Wednesday, 05 April 2017 - 20:00
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Todays Sharenet VIEWS Daniel Nel With the rand plunging after the shock cabinet reshuffle, we have identified a few good companies with the most diversified offshore exposure. Here is a list of our top rand hedge shares. Full story |
| Dwaine van Vuuren On Monday 27th March before 10am everything was hunky dory. Rand trending to R12.30, JSE trending up. Then after 10am news started breaking that Pravin was recalled from his investor roadshow. The lowpoint in the Rand/$ highlights this exact point. Full story |
| Sharenet Brent Crude oil surged 3.38% overnight to reach a one month high. Full story |
| Sharenet SA markets closed firmer yesterday on gains in the mining sector and a weaker Rand that boosted large cap Rand hedge shares. Full story |
Top News
Business confidence in South Africa fell in March from February and was likely to decline further due to the rising political tension, a survey showed on Wednesday. Full story
South Africa's Treasury on Wednesday said the departure of its Director General Lungisa Fuzile, whose contract was due to end in May 2018, was now imminent. Full story |
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Russia denied on Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to blame for a poison gas attack and said it would continue to back him, widening a rift between the Kremlin and Donald Trump's White House, which initially sought warmer ties. Full story
North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile into the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders who are set to discuss Pyongyang's increasingly defiant arms programme. Full story
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on an army census team that killed at least six people and wounded 18 in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday. Full story |
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SA Business | South Africa's state-owned power utility Eskom on Wednesday said it had signed a new three-year deal to export electricity to Botswana.. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand recovered from 3-month lows against the dollar early on Wednesday but looked vulnerable to political tensions that led to the country's debt being downgraded to junk status by S&P Global Ratings. * At 0648 GMT,. . . Full story |
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| Archer Daniels Midland Co (ADM)
plans to close its South African trading desk, the
company said on Wednesday, in a further shake up. . . Full story | | British shares edged higher on
Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session as
heavyweight mining and oil stocks rallied, while support
services firm DCC. . . Full story | | South Africa's
Constitutional Court has dismissed an appeal by the Department
of Environmental Affairs to keep a moratorium on the domestic
trade in rhino. . . Full story | | South Africa's Bid Corporation (Bidcorp) has bought a 90 percent stake in Spanish foodservice group Guzman Gastronomia and Cuttings, it said. . . Full story |
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| Kenya has sent a team of
scientists and other experts to investigate reports of
crop-eating caterpillars known as fall armyworms in maize fields
in. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand and
government bonds weakened on Wednesday, giving up earlier gains,
after the ruling African National Congress Party (ANC) rejected
calls for. . . Full story | | South Africa's rand came under
pressure on Wednesday, revisiting the sell-off triggered by
political turmoil and a ratings downgrade, while currencies
elsewhere broadly strengthened. . . Full story | | Activity in South Africa's private sector expanded for a seventh straight month in March as output and new orders rose, leading. . . Full story |
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Company News | The company made the following announcement:
- Ms Marizanne van Niekerk has resigned as the financial director with immediate effect as from. . . Full story | | Shareholders are referred to the Preliminary Audited results announcement for the year ended 31 December 2016 released on the Stock Exchange. . . Full story | | Bidcorp announced the acquisition of 90% of Guzmßn Gastronomfa and Cuttings (ôGuzmßnö), a leading national Spanish multi-temperature foodservice company supplying hotels,. . . Full story | | RBPlat shareholders (ôShareholdersö) are referred to the announcement released on SENS on 8 March 2017, wherein RBPlat announced the successful placement. . . Full story |
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| The JSE Ltd. (ôthe JSEö) has granted Royal Bafokeng Platinum Ltd. approval for the listing of ZAR1,200,000,000 7% Senior Unsecured Convertible. . . Full story | | Harmony advised that presentations on Harmony will be shared today, 5 April 2017, at the European Gold Forum conference in Zurich. . . Full story | | CoAL announced that the Company has entered into a loan agreement (the "Loan Agreementö) with the Industrial Development Corporation of South. . . Full story | | The Pan-Af board of directors announced that Pan-Af has concluded an agreement with Coal of Africa Ltd. ("CoAL"), whereby Pan-Af will. . . Full story |
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Company Results | Revenue for the interim period grew to R47.7 million (R42.9 million). Operating profit before interest improved to R10.4 million (R10.2 million), Profit and total comprehensive income for the year attributable to shareholders dipped to R2.6 million (R5.0 million). In addition, headline. . . Full story | | Revenue for the year jumped to NGN455.7 billion (2015: NGN203.4 billion), operating loss came in at NGN7.7 billion (2015: profit of NGN10.4 billion), profit attributable to equity holders of the parent turned around to NGN3.1 billion (2015: loss of NGN50.4 billion),. . . Full story |
World Markets (Spot Prices)
Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | JSE Overall | 17:00 | 52990.08 | 329.34 | 0.63% | JSE Top 40 | 17:00 | 46149.85 | 402.92 | 0.88% | JSE Gold | 17:00 | 1537.99 | 45.26 | 3.03% | JSE Financial | 17:00 | 39518.92 | -715.20 | -1.78% | JSE Industrial | 17:00 | 77850.52 | 384.67 | 0.50% | JSE Indust 25 | 17:00 | 69607.10 | 477.54 | 0.69% | JSE Resource | 17:00 | 34393.64 | 1135.43 | 3.41% | DJ Futures | 19:28 | 20793.00 | 159.00 | 0.77% | DJ Ind | 19:54 | 20854.51 | 165.27 | 0.80% | SP 500 | 18:31 | 2374.60 | 14.44 | 0.61% | Nasdaq | 19:54 | 5933.12 | 34.51 | 0.59% | FTSE 100 | 17:42 | 7331.68 | 9.86 | 0.13% | DAX | 18:08 | 12217.54 | -64.80 | -0.53% | CAC40 | 18:08 | 5091.85 | -9.28 | -0.18% | Nikkei | 08:26 | 18861.27 | 51.02 | 0.27% | Shanghai | 09:28 | 3270.31 | 47.80 | 1.48% | Hang-Seng | 10:30 | 24400.80 | 139.32 | 0.57% | All Ords | 08:40 | 5915.90 | 20.10 | 0.34% | NZSE 50 | 08:06 | 7265.05 | 20.51 | 0.28% |
| | Name | Time | RP | Move | % Move | Gold $ | 19:59 | 1247.04 | -8.35 | -0.66% | Gold R | 19:58 | 17250.84 | 165.21 | 0.97% | Gold R/kg | 19:57 | 554419 | 5116 | 0.93% | Silver $ | 19:59 | 18.1850 | -0.0840 | -0.46% | Platinum $ | 19:59 | 957.30 | -2.28 | -0.24% | Palladium $ | 19:59 | 808.63 | 3.63 | 0.45% | R186 | 17:43 | 8.99 | 0.10 | 1.12% | R204 | 17:36 | 7.63 | 0.03 | 0.39% | R207 | 17:35 | 7.82 | 0.07 | 0.90% | Brent Crude | 19:42 | 54.33 | 1.60 | 3.03% | USD / ZAR | 19:59 | 13.8296 | 0.2232 | 1.64% | GBP / ZAR | 19:55 | 17.2169 | 0.3057 | 1.81% | EUR/ ZAR | 19:55 | 14.7306 | 0.1946 | 1.34% | NZD/ ZAR | 19:58 | 9.6130 | 0.1202 | 1.27% | AUD / ZAR | 19:55 | 10.4745 | 0.1693 | 1.64% | USD / JPY | 19:59 | 111.3080 | 0.5940 | 0.54% | EUR / USD | 19:59 | 1.0649 | -0.0028 | -0.26% | GBP / USD | 19:59 | 1.2464 | 0.0020 | 0.16% |
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The JSE Today
Trading Statistics
Date | Adv. | Decl. | Unch. | Actives | Volume | Value | Trades | Orders |
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05/04/2017 | 173 | 198 | 47 | 418 | 384,880,011 | R26,409,528,121 | 361591 | 3220006 | 04/04/2017 | 196 | 196 | 58 | 450 | 388,276,089 | R24,164,716,794 | 368376 | 3874781 | 03/04/2017 | 201 | 172 | 55 | 428 | 364,866,886 | R24,528,758,085 | 312416 | 3568470 | 31/03/2017 | 152 | 200 | 61 | 413 | 613,731,300 | R37,629,872,626 | 472268 | 34890 | 30/03/2017 | 150 | 180 | 56 | 386 | 297,804,936 | R16,161,101,713 | 284439 | 462832 |
* Includes all listed instruments on the JSE
