Friday, 21 August 2015 - 20:00
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Top News
South African stocks booked their weakest week since September 2014 on Friday, dragged down by worries that China's economy is slowing and by a slew of negative results from mining firms which tempted some investors to buy. Full story
Local markets
The JSE All Share closed 1.47% lower on Friday, as financial shares led losses on the local bourse. Gold miners climbed 2.02%. Full story |
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North Korea put its troops on a war footing on Friday as South Korea rejected an ultimatum to stop propaganda broadcasts or face military action, prompting China to voice concern and urge both sides to step back. Full storyIsraeli said its forces killed at least five Palestinian militants in an air strike on the Syrian Golan Heights on Friday after cross-border rocket fire from there prompted the heaviest Israeli bombardment since Syria's civil war began in 2011. Full storyMacedonian police fired tear gas and stun grenades to drive migrants and refugees back from its southern border from Greece on Friday but crowds continued to build up at a new bottleneck in an increasingly desperate flight to western Europe. Full story |
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Markets | World stock markets fell
sharply on Friday, heading for their worst week of the year, and
commodities swung lower as more data pointed. . . Full story | | Gold steadied on Friday having
hit its highest in more than six weeks and was heading for its
biggest weekly climb since mid-January. . . Full story | | China stock markets tanked more
than 4 percent on Friday, taking weekly losses for the main
indexes to nearly 12 percent and casting. . . Full story | | Hong Kong stocks fell for the sixth
straight day on Friday to their lowest level 14 in months, with
the benchmark posting its. . . Full story |
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| Australian shares skidded to an
eight-month low as investors sold off after a weak industry
survey from China, which heightened concerns about Australia's
biggest. . . Full story | | Japan's Nikkei share average
dropped more than 2 percent to six-week lows on Friday morning
after Wall Street tumbled as investors unloaded risky. . . Full story | | World stock markets tumbled and
Brent oil prices remained under pressure on Thursday as another
slump in the equity market of China, the. . . Full story | | Gold hit its highest in
five weeks on Thursday as the dollar eased after minutes from
the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting suggested policymakers. . . Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's rand traded within striking distance of the previous day's 14-year low against the dollar on Friday, weighed down like other commodity currencies by signs of slowing growth in China.. . . Full story | | Administrators for Glencore's South African coal mining subsidiary suspended the firm's supply agreement with national power utility Eskom on Thursday while the mining unit undergoes a financial rescue programme.. . . Full story | | South Africa stocks ended weaker on Thursday, despite strong gains by resource stocks, with MTN the main loser among blue chips because most of its business is in emerging markets.. . . Full story |
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| Disappointing China factory data
clobbered emerging market assets on Friday with stocks on track
for their steepest weekly loss in more than two years and
currencies diving further as domestic woes added to a bleak
global backdrop.. . . Full story | | South African retailer Truworths International said on Thursday it thinks the worst is over for bad debts amongst consumers in Africa's most advanced economy as its sales on in-store credit rose in the second half of its year ended June 28.. . . Full story |
