Wednesday, 22 February 2017 - 20:00
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Todays Sharenet VIEWS Dwaine van Vuuren Although foreigners were net sellers of a staggering R286 billion of JSE shares and government bonds since September 2013, it appears our local government, banks and institutions have more faith in SA. Full story |
| Cheyne Anderson Investors had been eagerly awaiting details of the proposed Shoprite Steinhoff African tie up. However, on Monday morning the 20th of February 2017, the deal was subsequently cancelled, as the minority shareholders were not convinced on the merits of the deal. Full story |
| Ian Stiglingh & Cheyne Anderson SA markets edged slightly higher yesterday during a day that lacked conviction from traders due to the budget speech that will be delivered by Pravin Gordhan today. Wall Street ignored geopolitical risks from Europe by rallying to new record highs as US investors started the shortened week off with a bang. Full story |
| Dwaine van Vuuren Here's my quick layman take on the budget speech, more particularly the increased taxes part of it. Full story |
Top News
South Africa will target high earners with a new personal income tax, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Wednesday, in an effort to boost revenues and trim the budget deficit amid disappointing economic growth and very high unemployment. Full story
South African bond yields spiked on Wednesday before easing back after Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan targeted the wealthy with tax hikes, underscoring the challenge of boosting revenues to plug the budget gap. Full story |
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An influential French centrist politician on Wednesday dropped out of the presidency race to form an alliance with independent candidate Emmanuel Macron - a potential game-changer in France's tightly contested election. Full story
Malaysian police on Wednesday named a North Korean diplomat along with a state airline official who are wanted for questioning over the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader. Full story
The second-in-command of Yemen army was killed on Wednesday when a missile fired by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement hit an army camp, a military source said, the most senior Yemeni officer killed in the country's civil war. Full story |
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SA Business | Tanzania's current account deficit narrowed 48.8 percent to $2.05 billion last year, on the back of fewer imports and a rise in tourism earnings and gold exports, the central bank said.. . . Full story |
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| Germany's ATM Holding has
bought a 25 percent shareholding in engineering and construction
group Murray and Roberts (M&R), the South African firm
said on. . . Full story | | Collusion should be stamped out in any South African market, whether it is banking or bread, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said. . . Full story | | Crop-destroying caterpillars
known as armyworms have ravaged 63,000 hectares of maize in
southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since December,
causing local maize prices to. . . Full story | | South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, who has been under pressure to quit from sections of the ruling party, said on. . . Full story |
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| Wall Street's record run helped
emerging stocks sail to new 19-month highs on Wednesday with
year-to-date gains of over 10 percent, while the. . . Full story | | Group Five's chief
executive is to leave, the South African construction group said
on Wednesday as it recorded its first six-month loss in. . . Full story | | South Africa's Group Five swung to its first six-month loss in 11 years due to a 255 million rand ($19 million)settlement. . . Full story | | South African construction firm Group Five said on Wednesday its group chief executive Eric Vemer will be resigning in the next. . . Full story |
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Company News | The company announces that Mr Ian Tyler, the companyÆs senior independent director, resigned as a director of the company with effect from 21 February 2017.
