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Friday, 02 September 2016 - 20:00
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Todays Sharenet VIEWS  Willem le Roux Equities for the long run, right?
“Equity is the best investment in the long run” is the message often sold to individual investors, but does this statement hold water? The message is based on theory; equities are riskier than government bonds or cash so should offer a higher return to compensate investors for the added risk. In investment speak this is referred to as the equity risk premium. And the message seems to be borne out in practice, most of the time.
Though there have been... Full story Capital International and Sharenet At its latest monetary policy committee meeting, the Bank of England cut its headline interest rate to 0.25% from 0.5% – the lowest in its 322 year history. The move was widely expected, with the central bank guiding the markets to this conclusion in the aftermath of the EU referendum result. Other, less expected, measures included a stimulus package that will see the restarting of quantitative easing (QE) and cheap funding for private banks. The QE will be made up of £60bn of government... Full story
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Local markets
The JSE All Share rose 1.65% on Friday, with 1.99% gains in financial shares leading the upward trend. Full story
South Africa's poultry industry is battling for survival in the face of stiff price competition from producers in Brazil, the European Union and the United States, as well as the worst drought in a century, the industry association said.
The June scrapping of 15 years of punitive d Full story |
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Hurricane Hermine tore a path of destruction across Florida on Friday, knocking out power for 253,000 customers, flooding low-lying areas and raising concerns about the spread of the Zika virus from pools of standing water left behind. Full storyTwo bombs killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens outside a court complex in northwest Pakistan on Friday, a rescue official said, hours after militants killed two people in a Christian neighbourhood in the same region. Full storyA blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad on Friday set off rockets that hit neighboring districts, killing at least four residents and injuring 14 others, police and hospital sources said. Full story |
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SA Business | South African power utility Eskom said on Friday it has extended by 30 days the period for interested parties in the. . . Full story | | The retail price of petrol in South Africa will decrease by 1.5 percent from September 7, while the price of wholesale. . . Full story | | South African grocery retailers have lost a bid to delay a hearing into a complaint brought by Massmart that accuses them. . . Full story | | South Africa's government has reappointed Dudu Myeni as the chairwoman of South African Airways, the loss-making state-owned airline, it said on. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's presidency
said on Friday a statement by mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane
saying the government wanted an inquiry into why top banks. . . Full story | | The South African cabinet has asked President Jacob Zuma to launch a judicial inquiry into why the country's top banks cut. . . Full story | | The first known television
interview with South Africa's late anti-apartheid leader Nelson
Mandela has emerged, featuring a bearded activist defiantly
vowing to fight racism.. . . Full story | | Emerging market equities edged
higher on Friday but stayed on track to end the week in the red
as investors positioned for U.S.. . . Full story |
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| South Africa Public Enterprises Minister said on Thursday that the balance sheets of state-run enterprises would be impacted after asset manager Futuregrowth said it would stop lending to them because of. . . Full story | | South Africa's government, which is battling to restore investor confidence against the backdrop of a police probe into Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan that has rattled markets, said on Thursday it remained. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand weakened on Friday, giving back modest gains of the previous session in cautious trade ahead of jobs data from the United States that investors will eye for clues. . . Full story |
