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South Africa's mining ministry held talks with companies and unions over planned job cuts on Wednesday, as President Jacob Zuma's government frets over high unemployment ahead of key elections next year. Full story
Local markets
The All Share rose 0.64% on Wednesday, with gains led by a 3.53% advance in resource shares. Full story |
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Russia and the United States have been unable as yet to agree a common approach to fighting Islamic State insurgents, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday after his second meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in recent days. Full storyMalaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak confirmed on early on Thursday that a Boeing 777 wing segment discovered in the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is from the missing Flight MH370, the first real breakthrough in the search for the plane that disappeared 17 months ago. Full storyThe United States has conducted its first drone strike into northern Syria from a base in Turkey, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, ahead of what Ankara said would soon be a "comprehensive battle" against Islamic State militants there. Full story |
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Markets | The U.S. dollar rose against
major currencies on Wednesday after data showed the pace of
growth in the U.S. service sector surged in. . . Full story | | Gold fell on Wednesday to hover
near the recent 5-1/2 year low as the dollar firmed on U.S.
services sector data that revived. . . Full story | | The dollar rose to its highest in
more than three months on Wednesday after a Federal Reserve
official said the central bank was. . . Full story | | Hong Kong shares rose slightly
on Wednesday, shrugging off the impact from mainland shares
which fell as investors remained wary following the recent
volatility.. . . Full story |
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| Australian shares fell on
Wednesday as investors booked profits in bank stocks, but a
surge in Fortescue Metals Group helped underpin the mining
sector.. . . Full story | | Japan's Nikkei share average posted
modest gains on Wednesday as stronger earnings buoyed
construction firms and real estate developers, but Toyota Motor
and other. . . Full story | | The U.S. dollar rose on Tuesday,
while stocks and Treasuries prices fell after comments from a
top Federal Reserve official brought forward market. . . Full story | | Gold retreated from
intraday highs on Tuesday as the dollar moved higher and a
voting member of the U.S. Federal Reserve said he. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Unions representing workers at South African coal producers have dismissed a wage offer from employers' body, the Chamber of Mines and. . . Full story | | Africa's top mobile phone operator, MTN Group, gave a downbeat outlook for Nigeria, its biggest market, on Wednesday after losing high-end. . . Full story | | South Africa's business confidence index recovered in July but the outlook for the rest of the year remains vulnerable because of. . . Full story | | South Africa's government will meet with unions and mining companies on Wednesday to find a way of saving jobs as the. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's state-controlled Scaw Metals Group, which makes various products using steel, could cut up to 1,000 jobs at several of. . . Full story | | Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium has a "reasonable prospect" of recovering despite closing operations and possibly cutting jobs, the South African. . . Full story | | Palabora Mining Company has halted operations at its South African copper mine after protests by members of a nearby community over. . . Full story | | Emerging market currencies slid on
Thursday, some to their lowest in more than a decade, after a
Federal Reserve policymaker backed September for. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Wednesday rejected the gold industry's wage hike offer of up to 17 percent,. . . Full story | | Activity in South Africa's private sector declined in July, with output and new orders contracting the most in more than a. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand touched a fresh 14-year low against the dollar on Wednesday amid concerns about the ailing local economy and. . . Full story | | South Africa's mines minister has ordered Glencore to suspend all operations at a coal mine because of the way it planned. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are referred to the renewal of cautionary announcement released by the company on SENS on 24 June 2015 and are. . . Full story | | Renewal of Cautionary Announcement- Possible Infant Nutritionals Business Acquisition
