Investing.com – South Africa equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Other Mineral Extractors, Resources and Mining sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Johannesburg, the FTSE/JSE Top 40 fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE/JSE Top 40 were Capital&Counti (JO:CCOJ), which rose 1.86% or 155.00 points to trade at 8480.00 at the close. SABMiller PLC (JO:SABJ) added 1.18% or 770 points to end at 66070 and Compagnie Financiere Richemont SA (JO:CFRJ) was up 0.95% or 97 points to 10297 in late trade.
Biggest losers included MTN Group Ltd (JO:MTNJ), which lost 2.25% or 518 points to trade at 22500 in late trade. Firstrand Ltd (JO:FSRJ) declined 2.24% or 122 points to end at 5354 and Sanlam Ltd (JO:SLMJ) shed 1.98% or 137 points to 6868.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 126 to 122 and 14 ended unchanged on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.39% or 0.23 to $59.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $63.17 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1172.30 a troy ounce.
USD/ZAR was up 0.89% to 12.2147, while EUR/ZAR rose 0.31% to 13.6135.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.42% at 95.77.