Mr Desmond Smith has been appointed as. . . Full story | | The company announced that it will be listing the first tranche of Series 7 Class B and C preference shares on Monday, 6 March 2017, the details of which are summarised. . . Full story | | Further to the announcement released by the company on 14 November 2016, holders of Class A Preference Shares and holders of Class C Preference Shares are hereby advised that the dividend. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period was 3% higher at R59.7 billion (R58.0 billion). Operating profit also rose by the same margin. . . Full story | | Sale of merchandise for the interim period increased by 14% to R71.3 billion (2015: R62.5 billion). Gross profit jumped by 15%. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year increased to USD4.254 billion (2015: USD4.174 billion) and operating profit grew to USD495 million (2015: USD337 million).. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period jumped to US18.9 billion (USD15.7 billion). Profit from operations came in at USD6.1 billion (loss of. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 52088.56 | -498.05 | -0.95% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 45073.61 | -482.37 | -1.06% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1407.53 | -32.84 | -2.28% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 41241.11 | -285.79 | -0.69% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 75317.25 | -303.85 | -0.40% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 66980.08 | -233.26 | -0.35% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 32941.85 | -921.28 | -2.72% | DJ Futures | 19:58 | 20735.00 | 28.00 | 0.14% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 20767.13 | 24.13 | 0.12% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 2363.00 | -2.38 | -0.10% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 5860.35 | -5.60 | -0.10% | FTSE 100 | 18:42 | 7302.25 | 27.42 | 0.38% | DAX | 19:08 | 11998.59 | 31.10 | 0.26% | CAC40 | 19:08 | 4895.88 | 7.12 | 0.15% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 19379.87 | -1.57 | -0.01% | Shanghai | 09:32 | 3261.22 | 7.89 | 0.24% | Hang-Seng | 10:30 | 24201.96 | 238.33 | 0.99% | All Ords | 07:37 | 5850.10 | 14.70 | 0.25% | NZSE 50 | 07:28 | 7062.48 | -53.21 | -0.75% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1233.79 | -1.61 | -0.13% | Gold R | 19:58 | 16104.18 | -115.07 | -0.71% | Gold R/kg | 19:57 | 518010 | -3439 | -0.66% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 18.0050 | 0.0710 | 0.40% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 998.56 | -1.63 | -0.16% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 769.73 | -11.77 | -1.51% | R186 | 17:00 | 8.74 | -0.05 | -0.63% | R204 | 17:00 | 7.66 | -0.04 | -0.52% | R207 | 17:00 | 7.84 | -0.06 | -0.76% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 55.78 | -0.03 | -0.05% | USD / ZAR | 19:59 | 13.0516 | -0.0767 | -0.58% | GBP / ZAR | 19:55 | 16.2080 | -0.1505 | -0.92% | EUR/ ZAR | 19:55 | 13.7787 | -0.0589 | -0.43% | NZD/ ZAR | 19:58 | 9.3512 | -0.0528 | -0.56% | AUD / ZAR | 19:55 | 10.0459 | -0.0311 | -0.31% | USD / JPY | 19:59 | 113.4780 | -0.1740 | -0.15% | EUR / USD | 19:59 | 1.0546 | 0.0011 | 0.11% | GBP / USD | 19:59 | 1.2435 | -0.0039 | -0.31% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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22/02/2017 | 117 | 236 | 55 | 408 | 353,181,472 | R20,973,878,160 | 326861 | 787889 | 21/02/2017 | 181 | 176 | 62 | 419 | 292,750,119 | R19,823,447,258 | 294464 | 162054 | 20/02/2017 | 159 | 197 | 53 | 409 | 255,897,504 | R14,946,686,232 | 227682 | 2320649 | 17/02/2017 | 147 | 180 | 67 | 394 | 252,343,521 | R15,847,163,717 | 251299 | 2562101 | 16/02/2017 | 170 | 164 | 68 | 402 | 258,146,667 | R16,074,491,467 | 234892 | 1568722 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 45,073.61 | -482.37 | -1.06% | Industrial | 75,317.25 | -303.85 | -0.40% | Mid Cap | 78,782.31 | -535.28 | -0.67% | Small Cap | 64,718.51 | -316.66 | -0.49% | Resource 20 | 32,941.85 | -921.28 | -2.72% | Industrial 25 | 66,980.08 | -233.26 | -0.35% | Financial 15 | 