Shareholders are referred to the cautionary announcement released by Aspen on 14 May. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the announcement issued on 17 July 2015 that the company entered into an agreement on 15 July. . . Full story | | In accordance with Section 3.83(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements, Altron hereby confirms that the company has received a notice in. . . Full story |
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| The board of directors of Taste advised shareholders that the litigation between The Traditional Fish and Chips (Pty) Ltd. and others,. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that despite efforts to complete the Business Rescue Proceedings of the company within three months of the date. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the various cautionary announcements published on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE Ltd., the last. . . Full story | | The company is in the process of finalising its results for the year ended 31 May 2015, in which growth in. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period ended 31 June 2015 decreased by 22.1% to R1.423 billion (2014: R1.827 billion). Gross profit plummeted. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period rose to R2.223 billion (2014: R1.991 billion). EBITDA lowered to R335.9 million (2014: R431.1 million), profit. . . Full story | | Net interest income rose to R11.7 billion (R11.3 billion). Profit from operations jumped to R6.9 billion (R6.4 billion). Profit attributable to. . . Full story | | Net interest income rose by 2.6% to R10.981 billion (2014: R10.698 billion), profit from operations increased by 5.8% to R5.523 billion. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 52774.21 | 336.37 | 0.64% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 47259.06 | 341.52 | 0.73% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 760.74 | 3.37 | 0.44% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 46360.41 | 50.56 | 0.11% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 76636.73 | 236.93 | 0.31% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 68471.54 | 199.49 | 0.29% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 36338.64 | 1239.60 | 3.53% | DJ Futures | 19:48 | 17460.00 | -167.00 | -0.95% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 17529.08 | -21.61 | -0.12% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 2098.45 | 5.13 | 0.25% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 5137.92 | 32.37 | 0.63% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 6752.41 | 65.84 | 0.98% | DAX | 18:10 | 11636.30 | 180.23 | 1.57% | CAC40 | 18:10 | 5196.73 | 84.59 | 1.65% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 20614.06 | 93.70 | 0.46% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 3694.57 | -61.97 | -1.65% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 24514.16 | 108.04 | 0.44% | All Ords | 08:37 | 5659.50 | -22.40 | -0.39% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 5938.51 | 4.76 | 0.08% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1086.06 | -1.60 | -0.15% | Gold R | 19:59 | 13866.55 | 13866.55 | 0.00% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 446279 | -364 | -0.08% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 14.5990 | .0230 | 0.16% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 946.50 | -2.50 | -0.26% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 595.80 | 1.80 | 0.30% | R186 | 16:57 | 8.26 | .04 | 0.55% | R204 | 16:57 | 7.58 | .05 | 0.66% | R207 | 16:57 | 7.80 | .04 | 0.45% | Brent Crude | 19:48 | 49.24 | -.28 | -0.57% | USD / ZAR | 19:59 | 12.7697 | 0.0304 | 0.24% | GBP / ZAR | 19:55 | 19.9110 | 0.1128 | 0.57% | EUR/ ZAR | 19:55 | 13.9219 | 0.0502 | 0.36% | NZD/ ZAR | 19:59 | 8.3184 | 8.3184 | 0.00% | AUD / ZAR | 19:55 | 9.3990 | -0.0038 | -0.04% | USD / JPY | 19:59 | 124.7560 | 0.3960 | 0.32% | EUR / USD | 19:59 | 1.0901 | 0.0011 | 0.10% | GBP / USD | 19:59 | 1.5611 | 0.0047 | 0.30% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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05/08/2015 | 198 | 136 | 67 | 401 | 239,293,693 | R17,226,814,380 | 221503 | 1351262 | 04/08/2015 | 239 | 114 | 67 | 