Friday, 05 October 2012 - 20:00
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South African stocks set a record high on Friday with mining shares among the top performers as investors chased bargains in the sector battered in recent days by a wave of wildcat strikes. Full story
Revenue decreased to R14.3 million (August 2011: R28.5 million). Profit attributable to ordinary shareholders was recorded at R1.5 million (August 2011: loss of R1.5 million). In addition, headline earnings per share attributable to continuing operations was at 2.6cps (August 2011: headline Full story |
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Markets | Gold retreated from an 11-month
high earlier on Friday as bullion's appeal as an inflation hedge
decreased after a surprise drop in U.S.. . . Full story | | European equities powered higher
on Friday, propelled by a strong U.S. jobs report which
reassured investors about the health of the global economy. . . Full story | | The Dow Jones industrial average
climbed to its highest level in nearly 5 years on Friday after
an unexpected drop in the unemployment. . . Full story | | The Dow industrials retreated
from almost a five-year high on Friday and the Nasdaq briefly
dipped into negative territory as investors sold some. . . Full story |
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| The S&P 500 index rose for a
fifth straight day on Friday, while Treasury prices tumbled
after the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell. . . Full story | | UK equities rallied on Friday as
better than expected employment figures in the United States,
the world's biggest economy, spurred buying of commodity. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks extended gains on
Friday, and the Dow Jones industrial average hit its highest in
almost five years, after government data showed. . . Full story | | U.S. stocks rose at the open on
Friday with the S&P 500 set to hit its highest since 2007, as
the September payrolls. . . Full story |
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SA Business | Gold hit an 11-month high on Friday in its fifth day of gains as stimulus measures from major central banks continued to increase its appeal as an inflation hedge, while investors awaited more trading direction from key U.S. jobs data due later in the day.. . . Full story |
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| South Africa's rand tumbled against the dollar on Friday to near a 3-1/2 year low and bonds weakened after Anglo American. . . Full story | | A strike by more than 20,000 truck drivers in South Africa is costing the freight industry 1.2 billion rand in lost. . . Full story | | A strike by more than 20,000 truck drivers in South Africa is costing the freight industry 1.2 billion rand (87 million. . . Full story | | Zambia is about to become an
African economic trend setter.. . . Full story |
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| Shell said on Friday it could not honour fuel delivery contracts around Johannesburg because of a two-week truckers' strike and police. . . Full story | | A transport workers strike in South Africa has affected production at General Motors' manufacturing plant in the east coast city of. . . Full story | | South Africa's power utility Eskom said on Friday it would auction 350 million randin total of its 2028 inflation-linked bond and. . . Full story | | South Africa sold 2.685 billion rand worth of three-month Treasury Bills on Friday at an average yield of 5.00 percent compared. . . Full story |
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Company News | Notwithstanding rate pressures and volume decline, revenue growth was achieved. However, increased operating profits were negatively impacted by escalating operating costs.. . . Full story | | Anglo drew attention to an announcement issued by Anglo American Platinum Ltd. ("Angloplat"), the text of which is set out below:. . . Full story | | Datatec announced the issue of 72 095 ordinary ZAR0.01 shares as the final part of the initial consideration for the acquisition. . . Full story | | Shareholders were advised that the abridged integrated annual report for the year ended 30 June 2012 is being posted to shareholders. . . Full story |
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| Angloplat is providing an update on the ongoing illegal industrial action around its Rustenburg mining operations. It has been three weeks. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the cautionary announcement dated 29 August 2012 in respect of a potential dispute between a subsidiary of. . . Full story | | At the 2012 general meeting of the preference shareholders of Astrapak held today, 05 October 2012, all the special resolutions proposed. . . Full story | | Shareholders are advised that Pikwik and Pick n Pay ("the Group") are in the process of finalising their financial results for. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the year grew 22% to R667.2 million (R547.2 million) whilst operating profit fell to R22.3 million (R26.8 million). Loss attributable to owners of the company was R10.4 million (profit. . . Full story | | Revenue for the interim period increased to R491.1 million (2011: R453.6 million). Gross profit rose to R52.1 million (2011: R48 million), operating profit climbed to R19.7 million (2011: R17.5 million), while total. . . Full story | | Turnover declined to R29.6 million (R35.7 million). Net attributable profit decreased to R5.3 million (R5.9 million). In addition, headline earnings per share fell to 2.9cps (3.2cps).
