Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)

Rand slides as dollar rebounds, stocks slip

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THE rand retreated as the dollar gained, following a rally that had lifted the South African currency to a 17-month high. Stocks followed global markets down.

By 1540 GMT, the rand had weakened 0.46% to 13.0800 per dollar after closing at 13.0200 overnight in New York.

The dollar index was up 0.4%, bolstered by expectatio­ns the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates more than once this year. SUSP ASPEN LITHA 520 GILBI 1557. FOOD & DRUG RETAILERS CLICKS 12705 +135 CHOPPIES 350 +5 Dis-Chem 2527 +52 GoldBrand 74 -1 PICKNPAY 6901 -36 SHOPRIT 17305 -360 SHPCB 10590 SPAR 18200 +54 RETAILERS - SOFT GOODS AFOVR-N 1104 AF-OVR6PP 28882 193 AF-OVER 1500 MRPRICE 17300 REX-TRUE 1425 REXTRU-N 1250 TASTE 185 TFG 16601 TRUWTHS 8900 TASTE-N 1 RETAILERS - MULTI DEPARTMENT HOLDSPORT -101 HOMCHOICE -775 SUSP 1400 +20 +4 +149 +477 SUSP 6003 3500 MASSMART -25 NICTUS 45 VERIMARK 55 WOOLIES 6958 -92 WHLN 1395 SUSP RETAILERS - HARDLINES CASHBIL 38699 +83 ITLTILE 1385 +30 JDGROUP 1940 SUSP JDG CONV 84000 SUSP JDGRP-N 40 SUSP LEWIS 4249 +49 SPECIALISE­D CONSUMER SERVICES 13525 ADVTECH 1860 ADVTECH-N SUSP CURRO 4764 -11 VEHICLE DISTRIBUTO­RS CMH 2100 BROADCASTI­NG CONTRACTOR­S AME 7000 NASPERSN -1445 MEDIA AGENCIES TIMES 2100 SUSP PUBLISHING & PRINTING CAT 1350 +20 CAXTON-P 19000 AIRLINES & AIRPORTS COMAIR 590 +5 GAMING PHMN 375 PHUMELELA +18 SUNINT 8989 TSOGO-SUN

-9 HOTELS CITYLDG 15250 +538 DON 6 SUSP RESTAURANT­S AND PUBS FAMBRANDS 15400 +85 SPURCORP +7 LEISURE FACILITIES CULLINAN 153 WILDRNESS 21520 SUSP 2118 +49 2795 3349 FIXED-LINE TELECOM SERVICES TELKOM 7281 WIRELESS TELECOM SERVICES BLUETEL MTN Zakhele VODACOM -70 1781 11875 5170 +10 160 700 -88 -25 -75 SUSP 15050

The rand is expected to remain in the same range before Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s Budget speech on Wednesday. He is set to announce new taxes on income, alcohol and tobacco to plug a R28-billion shortfall in revenue.

Bonds also backtracke­d, with the yield on the benchmark 2026 issue adding eight basis points to 8.73%.

On the stock market, the benchmark YeboYethu 5501 BANKS B-AFRICA 16089 CAPITEC 71700 FINBOND 255 Finbond-n 1 FIRSTRAND -58 NEDCOR RMBH STANBANK -197 INSURANCE - NON-LIFE SANTAM 24222 -421 ZURICHSA 25500 SUSP LIFE ASSURANCE CLIENTELE 1875 DISCOVERY1­2335 DISCOV-N 3067 LIB-HOLD 11658 MMIHLDGS +10 OLDMUTUAL -45 SANLAM 6725 -145 REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS & DEVELOPMEN­T ADRENNA 65 ATT 1849 ACSION 710 BONATLA 7 BALWIN 753 CAPCO 4700 DELPROP 825 PolskProp 1900 FAIRVEST 180 FREEDOM 7 GLOBETRD 24420 6575 INGENUITY 95 IAPF 1350 IAP-N 1 MAS 2199 MARADELTA +5 NEPI 15338 OCTODEC 2441 -1 -208 -507 -1 SUSP 5190 -499 -70 14635 -25 +55 SUSP -69 2617 3490 +15 +3 SUSP +22 -1 +10 +3 SUSP 2870 -1 1815 +98 -24 ORION 60 PREMIUM 1719 PUTPROP 560 PUTPROP-N SUSP REBOSIS-N 15 RIPLC 608 ROCKCASTL +4 SABLE 235 SUSP STENPROP 1794 +23 TRADEH 2100 +1 PIVOTAL 1568 SUSP VUKILE 1953 +6 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS EMIRA 1487 FORTRESSB -31 FPT 732 FORTRES-N SUSP ITUN-N 1750 INTUPROP 4429 RENERGEN +55 SYCOM 2245 SYCR 2495 TOWER 842 REITS INDUSTRIAL & OFFICE ARROW-A 900 ARROW-B 668 CAPPROP 972 EQUITES 1590 REITS RETAIL ACCELERAT CAPREG 930 HAMMERSON +81 HYPROP 12418 RESN 160 RESILIENT 12235 SAFARI 720 SAFARI-N 1 REITS RESIDENTIA­L SUSP 2 SUSP -7 3400 +14 3548 SUSP 85 SUSP +26 1275 SUSP SUSP +22 +3 SUSP SUSP 680 9201 +117 SUSP -65 SUSP INDLU 1085 REITS DIVERSIFIE­D ANNUITY 516 ASCEN_A 455 ASCEN_B 240 ACUCAP 3920 DIPULA-A 1040 DIPULA-B 1195 FORTRESSA +13 GEMPROPA GEMPROPB -5 SUSP SUSP SUSP 1790 986 700 GROWPNT