14,947.07 | -142.33 | -0.94% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 70,490.82 | -343.90 | -0.49% | All Share | 52,088.56 | -498.05 | -0.95% | Oil & Gas | 7,195.69 | .00 | 0.00% | Mining | 24,808.79 | -726.28 | -2.84% | Gold Mining | 1,407.53 | -32.84 | -2.28% | Platinum Mining | 23.09 | -.22 | -0.94% | GENERAL MINING | 7,200.18 | -243.85 | -3.28% | Oil & Gas Producers | 38,689.88 | .00 | 0.00% | Basic Materials | 23,549.97 | -597.08 | -2.47% | Chemicals | 19,586.24 | -393.67 | -1.97% | Forestry & Paper | 54,490.82 | -751.32 | -1.36% | Industrial Metals | 12,717.43 | -44.97 | -0.35% | Industrials | 47,758.72 | -515.81 | -1.07% | General Industrials | 179.96 | -1.69 | -0.93% | Consumer Goods | 73,883.74 | -366.60 | -0.49% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,729.08 | -20.38 | -0.35% | Household Goods | 486.85 | -7 | -1.47% | Health Care | 8,004.57 | -81.79 | -1.01% | Beverages | 237.47 | -2.02 | -0.84% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 10,133.49 | -43.36 | -0.43% | Personal Goods | 994.07 | -3.89 | -0.39% | Consumer Services | 18,013.12 | -27.95 | -0.15% | General Retailers | 7,205.70 | -73.77 | -1.01% | Travel & Leisure | 6,294.02 | -18.96 | -0.30% | Media | 479.12 | 1.47 | 0.31% | Support Services | 2,298.85 | 43.91 | 1.95% | Telecommunications | 6,760.75 | 5.18 | 0.08% | Financials | 41,241.11 | -285.79 | -0.69% | Banks | 7,413.12 | -46.32 | -0.62% | Non-life Insurance | 63,438.69 | -171.80 | -0.27% | Life Insurance | 37,064.49 | -376.36 | -1.01% | General Financial | 3,939.47 | -46.57 | -1.17% | Technology | 57,081.47 | -1076.80 | -1.85% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,020.87 | -65 | -2.11% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,442.60 | -62 | -1.78% | COAL MINING | 14,462.17 | 556 | 4.00% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 8,190.18 | -15 | -0.18% | FTSE/JSE TOP 40 USD | 3,701.40 | 204 | 5.84% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,358.66 | -35 | -2.52% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 650.45 | -3.55 | -0.54% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 526.46 | | -0.33% | RESOURCE | 18,790.48 | -476 | -2.47% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 212.15 | -2 | -0.73% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 9,786.30 | -146 | -1.47% | Capped Top 40 | 24,125.43 | -285 | -1.17% | Capped All Share | 26,665.92 | -270 | -1.00% | JSE TABACO | 10,399.57 | 8 | 0.07% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | GRT | GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES LI... | HOLD | 21/02/2017 | FSR | FIRSTRAND LIMITED | HOLD | 21/02/2017 | BVT | THE BIDVEST GROUP LIMITED | HOLD | 21/02/2017 | BGA | BARCLAYS AFRICA GRP LTD | HOLD | 20/02/2017 | TRU | TRUWORTHS INTERNATIONAL L... | BUY | 20/02/2017 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 23/02/2017 | AFROX | December 2016 (Final) | 23/02/2017 | ASSORE | December 2016 (Interim) | 23/02/2017 | B-AFRICA | December 2016 (Final) | 23/02/2017 | BATS | December 2016 (Final) | 23/02/2017 | BIDCORP | December 2016 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | BHPBILL | 21/02/17 | 07/03/17 | 28/03/17 | USD 0.4000 | ANGLD | 21/02/17 | 20/03/17 | 07/04/17 | ZAR 1.3000 | SHOPRIT | 21/02/17 | 14/03/17 | 20/03/17 | ZAR 1.8000 | IMPERIAL | 21/02/17 | 20/03/17 | 27/03/17 | ZAR 3.2000 | IMPERIALP | 21/02/17 | 20/03/17 | 27/03/17 | ZAR 4.3431 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | FIRSTRANDB-P | 02/02/17 | 21/02/17 | 27/02/17 | ZAR 3.9560 | TRADEHOLD PREF | 07/02/17 | 21/02/17 | 01/03/17 | ZAR 0.1960 | WINHOLD | 25/11/16 | 21/02/17 | 27/02/17 | ZAR 0.0400 | MIXTEL | 02/02/17 | 21/02/17 | 27/02/17 | ZAR 0.0200 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | EOH | EOH Holdings Ltd. | 22/02/2017 | Confirmed | WNH | Winhold Ltd. | 22/02/2017 | Confirmed | SKJA | African Equity Empowerment Investments L... | 23/02/2017 | Confirmed | AEE | African Equity Empowerment Investments L... | 23/02/2017 | Confirmed | SKJP | African Equity Empowerment Investments L... | 23/02/2017 | Confirmed |
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