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South Africa's Reserve Bank kept its benchmark repo rate unchanged on Wednesday, saying a weakening economy meant its plan to increase borrowing costs to tackle high inflation would have to be deferred. Full story
Newly-appointed South African mines minister will challenge job cuts sweeping across the mining industry in Africa's most advanced economy, he said on Wednesday. Full story |
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Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the United States to help tackle climate change and called on Americans to build a truly tolerant and inclusive society, as he struck a political tone on his first visit to the world's richest nation. Full storyA day after wooing Seattle's elite with pop-culture jokes and promises of reform, Chinese President Xi Jinping gets down to business on Wednesday, meeting Apple Inc's Tim Cook and other top tech executives, and likely unveiling a massive order for Boeing planes. Full storyEuropean Union leaders could promise billions of euros in new funding for Syrian refugees at an emergency summit on Wednesday where they will also try to patch up bitter divisions over the migration crisis. Full story |
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Markets | Share prices firmed after an
Asian equities selloff on Wednesday, with investors taking cues
from rising commodity prices and looking past China's worst
manufacturing. . . Full story | | Platinum slid to a fresh
6-1/2-year low on Wednesday on fears about reduced demand from
the auto sector, where it is used in. . . Full story | | Global shares fell on Wednesday
after figures showing the biggest contraction in China's
manufacturing sector since the global financial crisis
intensified fears that a. . . Full story | | Hong Kong stocks slumped on Wednesday,
dragged by wobbling global markets, and also weighed down by
weak China factory activity data.. . . Full story |
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| China stocks fell on
Wednesday, hit by falls in global markets and weak domestic
factory activity that has raised fears of a sharp. . . Full story | | Tumbling commodities prices
and worries about China's economy pulled stocks sharply lower on
Tuesday, while bond yields declined and the dollar rose to. . . Full story | | Gold fell 1 percent on
Tuesday, pressured as the dollar strengthened on renewed
expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise U.S. interest
rates for. . . Full story | | Hong Kong stocks ended modestly higher
on Tuesday, buoyed by improved sentiment in global markets
while investors focused on an upcoming meeting. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Moody's expects South Africa to avoid a recession this year, the rating agency said on Wednesday in a credit opinion note.. . . Full story | | Starbucks' local partner sees potential for more than 200 of the U.S. chain's coffee shops in South Africa within five years,. . . Full story | | South Africa's headline consumer inflation slowed more than expected to 4.6 percent year-on-year in August compared with 5 percent in July,. . . Full story | | China's Hebei Iron and Steel Group is planning to build a 5-million tonne per year steel plant in South Africa in. . . Full story |
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| Central bankers across emerging
markets are being forced to take action to stem falls in their
currencies, especially after China allowed its yuan. . . Full story | | The outlook for the global economy
became bleaker on Wednesday as signs of a deeper manufacturing
downturn in China emerged, coupled with slow. . . Full story | | Whether it's selling
pensions, pasta or toothpicks, investors in Africa have been
targeting the booming middle class. But a year of diving
commodity prices. . . Full story | | Emerging markets stocks hit a
two-week low and currencies remained under pressure on Wednesday
as the latest batch of disappointing economic data from. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand breached through key psychological support levels on Wednesday, stretching losses to over 3 percent in the last three days as a dollar rally and bleak Chinese manufacturing data weighed.. . . Full story |
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Company News | PPC wishes to advise that Dr Daniel Ufitikirezi has resigned as a director of PPC with effect from 22 September 2015.. . . Full story | | Astrapak is currently finalising its financial results for the six months ended 31 August 2015 ("the reporting period").