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Company News | Shareholders are hereby advised that PSV has entered into negotiations regarding the potential disposal of one or more of its business. . . Full story | | Shareholders are hereby advised that the summarised annual financial statements contained in the Notice of Annual General Meeting (ôNOMö) have been. . . Full story | | Shareholders of Alaris (ôShareholdersö) are referred to the circular to Shareholders dated 22 July 2015 (ôCircularö) which incorporated, inter alia, a. . . Full story | | The board of directors of Omnia announced that the rating agency Global Credit Rating Co. (ôGCRö) has affirmed OmniaÆs long term. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue grew by 8% to R1.4 billion (R1.3 billion) whilst operating profit decreased by 59% to R48.7 million (R118.6 million). Profit. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period ended 30 June 2015 increased to R8.324 billion (2014: R7.412 billion). Net operating profit turned around. . . Full story | | Sales revenue increased to R6 billion (2014: R5.3 billion). Operating profit jumped to R595.8 million (2014: R61.5 million), loss attributable to. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period decreased to USD1.3 billion (USD1.5 billion). Operating profit lowered to USD522 million (USD603 million). Loss attributable. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 49028.36 | -733.31 | -1.47% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 43404.56 | -744.83 | -1.69% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1022.93 | 20.30 | 2.02% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 43099.47 | -630.62 | -1.44% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 70522.10 | -1099.00 | -1.53% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 62744.73 | -1002.27 | -1.57% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 35327.10 | -476.03 | -1.33% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 16654.00 | -263.00 | -1.55% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 16657.24 | -333.45 | -1.96% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1996.59 | -39.14 | -1.92% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 4778.68 | -98.81 | -2.03% | FTSE 100 | 16:33 | 6249.86 | -118.03 | -1.85% | DAX | 18:08 | 10124.52 | -307.67 | -2.95% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 4630.99 | -152.56 | -3.19% | Nikkei | 08:32 | 19435.83 | -597.69 | -2.98% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 3507.74 | -156.55 | -4.27% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 22409.62 | -347.85 | -1.53% | All Ords | 08:43 | 5224.80 | -70.70 | -1.34% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 5751.19 | 8.73 | 0.15% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1157.31 | 3.81 | 0.33% | Gold R | 19:59 | 14992.41 | 80.79 | 0.54% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 482005 | 4892 | 1.03% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 15.3010 | -.2380 | -1.53% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1023.91 | -7.09 | -0.69% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 605.14 | -13.36 | -2.16% | R186 | 17:40 | 8.34 | .07 | 0.85% | R204 | 17:08 | 7.58 | .04 | 0.53% | R207 | 17:39 | 7.81 | .02 | 0.32% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 45.23 | -1.93 | -4.09% | USD / ZAR | 19:59 | 12.9541 | 0.0262 | 0.20% | GBP / ZAR | 19:55 | 20.3010 | 0.0386 | 0.19% | EUR/ ZAR | 19:55 | 14.7141 | 0.1857 | 1.28% | NZD/ ZAR | 19:59 | 8.6651 | 0.0959 | 1.12% | AUD / ZAR | 19:55 | 9.4961 | 0.0066 | 0.07% | USD / JPY | 19:59 | 122.2600 | -1.1410 | -0.92% | EUR / USD | 19:59 | 1.1360 | 0.0126 | 1.12% | GBP / USD | 19:59 | 1.5693 | 0.0004 | 0.02% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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21/08/2015 | 113 | 264 | 73 | 450 | 326,012,693 | R26,258,931,118 | 351411 | 1952457 | 20/08/2015 | 159 | 217 | 52 | 428 | 332,395,060 | R25,603,034,034 | 361337 | 1991082 | 19/08/2015 | 92 | 254 | 51 | 397 | 262,699,385 | R16,192,264,777 | 227362 | 1533017 | 18/08/2015 | 203 | 142 | 70 | 415 | 260,895,289 | R17,258,096,147 | 222540 | 1585095 | 17/08/2015 | 165 | 170 | 65 | 400 | 214,540,505 | R15,921,623,036 | 243963 | 1534496 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 43,404.56 | -744.83 | -1.69% | Industrial | 70,522.10 | -1099.00 | -1.53% | Mid Cap | 67,323.98 | -210.88 | -0.31% | Small Cap | 