On Thursday a stronger South African Rand helped to lift local shares, keeping the All Share Index in the green by 0.05%. On the day, the local currency traded in a 30c range versus the US Dollar, reaching a low of R15.53 and a high of R15.23. Providing support was banking group Firstrand that released it's results for the year ended 30 June 2018, showing a 12% increase in Diluted Head Earnings Per Share while return on equity came in slightly lower but still at a healthy 23%. Also among the winners were Discovery while other banks such as Nedbank, Standard Bank and Absa added 3.25%, 2.49% and 2.41% respectively. On the downside Kumba Iron Ore, Sappi and Nepi Rockcastle were weaker by 4.85%, 3.22% and 2.76% respectively. In Europe, market continued to slide, with the DAX, FTSE 100 and CAC40 lower by 0.71%, 0.87% and 0.31% respectively. This morning in Asia, concerns around a trade war continue to weigh on markets, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index leading the market lower by a negative 0.92%.
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________________________________________ In currencies, the South African Rand trades as follows:
USDZAR +0.07% to 15.33 GBPZAR +0.07% to 19.83 EURZAR +0.12% to 17.83
Gold trades at $1206 Platinum at $789 Brent Crude Oil at $76.40
International Markets
This morning, Asian equities are as follows:
Nikkei 225 (-0.92%) Hang Seng (-1.19%) Shanghai Composite (-0.12%)
Latam Markets closed as follows:
Merval 25 (+4.10%) Bovespa (+1.76%) INMEX (-0.23%) ________________________________________ Company News
Sanlam Limited - Interim Results for the six months ended 30 June 2018
Key features of the 2018 interim results Earnings - Net result from financial services increased by 8% (up 10% in constant currency)
New Business - Net value of new covered business up 1% to R791 million (up 4% on consistent economic basis) - Net new covered business margin of 2,46% (2,61% in 2017) - New business volumes declined by 1% to R110 billion (in line with 2017 in constant currency) - Net fund inflows of R17,2 billion compared to R18,9 billion in 2017
Group Equity Value - Group Equity Value per share of R60,90 - Annualised Return on Group Equity Value per share of 13,7% - Adjusted annualised Return on Group Equity Value per share of 18,2%; exceeding target of 13%
Capital management - Executing on our African strategy - Acquisition of remaining 53% stake in Saham Finances awaiting certain regulatory approvals, anticipated before end of 2018 - R5,5 billion raised at favourable share price to de-risk transaction - Discretionary capital of R9,9 billion at 30 June 2018 committed to acquisition - Planned 5% BBBEE share issuance will provide remainder of funding requirement and restore discretionary capital to appropriate level - Sanlam Group solvency cover ratio of 2,3 times; Sanlam Life Insurance Limited solvency cover ratio for covered business of 2,3 times
Dividend - No interim dividend declared in line with Group policy ________________________________________ Aus miners: BHP Billiton (-1.15%) Rio Tinto (+1.40%) S32 (-0.86%)
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