4.5 percent year-on-year in April, slightly below expectations, from 4.0 percent in March, data. . . Full story |
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| Four major banks
agreed to plead guilty on Wednesday to trying to manipulate
foreign exchange rates and six were fined nearly $6 billion. . . Full story | | Oil-market watchers are
struggling to reconcile the large estimated oversupply in the
market with the much smaller buildup of reported inventories and
narrowing contango. . . Full story | | South Africa's Tiger Brands said on Wednesday executives at its Kenyan unit Haco Industries had manipulated numbers to reach targets, irregularities. . . Full story | | Martell, the cognac brand of
French drinks group Pernod Ricard, is betting on
recovering demand in China, and growth in the U.S., travel
retail. . . Full story |
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| Emerging market currencies and
stocks fell on Monday, coming under pressure from a climbing
dollar after better-than-expected U.S. housing data.. . . Full story | | China is proposing to include
non-Asian countries on the board of the Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) in a move interpreted by some nations as
giving small shareholders a voice in the institution, the
Philippines'. . . Full story | | South Africa's SacOil Holdings has ended its joint venture with Nigeria's Nigdel United Oil Company and abandoned its oil licence in that country as softer oil prices forced the firm to. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are referred to the companyÆs outlook statement contained in the message to shareholders, forming part of AltronÆs preliminary summarised audited. . . Full story | | HCI sadly announces that non-executive director, Virginia Engel, died peacefully on Monday evening with her family at her side.. . . Full story | | In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Ltd., companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as. . . Full story | | In terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as. . . Full story |
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| Central Rand Gold is pleased to announce that it is undertaking a placing and subscription to raise ú0.60 million through the placing (the ôPlacingö) of 2,550,000 new ordinary shares ("Placing Shares") and the subscription (the ôSubscriptionö) of 3,465,000 new ordinary shares. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that following the release of the results for the six months ended 31 March 2015, the investor presentation made on 20 May 2015 will be available on the Tiger Brands website. www.tigerbrands.com. The investor presentation will take place. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period decreased by 6% to R2.2 billion (2014: R2.3 billion). Results from operating activities came in at. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period increased by 9% to R4.5 billion (2014: R4.2 billion). Gross profit declined by 2% to R1.3. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period increased by 7% to R3.935 billion (2014: R3.682 billion). Operating profit rose by 5% to R502.8. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year decreased to R913.4 million (R915.1 million). Profit from operating activities was lower at R56.2 million (R57.8 million),. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 16:50 | 54212.44 | -114.69 | -0.21% | JSE Top 40 | 16:49 | 47995.72 | -147.37 | -0.31% | JSE Gold | 16:50 | 1131.24 | -27.42 | -2.37% | JSE Financial | 16:50 | 46288.00 | 37.71 | 0.08% | JSE Industrial | 16:50 | 77153.30 | -212.35 | -0.27% | JSE Indust 25 | 16:50 | 68626.10 | -249.44 | -0.36% | JSE Resource | 16:50 | 42705.11 | -197.75 | -0.46% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 18254.00 | -30.00 | -0.16% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 18278.36 | -34.03 | -0.19% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 2125.35 | -2.48 | -0.12% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 5069.58 | -0.45 | -0.01% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 7007.26 | 12.16 | 0.17% | DAX | 18:08 | 11848.47 | -4.86 | -0.04% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 5133.30 | 16.00 | 0.31% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 20196.56 | 170.18 | 0.85% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 4446.29 | 28.74 | 0.65% | Hang-Seng | 06:28 | 27638.37 | -55.17 | -0.20% | All Ords | 08:36 | 5614.00 | -5.40 | -0.10% | NZSE 50 | 07:28 | 5755.79 | -1.37 | -0.02% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 20:00 | 1210.01 | 2.12 | 0.18% | Gold R | 19:59 | 14354.16 | -14.30 | -0.10% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 461586 | -2620 | -0.56% | Silver $ | 20:00 | 17.1460 | .0370 | 0.22% | Platinum $ | 20:00 | 1155.90 | 1.95 | 0.17% | Palladium $ | 20:00 | 774.25 | .95 | 0.12% | R186 | 16:59 | 7.97 | -.07 | -0.81% | R204 | 16:59 | 7.22 | -.04 | -0.62% | R207 | 16:59 | 7.46 | -.04 | -0.60% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 64.93 | .91 | 1.42% | Rand / Dollar | 20:00 | 11.8642 | -0.0313 | -0.26% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 18.3975 | -0.0307 | -0.17% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 13.1750 | -0.0896 | -0.68% | Rand / NZD | 19:59 | 8.6607 | -0.0808 | -0.92% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 9.3512 | -0.0752 | -0.80% | Yen / Dollar | 20:00 | 121.2380 | 0.5720 | 0.47% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.9004 | 0.0034 | 0.38% | Dollar / Euro | 20:00 | 1.1102 | -0.0042 | -0.38% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6438 | -0.0008 | -0.12% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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20/05/2015 | 155 | 192 | 61 | 408 | 229,407,303 | R15,433,156,970 | 226040 | 1889595 | 19/05/2015 | 187 | 171 | 54 | 412 | 267,452,140 | R16,664,660,004 | 220238 | 1719685 | 18/05/2015 | 199 | 147 | 54 | 400 | 273,780,755 | R15,186,830,642 | 207212 | 1499450 | 15/05/2015 | 216 | 149 | 60 | 425 | 237,855,440 | R16,604,163,198 | 197791 | 1497963 | 14/05/2015 | 156 | 201 | 52 | 409 | 242,132,104 | R15,934,843,121 | 236747 | 1324893 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 47,995.72 | -147.37 | -0.31% | Industrial | 77,153.30 | -212.35 | -0.27% | Mid Cap | 75,030.64 | 148.83 | 0.20% | Small Cap | 62,590.16 | 335.30 | 0.54% | Resource 20 | 42,705.11 | -197.75 | -0.46% | Industrial 25 | 68,626.10 | -249.44 | -0.36% | Financial 15 | 17,504.94 | -30.59 | -0.17% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 73,734.73 | -217.11 | -0.29% | All Share | 54,212.44 | -114.69 | -0.21% | Oil & Gas | 33,015.50 | -1693.10 | -4.88% | Mining | 25,793.58 | -106.28 | -0.41% | Gold Mining | 1,131.24 | -27.42 | -2.37% | Platinum Mining | 31.37 | .25 | 0.80% | GENERAL MINING | 7,649.69 | -18.53 | -0.24% | Oil & Gas Producers | 17,751.83 | -910.35 | -4.88% | Basic Materials | 24,323.90 | 7.81 | 0.03% | Chemicals | 23,090.28 | 188.61 | 0.82% | Forestry & Paper | 46,358.13 | 838.29 | 1.84% | Industrial Metals | 8,752.53 | -320.60 | -3.53% | Industrials | 46,049.82 | 109.93 | 0.24% | General Industrials | 161.63 | -.15 | -0.09% | Consumer Goods | 68,528.49 | -147.93 | -0.22% | Automobiles & Parts | 8,394.35 | -6.79 | -0.08% | Household Goods | 533.86 | 1 | 0.27% | Health Care | 10,527.36 | 23.02 | 0.22% | Beverages | 229.36 | -.11 | -0.05% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 8,906.94 | -183.96 | -2.02% | Personal Goods | 1,089.65 | -1.10 | -0.10% | Consumer Services | 16,603.39 | -42.83 | -0.26% | General Retailers | 86,549.46 | -245.53 | -0.28% | Travel & Leisure | 6,575.08 | -6.51 | -0.10% | Media | 402.18 | -.82 | -0.20% | Support Services | 2,997.51 | 26.02 | 0.88% | Telecommunications | 11,195.22 | -289.47 | -2.52% | Financials | 46,288.00 | 37.71 | 0.08% | Banks | 81,905.88 | -391.99 | -0.48% | Non-life Insurance | 56,659.30 | -923.90 | -1.60% | Life Insurance | 44,292.69 | 34.76 | 0.08% | General Financial | 4,658.65 | 73.19 | 1.60% | Technology | 64,293.93 | 381.70 | 0.60% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,741.23 | -18 | -0.49% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,980.19 | -17 | -0.43% | COAL MINING | 11,047.63 | -279 | -2.47% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 6,979.38 | -30 | -0.43% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,341.92 | 5 | 0.39% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 653.21 | | 0.24% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 566.71 | | -0.01% | RESOURCE | 23,411.38 | -97 | -0.41% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 233.91 | -2 | -0.67% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 10,128.08 | -46 | -0.45% | Capped Top 40 | 25,617.66 | -80 | -0.31% | Capped All Share | 27,497.54 | -58 | -0.21% | JSE TABACO | 8,574.20 | -24 | -0.28% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | PFG | PIONEER FOODS GROUP LTD | SELL | 19/05/2015 | BAW | BARLOWORLD LIMITED | BUY | 19/05/2015 | VOD | VODACOM GROUP LIMITED | HOLD | 19/05/2015 | ARL | ASTRAL FOODS | BUY | 19/05/2015 | SGL | SIBANYE GOLD LIMITED | SELL | 18/05/2015 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 21/05/2015 | AFRIMAT | February 2015 (Final) | 21/05/2015 | DENEB | March 2015 (Final) | 21/05/2015 | HCI | March 2015 (Final) | 21/05/2015 | IAPF | March 2015 (Final) | 21/05/2015 | ILPREF2 | March 2015 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | REUNERT | 19/05/15 | 11/06/15 | 22/06/15 | ZAR 1.0500 | PPC | 19/05/15 | 05/06/15 | 15/06/15 | ZAR 0.2400 | CORONAT | 19/05/15 | 05/06/15 | 15/06/15 | ZAR 2.4600 | CAR | 19/05/15 | 05/06/15 | 15/06/15 | ZAR 0.2000 | NETCARE | 18/05/15 | 11/06/15 | 22/06/15 | ZAR 0.3800 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | PHUMELELA | 10/04/15 | 15/05/15 | 25/05/15 | ZAR 0.2800 | SPANJAARD | 27/02/15 | 15/05/15 | 25/05/15 | ZAR 0.1800 | DCENTRIX | 20/04/15 | 15/05/15 | 25/05/15 | ZAR 0.0946 | RIPLC | 29/04/15 | 15/05/15 | 05/06/15 | GBP 0.0160 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | ILA | Iliad Africa Ltd. | 21/05/2015 | Confirmed | ILAA | Iliad Africa Ltd. | 21/05/2015 | Confirmed | JSE | JSE Ltd. | 21/05/2015 | Confirmed | PET | Petmin Ltd. | 22/05/2015 | Confirmed | LBHP | Liberty Holdings Ltd. | 22/05/2015 | Confirmed |
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