Investing.com – South Africa equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Other Mineral Extractors, Mining and Resources sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Johannesburg, the FTSE/JSE Top 40 declined 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the FTSE/JSE Top 40 were Shoprite Holdings Ltd (JO:SHPJ), which rose 3.27% or 550 points to trade at 17143 at the close. Barclays Africa Group Ltd (JO:BGAJ) added 3.18% or 564 points to end at 18139 and Steinhoff International Holdings (JO:SHFJ) was up 3.18% or 237 points to 7695 in late trade.
Biggest losers included BHP Billiton Ltd (JO:BILJ), which lost 4.57% or 1153 points to trade at 24063 in late trade. Assore Ltd (JO:ASRJ) declined 3.98% or 429 points to end at 10350 and Anglo American PLC (JO:AGLJ) shed 3.96% or 730 points to 17690.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 146 to 97 and 17 ended unchanged on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.13% or 0.66 to $58.99 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.81% or 1.12 to hit $63.13 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.60 to trade at $1177.40 a troy ounce.
USD/ZAR was down 0.79% to 12.1522, while EUR/ZAR fell 1.45% to 13.5526.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 95.61.