Prospects
Management remains optimistic about our. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 36588.67 | 320.00 | 0.88% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 32361.91 | 356.00 | 1.12% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 2408.01 | 74.00 | 3.17% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 27164.76 | -318.00 | -1.16% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 43045.95 | 329.00 | 0.77% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 36891.15 | 320.00 | 0.88% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 49611.39 | 1225.00 | 2.53% | DJ Futures | 19:48 | 13565.00 | 125.00 | 0.93% | DJ Ind | 19:58 | 13616.41 | 121.80 | 0.90% | SP 500 | 19:58 | 1463.84 | 12.85 | 0.89% | Nasdaq | 19:58 | 3147.86 | 12.63 | 0.40% | FTSE 100 | 17:35 | 5871.02 | 43.24 | 0.74% | DAX | 18:10 | 7397.87 | 75.79 | 1.04% | CAC40 | 18:10 | 3457.04 | 55.84 | 1.64% | Nikkei | 08:28 | 8863.30 | 38.71 | 0.44% | Shanghai | 28/09 | 2086.17 | 29.85 | 1.45% | Hang-Seng | 10:28 | 21012.38 | 104.43 | 0.50% | All Ords | 08:52 | 4513.80 | 41.20 | 0.92% | NZSE 50 | 06:48 | 3904.85 | 22.86 | 0.59% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1778.25 | -12.13 | -0.68% | Gold R | 19:58 | 15605.98 | 384.38 | 2.53% | Gold R/kg | 19:58 | 501744 | 21379 | 4.45% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 34.4600 | -.5040 | -1.44% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 1701.70 | -13.80 | -0.80% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 659.25 | -11.05 | -1.65% | R157 | 14/09 | 5.45 | -.03 | 0.00% | R204 | 14/09 | 6.18 | -.06 | 0.00% | Brent Crude | 19:58 | 111.78 | 2.31 | 2.11% | Rand / Dollar | 19:59 | 8.7706 | 0.2699 | 3.18% | Rand / Pound | 19:55 | 14.1623 | 0.4274 | 3.11% | Rand / Euro | 19:55 | 11.4436 | 0.3767 | 3.40% | Rand / NZD | 19:58 | 7.1925 | 0.2052 | 2.94% | Rand / AUD | 19:55 | 8.9523 | 0.2388 | 2.74% | Yen / Dollar | 19:59 | 78.6770 | 0.1930 | 0.25% | Euro / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.7671 | -0.0009 | -0.12% | Dollar / Euro | 19:59 | 1.3031 | 0.0015 | 0.12% | Pound / Dollar | 19:55 | 0.6185 | 0.0012 | 0.19% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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05/10/2012 | 207 | 156 | 65 | 428 | 212,824,197 | R13,201,008,095 | 109193 | 1280941 | 04/10/2012 | 216 | 126 | 76 | 418 | 173,916,188 | R11,639,821,701 | 94003 | 2168920 | 03/10/2012 | 189 | 183 | 73 | 445 | 180,621,503 | R10,418,906,509 | 112517 | 2015737 | 02/10/2012 | 218 | 164 | 68 | 450 | 191,235,052 | R11,231,261,838 | 103398 | 1557803 | 01/10/2012 | 204 | 141 | 70 | 415 | 148,795,129 | R7,995,389,906 | 99527 | 1780508 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 32,361.00 | 356.00 | 1.12% | Industrial | 43,045.00 | 329.00 | 0.77% | Mid Cap | 51,872.00 | -127.00 | -0.24% | Small Cap | 38,492.00 | -94.00 | -0.24% | Resource 20 | 49,611.00 | 1225.00 | 2.53% | Industrial 25 | 36,891.00 | 320.00 | 0.88% | Financial 15 | 10,087.00 | -143.00 | -1.40% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 40,059.00 | 134.00 | 0.34% | All Share | 36,588.00 | 320.00 | 0.88% | Oil & Gas | 28,922.00 | 919.00 | 3.28% | Mining | 31,606.00 | 723.00 | 2.34% | Gold Mining | 2,408.00 | 74.00 | 3.17% | Platinum Mining | 48.00 | 1.00 | 4.13% | GENERAL MINING | 8,253.00 | 172.00 | 2.14% | Oil & Gas Producers | 15,551.00 | 495.00 | 3.29% | Basic Materials | 27,065.00 | 626.00 | 2.37% | Chemicals | 15,594.00 | -112.00 | -0.72% | Forestry & Paper | 16,255.00 | 760.00 | 4.91% | Industrial Metals | 25,903.00 | 