Investing.com – South Africa equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Gold Mining and Financials & Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Johannesburg, the FTSE/JSE Top 40 rose 0.06% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE/JSE Top 40 were Kumba Iron Ore Ltd (JO:KIOJ), which rose 3.52% or 544 points to trade at 15998 at the close. Capital&Counti (JO:CCOJ) added 2.78% or 225.00 points to end at 8239.11 and Discovery Holdings Ltd (JO:DSYJ) was up 2.62% or 329 points to 12884 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BHP Billiton Ltd (JO:BILJ), which lost 3.24% or 855 points to trade at 25525 in late trade. Assore Ltd (JO:ASRJ) declined 2.36% or 259 points to end at 10700 and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd (JO:IMPJ) shed 2.04% or 120 points to 5825.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 142 to 102 and 10 ended unchanged on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.83% or 0.50 to $59.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.61% or 0.39 to hit $63.10 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1172.70 a troy ounce.
USD/ZAR was down 0.34% to 12.1113, while EUR/ZAR fell 0.41% to 13.5618.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 95.44.