-3 INVPROP 1635 INVPROP-N 1 Liberty2D 1025 REBOSIS 1325 REDEFINE 1138 SA-CORP 589 SA-CORPN 3 SEREIT 1723 TEX 800 TEX-N 1 VIVIDEND 489 REITS SPECIALITY HOSP-A 1650 HOSP-B 1424 STOR-AGE 1126 ASSET MANAGERS CML 6655 EFFICIENT 501 EFF-N 30 LONFIN 900 CONSUMER FINANCE ABLN 450 SUSP PHOENIX 65 +6 SPECIALITY FINANCE CAPITAL 94 CONDUIT 260 CONDUIT-N 26 DENEB 165 EPEE 900 GRANPRADE

-3 2693 -40 SUSP +5 -1 -4 +9 SUSP -24 -11 SUSP SUSP SUSP -14 -35 SUSP -3 +13 SUSP -10 352 Top-40 index was down 0.9% to 45 074 points. The broader All-share index fell 0.7% to 52 223. Losses were broad-based, with threequart­ers of the bourse’s blue-chips closing lower.

Drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare was the biggest loser, shedding 2.6% to R288.82. The stock had gained 10% in the six weeks until Wednesday, but pared gains to 2% for the year by yesterday’s close. – Reuters TRANSCAP +16 TRUSTCO 405 ZEDER 754 -12 INVESTMENT SERVICES BRAIT 7568 -115 CADIZ 110 SUSP Gaia 850 +50 INVLTD 9534 -125 INVPLC 9488 -129 JSE 16475 +185 PERGRIN 2959 -85 PSG 25084 +284 PSG-KST 780 +13 SASFIN 7490 SYGNIA 1600 EQUITY INVESTMENT INSTRUMENT­S STELLAR 126 -3 INVESTMENT COMPANIES ANDULELA 41 ALEXANDER +5 BK-ONE-PR SUSP BRIMST-N 1400 BRIMSTON 1400 HCI 13500 Hulisani 1180 NEWBOND SUSP NIVEUS 3700 PALLINGHT 465 PRESCIENT 99 PURPLE 55 RMIH 4046 REINET 2785 SABVEST-N SABVEST Stellar-n TREMATON 2410 1 1475 700 10 -100 -200 -3 12 +1 +1 -37 -1 3000 -190 SUSP 279 COMPUTER SERVICES ADAPTIT 1415 -2 BCX-A-SH 92 SUSP BCX 557 SUSP COMPCLEAR SUSP DCENTRIX 438 SUSP DATATEC 5695 -6 EOH 15301 +49 FARITEC 3 SUSP GIJN 1 SUSP JASCO 88 +4 JSCN 1 SUSP MORVEST 22 SUSP SECDATA 36 SUSP SQONE 10 SUSP COMPUTER HARDWARE MUSTEK 470 PINNACLE 1939 -10 TELECOMMUN­ICATIONS EQUIPMENT Cognition 123 KRUGER RANDS FRK01 16783 KR-HALF 84500 KR 16850 KR-TENTH 17310 KR-QUARTE 401 -9 +5000 50000 A1340 AGLSBO 79 SUSP EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS ASHT40 4509 -34 ETFGLD 16032 +149 ETFPLT 13029 -10 ETFRHO 10880 -80 ASHINF 2108 -1 ASHMID 803 +2 CTOP50 2073 -15 CSEW40 4935 -25 GLPROP 3288 +33 CGREEN 1998 -5 CSP500 3102 +10 DBNPNY 15913 SUSP DBRMIA 2382 SUSP TOPDWX 933 SUSP DBX-JAPAN 1058 +1 DBX-USA 2914 +16 DBX-WORLD +16 DBXEURO50 +24 DBXFT100 11719 DCCUSD 12400 RAFISA 4677 RAFIFIN 3993 RAFIINDI 5321 RAFIRESI 3656 ECSP-A 0 ECSP-B 0 ECSP-C 0 DIVTRX 2916 LVLTRX 2808 ESPIBN 17079 ESPIBR 10316 ESPIBM 10390 ESPIBO 11172 ESPIBL 10441 ESPIBK 12831 ESPIBY 10934 SOLIHL 10000 ESPIBQ 10016 KCCGLD 17069 NEWGOLD +110 NEWFEQMOM