454.00 | 1.79% | Industrials | 34,498.00 | -43.00 | -0.13% | General Industrials | 99.00 | .00 | 0.23% | Consumer Goods | 38,125.00 | 813.00 | 2.18% | Automobiles & Parts | 6,804.00 | -8.00 | -0.12% | Household Goods | 178.00 | 1 | 0.81% | Health Care | 49,435.00 | -145.00 | -0.29% | Beverages | 131.00 | 3.00 | 2.72% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 65,756.00 | 384.00 | 0.59% | Personal Goods | 545.00 | 14.00 | 2.79% | Consumer Services | 76,737.00 | -1407.00 | -1.80% | General Retailers | 62,128.00 | -1320.00 | -2.08% | Travel & Leisure | 4,409.00 | -1.00 | -0.03% | Media | 117.00 | .00 | -0.61% | Support Services | 2,202.00 | 37.00 | 1.75% | Telecommunications | 75,447.00 | 1208.00 | 1.63% | Financials | 27,164.00 | -318.00 | -1.16% | Banks | 47,193.00 | -1145.00 | -2.37% | Non-life Insurance | 46,764.00 | 1029.00 | 2.25% | Life Insurance | 23,584.00 | -180.00 | -0.76% | General Financial | 2,504.00 | -18.00 | -0.72% | Technology | 33,448.00 | 129.00 | 0.39% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,179.00 | 68 | 2.19% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,290.00 | 62 | 1.94% | COAL MINING | 20,332.00 | -155 | -0.76% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 5,573.00 | -7 | -0.13% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,107.00 | 2 | 0.19% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 482.00 | | -0.83% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 392.00 | | -0.13% | RESOURCE | 27,289.00 | 661 | 2.49% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 199.00 | 0 | 0.19% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 7,438.00 | 63 | 0.86% | Capped Top 40 | 17,055.00 | 178 | 1.06% | Capped All Share | 18,505.00 | 159 | 0.87% | JSE TABACO | 5,940.00 | 128 | 2.21% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | ALT | ALLIED TECHNOLOGIES LIMIT... | HOLD | 02/10/2012 | KIO | KUMBA IRON ORE LTD | HOLD | 02/10/2012 | AMS | ANGLO AMERICAN PLATINUM C... | HOLD | 02/10/2012 | ANG | ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED | HOLD | 02/10/2012 | EXX | EXXARO RESOURCES LIMITED | BUY | 02/10/2012 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 08/10/2012 | PSG | August 2012 (Interim) | 08/10/2012 | PSGFIN PREF | August 2012 (Interim) | 09/10/2012 | ALTRON | August 2012 (Interim) | 09/10/2012 | ALTRON PP | August 2012 (Interim) | 11/10/2012 | CMH | August 2012 (Interim) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | TELEMASTR | 02/10/2012 | 02/11/2012 | 12/11/2012 | R 0.0100 | DCENTRIX | 02/10/2012 | 19/10/2012 | 29/10/2012 | R 0.1125 | FONEWORX | 28/09/2012 | 12/10/2012 | 22/10/2012 | R 0.0700 | AMAPS | 27/09/2012 | 30/11/2012 | 10/12/2012 | R 0.1000 | PHUMELELA | 26/09/2012 | 19/10/2012 | 29/10/2012 | R 0.5100 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | SASOL | 10/09/2012 | 05/10/2012 | 15/10/2012 | R 11.8000 | ASTRAPAKP | 07/09/2012 | 28/09/2012 | 08/10/2012 | R 3.6545 | SASFIN-P | 10/09/2012 | 28/09/2012 | 08/10/2012 | R 3.5155 | CASHBIL | 18/09/2012 | 05/10/2012 | 15/10/2012 | R 2.7300 | A-V-I | 10/09/2012 | 05/10/2012 | 15/10/2012 | R 1.8000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | RBX | Raubex Group Ltd. | 05/10/2012 | Confirmed | BFS | Blue Financial Services Ltd. | 10/10/2012 | Confirmed | BEGP | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 10/10/2012 | Confirmed | BEGP2 | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 10/10/2012 | Confirmed | BEG | Beige Holdings Ltd. | 10/10/2012 | Confirmed |
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