58,231.51 | -502.65 | -0.86% | Resource 20 | 35,327.10 | -476.03 | -1.33% | Industrial 25 | 62,744.73 | -1002.27 | -1.57% | Financial 15 | 16,116.47 | -271.01 | -1.65% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 67,543.98 | -1134.57 | -1.65% | All Share | 49,028.36 | -733.31 | -1.47% | Oil & Gas | 8,931.12 | -380.94 | -4.09% | Mining | 21,071.44 | -263.11 | -1.23% | Gold Mining | 1,022.93 | 20.30 | 2.02% | Platinum Mining | 24.60 | -.13 | -0.53% | GENERAL MINING | 6,193.92 | -110.11 | -1.75% | Oil & Gas Producers | 48,020.96 | -2048.29 | -4.09% | Basic Materials | 20,551.99 | -292.85 | -1.40% | Chemicals | 19,880.87 | -305.65 | -1.51% | Forestry & Paper | 46,793.38 | -1023.01 | -2.14% | Industrial Metals | 5,776.76 | -58.69 | -1.01% | Industrials | 42,207.08 | -558.67 | -1.31% | General Industrials | 150.79 | -1.96 | -1.28% | Consumer Goods | 64,847.51 | -1237.76 | -1.87% | Automobiles & Parts | 7,427.42 | -382.70 | -4.90% | Household Goods | 519.99 | -11 | -1.99% | Health Care | 9,224.43 | -223.18 | -2.36% | Beverages | 214.07 | -5.80 | -2.64% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 8,396.19 | -212.81 | -2.47% | Personal Goods | 991.77 | -6.49 | -0.65% | Consumer Services | 15,121.82 | -85.95 | -0.57% | General Retailers | 8,169.98 | -2.17 | -0.03% | Travel & Leisure | 5,982.85 | 61.42 | 1.04% | Media | 353.87 | -2.10 | -0.59% | Support Services | 3,189.71 | -9.79 | -0.31% | Telecommunications | 9,187.23 | -173.95 | -1.86% | Financials | 43,099.47 | -630.62 | -1.44% | Banks | 7,355.22 | -39.80 | -0.54% | Non-life Insurance | 53,655.34 | -898.38 | -1.65% | Life Insurance | 39,110.77 | -1165.44 | -2.89% | General Financial | 4,415.62 | -121.38 | -2.68% | Technology | 65,847.54 | -2509.95 | -3.67% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,204.64 | -64 | -1.97% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,441.77 | -61 | -1.73% | COAL MINING | 8,298.05 | -231 | -2.71% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 6,570.08 | -46 | -0.70% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,451.48 | 2 | 0.11% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 644.14 | | -0.49% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 574.07 | | -0.52% | RESOURCE | 19,135.69 | -239 | -1.23% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 202.31 | -1 | -0.72% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,897.78 | -138 | -1.53% | Capped Top 40 | 23,180.64 | -400 | -1.70% | Capped All Share | 24,868.08 | -372 | -1.47% | JSE TABACO | 9,134.27 | -177 | -1.90% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | BLU | BLUE LABEL TELECOMS LTD | BUY | 20/08/2015 | EXX | EXXARO RESOURCES LIMITED | HOLD | 20/08/2015 | HAR | HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPA... | HOLD | 19/08/2015 | SBK | STANDARD BANK GROUP LIMIT... | BUY | 19/08/2015 | SHP | SHOPRITE HOLDINGS LIMITED | HOLD | 19/08/2015 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 24/08/2015 | ADVTECH | June 2015 (Interim) | 24/08/2015 | GSPG001 | June 2015 (Final) | 24/08/2015 | KERSAFP | June 2015 (Final) | 24/08/2015 | SPG001 | June 2015 (Final) | 24/08/2015 | SUNINT | June 2015 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TRUWTHS | 20/08/15 | 04/09/15 | 14/09/15 | ZAR 1.6900 | GFIELDS | 20/08/15 | 04/09/15 | 14/09/15 | ZAR 0.0400 | ONELOGIX | 20/08/15 | 25/09/15 | 05/10/15 | ZAR 0.0600 | EXXARO | 20/08/15 | 04/09/15 | 14/09/15 | ZAR 0.6500 | BLUETEL | 19/08/15 | 04/09/15 | 14/09/15 | ZAR 0.3100 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | MTN GROUP | 05/08/15 | 21/08/15 | 31/08/15 | ZAR 4.8000 | FIRSTRANDB-P | 28/07/15 | 14/08/15 | 24/08/15 | ZAR 3.6393 | FORTRESSA | 30/07/15 | 21/08/15 | 31/08/15 | ZAR 0.6138 | BATS | 29/07/15 | 14/08/15 | 30/09/15 | GBP 0.4940 | CAPPROP | 29/07/15 | 21/08/15 | 31/08/15 | ZAR 0.4277 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | SPA | Spanjaard Ltd. | 21/08/2015 | Confirmed | AME | African Media Entertainment Ltd. | 21/08/2015 | Confirmed | SEP | Sephaku Holdings Ltd. | 21/08/2015 | Unconfirmed | ECS | Ecsponent Ltd. | 25/08/2015 | Confirmed | ECSP1 | Ecsponent Ltd. | 25/08/2015 | Confirmed |
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