420 | 297,071,799 | R17,397,904,518 | 243446 | 1358201 | 03/08/2015 | 143 | 219 | 63 | 425 | 228,811,206 | R14,070,519,595 | 210114 | 1379299 | 31/07/2015 | 205 | 157 | 63 | 425 | 350,370,077 | R23,147,737,427 | 236671 | 1543485 | 30/07/2015 | 177 | 162 | 67 | 406 | 315,881,320 | R18,569,517,947 | 215781 | 1402911 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 47,259.06 | 341.52 | 0.73% | Industrial | 76,636.73 | 236.93 | 0.31% | Mid Cap | 68,317.98 | 104.35 | 0.15% | Small Cap | 59,367.67 | 208.63 | 0.35% | Resource 20 | 36,338.64 | 1239.60 | 3.53% | Industrial 25 | 68,471.54 | 199.49 | 0.29% | Financial 15 | 17,537.77 | 60.17 | 0.34% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 73,855.15 | 254.75 | 0.35% | All Share | 52,774.21 | 336.37 | 0.64% | Oil & Gas | 10,886.65 | -101.59 | -0.92% | Mining | 21,646.21 | 732.25 | 3.50% | Gold Mining | 760.74 | 3.37 | 0.44% | Platinum Mining | 21.16 | .44 | 2.12% | GENERAL MINING | 6,721.52 | 255.51 | 3.95% | Oil & Gas Producers | 58,535.51 | -546.21 | -0.92% | Basic Materials | 21,558.98 | 532.76 | 2.53% | Chemicals | 21,885.77 | -22.53 | -0.10% | Forestry & Paper | 50,673.46 | 959.34 | 1.93% | Industrial Metals | 6,325.62 | 73.55 | 1.18% | Industrials | 44,935.59 | 35.73 | 0.08% | General Industrials | 161.73 | .36 | 0.22% | Consumer Goods | 70,040.96 | 472.60 | 0.68% | Automobiles & Parts | 8,344.53 | 144.93 | 1.77% | Household Goods | 537.36 | 6 | 1.16% | Health Care | 10,143.95 | -52.28 | -0.51% | Beverages | 231.64 | 1.80 | 0.78% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 8,828.29 | -44.50 | -0.50% | Personal Goods | 1,098.24 | 5.89 | 0.54% | Consumer Services | 16,417.95 | -33.60 | -0.20% | General Retailers | 8,509.86 | -80.38 | -0.94% | Travel & Leisure | 6,147.97 | 23.67 | 0.39% | Media | 393.96 | .78 | 0.20% | Support Services | 3,388.05 | 8.41 | 0.25% | Telecommunications | 10,335.02 | 16.40 | 0.16% | Financials | 46,360.41 | 50.56 | 0.11% | Banks | 8,086.65 | 25.10 | 0.31% | Non-life Insurance | 55,076.92 | .00 | 0.00% | Life Insurance | 42,878.37 | 2.04 | 0.00% | General Financial | 4,932.92 | -43.94 | -0.88% | Technology | 70,368.08 | 2331.75 | 3.43% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,496.61 | 56 | 1.62% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,688.15 | 49 | 1.34% | COAL MINING | 8,964.27 | 169 | 1.93% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 6,702.53 | 15 | 0.22% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,410.87 | -3 | -0.19% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 655.16 | | -0.14% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 578.08 | | 0.36% | RESOURCE | 19,659.65 | 665 | 3.50% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 215.19 | 1 | 0.40% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 9,516.40 | 89 | 0.94% | Capped Top 40 | 25,229.82 | 185 | 0.74% | Capped All Share | 26,768.04 | 171 | 0.64% | JSE TABACO | 9,734.08 | 95 | 0.99% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | PFG | PIONEER FOODS GROUP LTD | SELL | 04/08/2015 | BGA | BARCLAYS AFRICA GRP LTD | HOLD | 03/08/2015 | CPF | CAPITAL PROPERTY FUND LIM... | SELL | 03/08/2015 | ACL | ARCELORMITTAL SA LTD | HOLD | 03/08/2015 | BTI | BRITISH AM. TOBACCO PLC | HOLD | 31/07/2015 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 06/08/2015 | AQUARIUS | June 2015 (Final) | 06/08/2015 | AQUARIUSCVT | June 2015 (Final) | 06/08/2015 | MONDILTD | June 2015 (Interim) | 06/08/2015 | MONDILTDP | June 2015 (Interim) | 06/08/2015 | MONDIPLC | June 2015 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | NEDBANK-P | 04/08/15 | 21/08/15 | 31/08/15 | ZAR 0.3822 | MERAFE | 04/08/15 | 21/08/15 | 31/08/15 | ZAR 0.0100 | NEDBANK | 04/08/15 | 04/09/15 | 14/09/15 | ZAR 5.3700 | ASCEN A | 30/07/15 | 21/08/15 | 31/08/15 | ZAR 0.2095 | FORTRESSB | 30/07/15 | 21/08/15 | 31/08/15 | ZAR 0.3920 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | PERGRIN | 10/06/15 | 31/07/15 | 11/08/15 | ZAR 1.5000 | SABMILLER | 13/05/15 | 31/07/15 | 07/08/15 | USD 0.8700 | BRAIT | 17/06/15 | 31/07/15 | 11/08/15 | ZAR 0.7712 | ANGLO | 24/07/15 | 31/07/15 | 17/09/15 | USD 0.3200 | PRESCIENT | 24/06/15 | 31/07/15 | 11/08/15 | ZAR 0.0300 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | AFT | Afrimat Ltd. | 05/08/2015 | Confirmed | HUG | Huge Group Ltd. | 05/08/2015 | Confirmed | SAR | Safari Investments RSA Ltd. | 05/08/2015 | Confirmed | TSX | Trans Hex Group Ltd. | 06/08/2015 | Confirmed | INPR | Investec Ltd. | 06/08/2015 | Confirmed |
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