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Company News | In terms of the Listings Requirements of JSE Limited, companies are required to publish a trading statement as soon as they. . . Full story | | Bondholders of the Shoprite Investments Convertible Bond are hereby advised that the SHPCB convertible bond will commence trading ex-interest, with respect. . . Full story | | Shareholders are notified that at the companyÆs annual general meeting (ôAGMö) held on Friday, 2 September 2016, all the ordinary and. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that the integrated annual report for the year ended 30 June 2016 was distributed to shareholders on 2. . . Full story |
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| Nedbank Group announced the resignation of Sandile Shabalala, Managing Executive of Business Banking with immediate effect. Sandile reported to Ciko Thomas,. . . Full story | | Noteholders are hereby advised that the CompanyÆs Annual Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2016 are available on PPCÆs. . . Full story | | The Company advised noteholders that the interim report for the period ended 30 June 2016 is available on the IssuerÆs website. . . Full story | | Holders of Astrapak preference shares are advised that the salient dates for the twentieth dividend declaration in respect of the non-. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the year increased to R35.9 billion (2015: R32.5 billion). Gross profit dropped to R4 million (2015: R1.6 billion), loss from operations narrowed to R370 million (2015: loss of R4. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year jumped to R10.2 billion (R7.9 billion). Operating profit shot up to R7.8 billion (R5.9 billion). However, profit attributable to equity holders lowered to R5.2 billion (R7.0 billion).. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year grew to R3.1 billion (2015: R2.7 billion). Operating income increased to R2.0 billion (2015: R1.8 billion). Total profit for the year attributable to shareholders of the company. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
| Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 53500.07 | 868.74 | 1.65% | | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 46972.62 | 803.72 | 1.74% | | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2370.37 | -1.35 | -0.06% | | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 40710.04 | 796.03 | 1.99% | | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 80611.95 | 1269.23 | 1.60% | | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 72470.35 | 1151.38 | 1.61% | | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 31713.92 | 474.62 | 1.52% | | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 18435.00 | 40.00 | 0.22% | | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 18451.39 | 32.09 | 0.17% | | SP 500 | 19:58 | 2174.86 | 4.00 | 0.18% | | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 5233.30 | 6.09 | 0.12% | | FTSE 100 | 16:42 | 6866.39 | 120.42 | 1.79% | | DAX | 18:08 | 10683.82 | 149.51 | 1.42% | | CAC40 | 18:08 | 4542.17 | 102.50 | 2.31% | | Nikkei | 08:28 | 16925.68 | -1.16 | -0.01% | | Shanghai | 09:28 | 3067.35 | 4.04 | 0.13% | | Hang-Seng | 10:30 | 23266.70 | 104.36 | 0.45% | | All Ords | 08:48 | 5470.60 | -40.60 | -0.74% | | NZSE 50 | 09:02 | 7426.11 | 2.92 | 0.04% |
| | | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | | Gold $ | 19:58 | 1322.13 | 7.33 | 0.56% | | Gold R | 19:57 | 19205.30 | 23.81 | 0.12% | | Gold R/kg | 19:57 | 617450 | 766 | 0.12% | | Silver $ | 19:58 | 19.2940 | 0.4250 | 2.25% | | Platinum $ | 19:56 | 1052.50 | 14.84 | 1.42% | | Palladium $ | 19:55 | 670.00 | 7.00 | 1.06% | | R186 | 16:48 | 8.95 | -0.04 | -0.50% | | R204 | 16:49 | 7.94 | -0.03 | -0.44% | | R207 | 16:48 | 8.21 | -0.04 | -0.48% | | Brent Crude | 19:48 | 46.92 | -0.12 | -0.26% | | USD / ZAR | 19:58 | 14.5249 | -0.0640 | -0.44% | | GBP / ZAR | 19:45 | 19.2722 | -0.0693 | -0.36% | | EUR/ ZAR | 19:55 | 16.2050 | -0.1340 | -0.82% | | NZD/ ZAR | 19:57 | 10.5934 | -0.0438 | -0.41% | | AUD / ZAR | 19:55 | 10.9897 | -0.0325 | -0.29% | | USD / JPY | 19:58 | 104.0230 | 0.7990 | 0.77% | | EUR / USD | 19:58 | 1.1157 | -0.0041 | -0.36% | | GBP / USD | 19:58 | 1.3297 | 0.0019 | 0.14% |
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The JSE Today

Trading Statistics
| Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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| 02/09/2016 | 230 | 103 | 53 | 386 | 294,634,395 | R20,927,804,868 | 320469 | 2670167 | | 01/09/2016 | 144 | 196 | 60 | 400 | 342,890,130 | R25,486,319,572 | 367761 | 2662088 | | 31/08/2016 | 153 | 216 | 54 | 423 | 400,359,911 | R30,953,801,125 | 426499 | 2869643 | | 30/08/2016 | 179 | 166 | 75 | 420 | 260,811,411 | R19,135,101,591 | 287759 | 36186 | | 29/08/2016 | 145 | 198 | 53 | 396 | 217,788,160 | R14,364,187,284 | 237937 | 309796 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | | Top 40 | 46,972.62 | 803.72 | 1.74% | | Industrial | 80,611.95 | 1269.23 | 1.60% | | Mid Cap | 77,655.42 | 980.05 | 1.28% | | Small Cap | 61,553.90 | 578.59 | 0.95% | | Resource 20 | 31,713.92 | 474.62 | 1.52% | | Industrial 25 | 72,470.35 | 1151.38 | 1.61% | | Financial 15 | 14,904.39 | 379.71 | 2.61% | | Financial & Ind. 30 | 74,766.32 | 1350.38 | 1.84% | | All Share | 53,500.07 | 868.74 | 1.65% | | Oil & Gas | 7,195.69 | .00 | 0.00% | | Mining | 23,695.85 | 352.16 | 1.51% | | Gold Mining | 2,370.37 | -1.35 | -0.06% | | Platinum Mining | 29.48 | 1.26 | 4.46% | | GENERAL MINING | 5,793.34 | 94.55 | 1.66% | | Oil & Gas Producers | 38,689.88 | .00 | 0.00% | | Basic Materials | 22,567.39 | 317.47 | 1.43% | | Chemicals | 19,401.03 | 365.96 | 1.92% | | Forestry & Paper | 52,712.99 | 238.96 | 0.46% | | Industrial Metals | 9,951.41 | .74 | 0.01% | | Industrials | 48,215.45 | 1368.32 | 2.92% | | General Industrials | 186.93 | 6.16 | 3.41% | | Consumer Goods | 75,435.51 | 439.78 | 0.59% | | Automobiles & Parts | 4,325.12 | -58.87 | -1.34% | | Household Goods | 606.19 | 17 | 2.96% | | Health Care | 9,988.83 | 192.18 | 1.96% | | Beverages | 288.56 | -2.70 | -0.93% |
| | | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | | Food Producers | 9,810.59 | 161.78 | 1.68% | | Personal Goods | 859.54 | 9.79 | 1.15% | | Consumer Services | 19,767.52 | 486.36 | 2.52% | | General Retailers | 7,179.39 | 120.25 | 1.70% | | Travel & Leisure | 6,621.78 | 39.48 | 0.60% | | Media | 541.92 | 14.97 | 2.84% | | Support Services | 1,966.95 | -4.72 | -0.24% | | Telecommunications | 6,851.92 | 110.92 | 1.65% | | Financials | 40,710.04 | 796.03 | 1.99% | | Banks | 6,770.18 | 226.78 | 3.47% | | Non-life Insurance | 56,404.08 | 255.22 | 0.45% | | Life Insurance | 38,081.39 | 1114.80 | 3.02% | | General Financial | 3,969.50 | 68.95 | 1.77% | | Technology | 54,553.97 | 376.88 | 0.70% | | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,112.11 | 54 | 1.76% | | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,503.44 | 56 | 1.61% | | COAL MINING | 9,980.67 | 82 | 0.83% | | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 7,243.60 | 35 | 0.48% | | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,401.30 | -53 | -3.62% | | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 627.03 | .03 | 0.00% | | CAPPED PROPERTY | 537.10 | | -0.32% | | RESOURCE | 18,006.48 | 253 | 1.43% | | DIVIDEND PLUS | 203.87 | 5 | 2.30% | | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 9,605.80 | 191 | 2.03% | | Capped Top 40 | 24,845.70 | 444 | 1.82% | | Capped All Share | 27,198.33 | 448 | 1.68% | | JSE TABACO | 11,926.96 | 227 | 1.94% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** | Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | | SAC | SA CORPORATE REAL ESTATE ... | BUY | 02/09/2016 | | RCL | RCL FOODS LIMITED | SELL | 31/08/2016 | | FSR | FIRSTRAND LIMITED | HOLD | 31/08/2016 | | CPI | CAPITEC | SELL | 30/08/2016 | | SLM | SANLAM LIMITED | HOLD | 30/08/2016 |
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Results Expected** | Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | | 05/09/2016 | PETMIN | June 2016 (Final) | | 05/09/2016 | TRENCOR | June 2017 (Interim) | | 05/09/2016 | TRENCOR 6%CD | June 2017 (Interim) | | 05/09/2016 | UPARTNERS | June 2016 (Final) | | 05/09/2016 | WBHO | June 2016 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** | Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | | GROWPNT | 01/09/16 | 20/09/16 | 26/09/16 | ZAR 0.9430 | | TORRE | 31/08/16 | 20/09/16 | 26/09/16 | ZAR 0.0200 | | PSGFIN PREF | 31/08/16 | 20/09/16 | 26/09/16 | ZAR 4.4011 | | CAXTON6%CPP | 31/08/16 | 15/11/16 | 21/11/16 | ZAR 5.7000 | | ECSP C | 31/08/16 | 13/09/16 | 19/09/16 | ZAR 1.3904 |
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Ex Div** | Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | | LIB-HOLD | 29/07/16 | 30/08/16 | 05/09/16 | ZAR 2.7600 | | RESILIENT | 04/08/16 | 30/08/16 | 05/09/16 | ZAR 2.5627 | | AECI | 26/07/16 | 30/08/16 | 05/09/16 | ZAR 1.3500 | | ADCORP | 24/05/16 | 30/08/16 | 05/09/16 | ZAR 0.7500 | | NOVUS | 08/06/16 | 30/08/16 | 05/09/16 | ZAR 0.7000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** | Code | Company Name | Date | Status | | RBX | Raubex Group Ltd. | 02/09/2016 | Confirmed | | SSK | Stefanutti Stocks Holdings Ltd. | 02/09/2016 | Confirmed | | TFGP | The Foschini Group Ltd. | 06/09/2016 | Confirmed | | TFG | The Foschini Group Ltd. | 06/09/2016 | Confirmed | | BSS | BSI Steel Ltd. | 06/09/2016 | Confirmed |
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