-3 NEWFNGOVI -55 NEWFNILBI 6622 MAPPS_GRO -12 MAPPS_PRO -23 NEWSA 4751 SHARIAH40

-3 GIVIND 6164 NEWFNSWIX

-9 NEWFTRACI +1 NEWPLAT 12954 2386 4590 +69 +1690 -7 -10 -4836 -6461 +397 +9046 -2957 +6558 +4996 SUSP -2639 15413 2982 5371 -52 1920 3400 -30 313 -39 1530 2164 -4 GIVFIN 3937 GIVRES 4167 GIVISA 4371 NEWPALL 10198 NRD 3801 PREFTRAX 947 PROPXSAPY

-3 PROPXTEN 2150 SATRIX40 4513 SATRIXDIV 215 STXFIN 1519 STXIND 6638 SATRIXRAF 1250 SATRIXRES 3435 SOLSBA 1 SGI003 0 STPROP 6588 STANLIBSX 1011 STANLIB40 4518 SATRIXSWX

-6 UBOMLA SUSP EXCHANGE TRADED NOTES BNPASI 123 +6 ZA065 150 BNPEUR 113 BNPUSA 129 BNPWOR 121 DBGAIN16 0 DBAFRI 10220 DBCHIN 5468 DBEMER 5185 SBAGAUG20 +160 IBETN1 13891 GOLDEN 12163 SWXTRI 15915 TOPTRI 6225 IBLVR1 11630 IBLUSD 13061 TOPCLI 11682 NEWBCI 1 NEWEUR 1387 NEWGBP 1622 NEWPLT 13024 NEWSLV 231 NEWUSD 1306 SBADAUG20 +55 SBAPAUG20 -17 SBACI 1194 SBACOP 1330 SBACRN 847 SBAEI 872 SBAOIL 987 SBAWHT 706 SBASAUG20 +45 ZA001 ZA002 ZA003 ZA007 ZA008 ZA009 ZA010 ZA012 ZA013 ZA014 ZA015 ZA017 ZA018 ZA020 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -25 +1 -26 +31 SUSP +6 6730 -28 -1 -13 -36 -8 -30 SUSP +11 -6 -31 1013 -1 +25 +4 SUSP -6 -13 -17 17994 +22 -114 -53 +22 +965 -226 SUSP +9 +4 -11 -1 +9 27734 10899 -7 -4 +2 +1 -6 16034 SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP ZA021 0 ZA022 0 ZA023 0 ZA024 0 ZA026 0 ZA027 0 ZA028 0 ZA029 444 ZA030 518 ZA031 490 ZA032 569 ZA033 0 ZA034 0 ZA035 0 ZA036 0 OTHER SECURITIES AdBEE 3925 ADEO 455 ALT GOGLOBAL RBAN ALTX 1TIME ACCENT ACTOWERS SUSP AFDAWN 61 AFEAGLE 5 AH-VEST 36 ALERT 38 ALLIANCE 215 ANSYS 136 ADVHLTH 140 ADWN-N 1 ALARIS 210 ANCHOR 747 ASTORIA 1012 ATLEAF 1799 BWI 35 BEIGE 5 BIOSCI 1 BLUE 13 BRIKOR 9 BSI 39 BEIGE-N 1 CHEMSPEC SUSP CHROMETCO CSG 133 CSPP 10 ERBACON 10 GLOBAL 400 GOODERSON SUSP GIY GOLIFE Greenbay HUGE HUGN INTEWASTE +2 IPS 47 ISA 128 Imbali-n 1 INTHOTEL 1800 M-FITEC 1200 MINERESI 3 MONEYWEB MUVONI MLD NEPI-NPL 1 3 85 0 60 160 880 10 17 0 249 SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP -25 +35 0 SUSP SUSP 5 +1 SUSP SUSP SUSP

-6 SUSP +32 -5 -1 SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP +1 SUSP

10 32

-1 SUSP SUSP 55 SUSP +10 SUSP 123 SUSP

-2 SUSP SUSP 20 SUSP SUSP NUTRITION 1 NVEST 250 FRONTIER 1996 NEWPARK 650 OASIS 2025 OSIRIS 1550 PINPOINT 1 PSV 40 QUANTUM 19 RARE 470 RARE-N 5 RBA 74 SACOVEN SHERBOURN SUSP SILVERB 330 STRATCORP SUSP SIRIUS 825 DMCCB 22000 SVFB 0 SPEAR 960 TELEMASTR BLACKSTAR TCS 1 WCC 40 Transcend 800 UBUBELE 27 UPLE 1695 UBUN-N 1 VUNANI 230 VestIN 0 VISUAL 12 WEARNE 7 WILLTELL 9 WORKFORCE ALTX ALERT-NPL 10 BIOSCI-N 1 CURRO-NPL SUSP IMBALIE MPCIHA DCM INDEQTY STELLA VCM ECSPONENT 14 3669 950 42 ECSN 1 ECSP18 0 LABAT 46 LONAFRIC 255 LABAT-N 1 SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP 1 2 +24 SUSP SUSP 70 1000 SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP SUSP -1 SUSP 230 SUSP 755 SUSP SUSP 12 SUSP SUSP

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