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Strong demand for Tanzania T-Bills
November 27, 2012--Yields are rising on Tanzania's 364-day Treasury bills, although demand continues strong, according to the auction results posted on the website of the central Bank of Tanzania and to local news reports citing a market report from Barclays Bank.
The average yield-to-maturity was 13.43% (up from 13.18% at the previous auction) on the 364-days bills, 12.86% on the 182-days paper, 11.76% on 91-days and 7.25% on 35 days.
The total amount sought in the 21 November auction was TZS135 billion ($84.2 million) but this was oversubscribed and a total of TZS199bn was offered (48% over-subscribed), so the Government settled on taking TZS168bn. The biggest demand was for the one-year paper, with TZS87.7bn bid against TZS45bn offered with the Government taking TZS71bn. The 91-day was undersubscribed with TZS23bn bid against TZS40bn offered.
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Source: African Capital News
JSE tracks global markets weaker
November 26, 2012--The JSE closed in the red on Monday, taking its cue from lower global markets and awaiting a decision from eurozone finance ministers with regard to the next aid disbursement for Greece.
At 17:00‚ the All Share [JSE:J203] index was down 0.26% to 37 766.24 points after rallying nearly 3% last week.
Gold counters provided some upside gaining 1.05% on a stronger bullion price and banks shed some value in sympathy with off-shore banks coming off.
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Source: FIN24
JSE tracks global markets weaker
November 26, 2012--The JSE closed in the red on Monday, taking its cue from lower global markets and awaiting a decision from eurozone finance ministers with regard to the next aid disbursement for Greece.
At 17:00‚ the All Share [JSE:J203] index was down 0.26% to 37 766.24 points after rallying nearly 3% last week.
Gold counters provided some upside gaining 1.05% on a stronger bullion price and banks shed some value in sympathy with off-shore banks coming off.
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Source: FIN24
Rand hovers close to R9/$
November 26, 2012--The rand is expected to trade within a narrow range this week but could tip above the R9.00/$-level if Greece's lenders fail to agree on a bailout package.
The rand was at R8.8891/$ at 08:53 on Monday, barely changed from Friday's close.
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Source: FIN24
JSE closes flat, banks weigh
November 23, 2012--The JSE pared some earlier gains to close flat on Friday due to some profit taking after the bourse reached an all-time high on Thursday.
“It has been a relatively quiet trading day with a bit of strength in industrials due to SABMiller continuing to move up after a strong run yesterday after releasing their interim results‚” said Guy Algeo‚ director at Imara SP Reid.
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Source: FIN24
Rand firms in quiet market
November 23, 2012--The rand gained further ground against leading currencies in late trade on Friday, breaking below R8.90/$, tracking a firmer euro/dollar.
At 15:56‚ the rand was bid at R8.8946/$ from Thursday’s close of R8.9335. The local currency was bid at R11.4928/€ from its previous close of R11.4878 and at R14.1720 against sterling from R14.2272 before. The euro was bid at $1.2928‚ from Thursday’s close of $1.2873.
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Source: FIN24
Rand, bonds firm after rate unchanged
November 23, 2012--The rand and government bonds firmed slightly after the central bank kept rates at 5% on Thursday as expected.
The rand firmed immediately after the announcement and was at 8.9309/$ by 13:25 GMT compared to 8.944 beforehand.
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Source: FIN24
Economic growth seen slowing to 1.5%
November 23, 2012--The pace of economic growth in South Africa probably halved in the third quarter, according to a Reuters poll, after wildcat mining strikes turned into the deadliest labour unrest since the end of apartheid in 1994.
Fifteen economists forecast growth in the quarter to have braked sharply, with the median forecast estimating that gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.5% compared with 3.2% in the previous three months.
Recession in the euro zone also hurt demand for South African goods.
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Source: FIN24
All Share hits new record high
November 22, 2012--The JSE All Share [JSE:J203] index hit a fresh record high on Thursday after solid manufacturing data from the
United States and China sparked optimism about that global growth may be recovering.
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Source: FIN24
Industrials pull JSE higher
November 21, 2012--The JSE maintained its upward momentum on Wednesday to close higher, more or less in line with world markets, after they digested the news of the failure by Greek creditors to agree on releasing the next tranche of bailout funds.
Markets quickly shrugged off this news to trade firmer on the hope that an agreement will be reached on Monday when they meet again.
At 17:00‚ the All Share [JSE:J203] index was up 0.51% at 37 498.02 points‚ with the Top 40 - (Tradeable) [JSE:J200] index gaining 0.53% to 33 274.88 points. Industrials were the main gainers‚ adding 0.74%‚ while platinums gave up 1.05%‚ after a fair run over the last two days.
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Source: FIN24
