Investing.com – South Africa equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials & Industrials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Johannesburg, the FTSE/JSE Top 40 fell 1.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE/JSE Top 40 were Nedbank Group Ltd (JO:NEDJ), which rose 2.30% or 555 points to trade at 24705 at the close. AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (JO:ANGJ) added 1.32% or 141 points to end at 10791 and Shoprite Holdings Ltd (JO:SHPJ) was up 1.05% or 179 points to 17179 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Naspers Ltd (JO:NPNJn), which lost 4.71% or 9000 points to trade at 182264 in late trade. Caphold (JO:CPIJ) declined 4.12% or 1981.00 points to end at 46101.00 and Sasol Ltd (JO:SOLJ) shed 4.02% or 1789 points to 42700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 156 to 87 and 9 ended unchanged on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.56% or 1.42 to $54.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 3.34% or 2.02 to hit $58.30 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1166.60 a troy ounce.
USD/ZAR was up 0.51% to 12.3825, while EUR/ZAR rose 0.33% to 13.7294.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.23.