The Group concluded the. . . Full story | | The Wesizwe board of directors therefore wishes to advise shareholders that the company expects to report headline earnings per share and. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that Pieter de Jager has tendered his resignation as the Chief Financial Officer of Andulela with effect from. . . Full story |
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| Shareholders are referred to the renewal of cautionary announcement released by Altron on the Stock Exchange News Service (ôSENSö) of the. . . Full story | | The boards of directors of Nedbank announced the appointment of Mr Stanley Subramoney (56), BCompt(Hons) CA(SA) [retired partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers (æPwCÆ)],. . . Full story | | PPC will be participating in the RMB Morgan Stanley Big Five Investor Conference in Cape Town and has, in preparation for. . . Full story | | Further to the previous announcements, the last of which was dated 30 June 2015, shareholders are advised that the Company is. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Gross revenue for the year jumped to R1.313 billion (2014: R876.9 million), profit for the year attributable to owners of the holding company was higher at R978.7 million (2014: R946.1 million),. . . Full story | | Revenue rose 7.15% to R2.1 billion (R2 billion). profit before income tax was up 13.40% at R279.4 million (R246.4 million), whilst total comprehensive income attributable to equity holders was R154.8 million. . . Full story | | Sales increased to R2.5 billion (R2.3 billion). Profit from operations lowered to R156.4 million (R162.9 million). Profit for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders also decreased to R92.2 million (R102 4. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 50381.63 | 528.54 | 1.06% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 45062.05 | 538.33 | 1.21% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 946.78 | -14.86 | -1.55% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 43163.82 | 354.06 | 0.83% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 74110.74 | 848.19 | 1.16% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 66394.60 | 825.07 | 1.26% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 34177.61 | 336.37 | 0.99% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 16140.00 | -89.00 | -0.55% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 16289.01 | -41.46 | -0.25% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1941.54 | -1.20 | -0.06% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 4761.84 | 5.12 | 0.11% | FTSE 100 | 17:21 | 6045.46 | 109.62 | 1.85% | DAX | 18:08 | 9612.62 | 41.96 | 0.44% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 4432.83 | 4.32 | 0.10% | Nikkei | 18/09 | 18070.21 | -362.06 | -1.96% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 3115.89 | -69.73 | -2.19% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 21302.91 | -493.67 | -2.26% | All Ords | 08:37 | 5032.50 | -98.30 | -1.92% | NZSE 50 | 07:48 | 5654.34 | -42.45 | -0.75% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1131.68 | 7.60 | 0.68% | Gold R | 19:57 | 15669.63 | 300.84 | 1.96% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 503923 | 10416 | 2.11% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 14.7950 | .0310 | 0.21% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 929.60 | -4.40 | -0.47% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 643.20 | 36.70 | 6.05% | R186 | 17:00 | 8.43 | .01 | 0.12% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.60 | .00 | 0.00% | R207 | 17:00 | 7.90 | .01 | 0.13% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 48.33 | -.75 | -1.53% | USD / ZAR | 19:59 | 13.8456 | 0.1729 | 1.26% | GBP / ZAR | 19:55 | 21.0899 | 0.1076 | 0.51% | EUR/ ZAR | 19:55 | 15.4987 | 0.2822 | 1.85% | NZD/ ZAR | 19:57 | 8.6565 | 0.0559 | 0.65% | AUD / ZAR | 19:55 | 9.7063 | 0.0184 | 0.19% | USD / JPY | 19:59 | 120.2120 | 0.0880 | 0.07% | EUR / USD | 19:59 | 1.1195 | 0.0069 | 0.62% | GBP / USD | 19:59 | 1.5256 | -0.0104 | -0.68% |