Index Summary Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Top 40 | 46,149.85 | 402.92 | 0.88% | Industrial | 77,850.52 | 384.67 | 0.50% | Mid Cap | 77,176.93 | -628.71 | -0.81% | Small Cap | 63,274.24 | -162.91 | -0.26% | Resource 20 | 34,393.64 | 1135.43 | 3.41% | Industrial 25 | 69,607.10 | 477.54 | 0.69% | Financial 15 | 14,262.98 | -310.97 | -2.13% | Financial & Ind. 30 | 71,943.83 | 91.34 | 0.13% | All Share | 52,990.08 | 329.34 | 0.63% | Oil & Gas | 7,195.69 | .00 | 0.00% | Mining | 25,310.11 | 1056.16 | 4.35% | Gold Mining | 1,537.99 | 45.26 | 3.03% | Platinum Mining | 23.70 | 1.02 | 4.50% | GENERAL MINING | 7,236.94 | 318.91 | 4.61% | Oil & Gas Producers | 38,689.88 | .00 | 0.00% | Basic Materials | 24,597.56 | 831.45 | 3.50% | Chemicals | 21,309.71 | 298.76 | 1.42% | Forestry & Paper | 61,190.40 | 936.43 | 1.55% | Industrial Metals | 13,178.55 | 779.18 | 6.28% | Industrials | 45,320.68 | -767.47 | -1.67% | General Industrials | 168.40 | -2.82 | -1.65% | Consumer Goods | 77,521.75 | 1167.04 | 1.53% | Automobiles & Parts | 5,491.31 | -33.97 | -0.61% | Household Goods | 464.95 | 22 | 4.87% | Health Care | 7,375.61 | -49.33 | -0.66% | Beverages | 228.34 | -1.25 | -0.54% |
| | Index Name | RP | Move | % Move | Food Producers | 9,918.52 | -233.51 | -2.30% | Personal Goods | 1,069.18 | 8.79 | 0.83% | Consumer Services | 19,224.43 | 168.49 | 0.88% | General Retailers | 6,926.89 | -142.98 | -2.02% | Travel & Leisure | 5,995.65 | -99.15 | -1.63% | Media | 528.16 | 9.50 | 1.83% | Support Services | 2,237.51 | 34.85 | 1.58% | Telecommunications | 6,832.21 | -121.06 | -1.74% | Financials | 39,518.92 | -715.20 | -1.78% | Banks | 6,944.50 | -169.40 | -2.38% | Non-life Insurance | 64,493.31 | -1263.44 | -1.92% | Life Insurance | 35,017.84 | -1431.95 | -3.93% | General Financial | 3,798.34 | -35.98 | -0.94% | Technology | 53,653.28 | -563.90 | -1.04% | SHARIAH TOP40 | 3,070.17 | 84 | 2.80% | FTSE/JSE SHARIAH ALL | 3,484.94 | 73 | 2.14% | COAL MINING | 15,977.92 | 570 | 3.70% | FTSE JSE Fledgling | 7,828.38 | -40 | -0.51% | FTSE/JSE TOP 40 USD | 3,601.98 | 105 | 2.99% | FTSE/JSE Alt X | 1,332.72 | -4 | -0.30% | SA LISTED PROPERTY | 619.69 | -5.90 | -0.94% | CAPPED PROPERTY | 510.78 | | -0.31% | RESOURCE | 19,626.35 | 663 | 3.50% | DIVIDEND PLUS | 212.80 | -2 | -0.93% | FTSE/JSE RAFI 40 | 9,950.59 | 67 | 0.68% | Capped Top 40 | 24,522.26 | 191 | 0.78% | Capped All Share | 27,010.87 | 150 | 0.56% | JSE TABACO | 11,704.87 | 386 | 3.41% |
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Latest Consensus Changes** Code | Company Name | Status | Updated | BGA | BARCLAYS AFRICA GRP LTD | HOLD | 03/04/2017 | CPI | CAPITEC | SELL | 03/04/2017 | SNH | STEINHOFF INT HLDGS N.V | BUY | 03/04/2017 | NTC | NETCARE LIMITED | BUY | 31/03/2017 | GLN | GLENCORE XSTRATA PLC | BUY | 31/03/2017 |
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Results Expected** Expected | Company Name | Fin. Date | 06/04/2017 | EASTPLATS | December 2016 (Final) | 07/04/2017 | PURPLE | February 2017 (Interim) | 07/04/2017 | PURPLEP | February 2017 (Interim) | 10/04/2017 | ZEDER | February 2017 (Final) | 10/04/2017 | ZEDERP | February 2017 (Final) |
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Recent Dividends** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | BARWORLD6%P | 03/04/17 | 02/05/17 | 08/05/17 | ZAR 0.0600 | NTC PREF | 03/04/17 | 09/05/17 | 15/05/17 | ZAR 4.3194 | TELEMASTR | 31/03/17 | 18/04/17 | 24/04/17 | ZAR 0.0050 | ILPREF2 | 31/03/17 | 18/04/17 | 24/04/17 | ZAR 14.4374 | TRANSCEND | 30/03/17 | 18/04/17 | 24/04/17 | ZAR 0.0561 |
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Ex Div** Share Name | Dec-Date | LDT | Pay-Date | Amount | ABSABANK-P | 23/02/17 | 04/04/17 | 10/04/17 | ZAR 36.4479 | B-AFRICA | 23/02/17 | 04/04/17 | 10/04/17 | ZAR 5.7000 | SASFIN-P | 16/03/17 | 04/04/17 | 10/04/17 | ZAR 4.3668 | LIB-HOLD | 24/02/17 | 04/04/17 | 10/04/17 | ZAR 4.1500 | AECI | 27/02/17 | 04/04/17 | 10/04/17 | ZAR 3.0000 |
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Upcoming AGMs** Code | Company Name | Date | Status | PET | Petmin Ltd. | 06/04/2017 | Confirmed | AMS | Anglo American Platinum Ltd. | 07/04/2017 | Confirmed | AMSP | Anglo American Platinum Ltd. | 07/04/2017 | Confirmed | RLF | Rolfes Holdings Ltd. | 10/04/2017 | Confirmed | MTE | Marshall Monteagle PLC | 10/04/2017 | Confirmed |
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