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Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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23/09/2015 | 203 | 144 | 57 | 404 | 251,997,146 | R17,687,073,133 | 244697 | 1720098 | 22/09/2015 | 102 | 251 | 52 | 405 | 285,903,696 | R18,621,337,591 | 268688 | 923034 | 21/09/2015 | 138 | 201 | 45 | 384 | 218,555,168 | R15,740,089,650 | 209503 | 305674 | 18/09/2015 | 156 | 215 | 46 | 417 | 495,767,717 | R33,070,189,858 | 274145 | 1707587 | 17/09/2015 | 226 | 129 | 69 | 424 | 436,170,201 | R42,599,041,838 | 307939 | 1879857 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 45,062.05 | 538.33 | 1.21% | Industrial | 74,110.74 | 848.19 | 1.16% | Mid Cap | 65,589.74 | 196.82 | 0.30% | Small Cap | 57,119.15 | 27.32 | 0.05% | Resource 20 | 34,177.61 | 336.37 | 0.99% | Industrial 25 | 66,394.60 | 825.07 | 1.26% | Financial 15 | 16,070.42 | 138.14 | 0.87% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 70,678.57 | 825.47 | 1.18% | All Share | 50,381.63 | 528.54 | 1.06% | Oil & Gas | 8,253.88 | .00 | 0.00% | Mining | 20,275.97 | 198.93 | 0.99% | Gold Mining | 946.78 | -14.86 | -1.55% | Platinum Mining | 18.76 | -.58 | -3.00% | GENERAL MINING | 6,126.52 | 104.16 | 1.73% | Oil & Gas Producers | 44,379.56 | .00 | 0.00% | Basic Materials | 20,105.93 | 181.46 | 0.91% | Chemicals | 20,520.17 | -20.02 | -0.10% | Forestry & Paper | 46,093.19 | 937.43 | 2.08% | Industrial Metals | 5,377.96 | 38.51 | 0.72% | Industrials | 43,162.56 | 125.71 | 0.29% | General Industrials | 155.78 | .46 | 0.30% | Consumer Goods | 71,879.77 | 1040.86 | 1.47% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,736.76 | -147.19 | -2.14% | Household Goods | 562.06 | 2 | 0.36% | Health Care | 9,110.80 | 65.87 | 0.73% | Beverages | 255.72 | 5.02 | 2.00% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 8,698.50 | 64.86 | 0.75% | Personal Goods | 1,052.50 | 13.29 | 1.28% | Consumer Services | 15,509.59 | 187.60 | 1.22% | General Retailers | 7,921.99 | 6.36 | 0.08% | Travel & Leisure | 5,697.70 | -40.90 | -0.71% | Media | 374.51 | 6.54 | 1.78% | Support Services | 2,998.53 | -33.45 | -1.10% | Telecommunications | 9,054.42 | 102.83 | 1.15% | Financials | 43,163.82 | 354.06 | 0.83% | Banks | 7,285.62 | -10.56 | -0.14% | Non-life Insurance | 57,922.65 | -12.76 | -0.02% | Life Insurance | 38,864.71 | 881.44 | 2.32% | General Financial | 4,555.75 | 60.94 | 1.36% | Technology | 65,834.38 | 51.83 | 0.08% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,207.34 | 37 | 1.16% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,417.29 | 33 | 0.97% | COAL MINING | 7,414.39 | -234 | -3.06% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 6,635.16 | 32 | 0.49% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,513.78 | 9 | 0.57% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 645.38 | | 0.16% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 572.67 | | 0.35% | RESOURCE | 18,412.90 | 181 | 0.99% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 198.64 | 2 | 0.90% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 8,982.32 | 97 | 1.10% | Capped Top 40 | 24,005.71 | 280 | 1.18% | Capped All Share | 25,554.53 | 268 | 1.06% | JSE TABACO | 9,471.75 | 153 | 1.64% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | SPP | THE SPAR GROUP LTD | BUY | 22/09/2015 | SOL | SASOL LIMITED | BUY | 22/09/2015 | DSY | DISCOVERY HOLDINGS LIMITE... | SELL | 22/09/2015 | TFG | THE FOSCHINI GROUP LTD | BUY | 22/09/2015 | SGL | SIBANYE GOLD LIMITED | HOLD | 21/09/2015 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 25/09/2015 | AH-VEST | June 2015 (Final) | 25/09/2015 | CHOP | June 2015 (Final) | 25/09/2015 | CHOP | June 2015 (Final) | 25/09/2015 | CONDUIT | June 2015 (Final) | 25/09/2015 | GIYANI | June 2015 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | AFRO-C | 22/09/15 | 16/10/15 | 26/10/15 | ZAR 0.1000 | SILVERB | 21/09/15 | 09/10/15 | 19/10/15 | ZAR 0.0500 | SVF | 18/09/15 | 25/09/15 | 09/10/15 | ZAR 0.5703 | REMGRO | 17/09/15 | 06/11/15 | 16/11/15 | ZAR 2.5900 | SVFB | 17/09/15 | 25/09/15 | 09/10/15 | ZAR 2.5625 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | SHOPCONV | 03/09/15 | 17/09/15 | 05/10/15 | ZAR 325.0000 | BIDVEST | 31/08/15 | 17/09/15 | 28/09/15 | ZAR 4.8300 | IMPERIAL | 25/08/15 | 17/09/15 | 28/09/15 | ZAR 4.4500 | ASTRAPAKP | 03/09/15 | 17/09/15 | 28/09/15 | ZAR 4.1407 | CAPITEC-P | 31/08/15 | 17/09/15 | 28/09/15 | ZAR 3.9079 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | RDI | Rockwell Diamonds Inc. | 23/09/2015 | Confirmed | CMO | Chrometco Ltd. | 30/09/2015 | Confirmed |
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