Investing.com – South Africa stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Other Mineral Extractors, Resources and Mining sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Johannesburg, the FTSE/JSE Top 40 gained 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the FTSE/JSE Top 40 were Tiger Brands Ltd (JO:TBSJ), which rose 4.12% or 1180 points to trade at 29143 at the close. Meanwhile, Brait (JO:BATJ) added 2.59% or 309.00 points to end at 11923.00 and Netcare (JO:NTCJ) was up 2.42% or 91.00 points to 3849.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kumba Iron Ore Ltd (JO:KIOJ), which fell 3.02% or 437 points to trade at 14287 at the close. Caphold (JO:CPIJ) declined 2.04% or 1000.00 points to end at 48161.48 and Vodacom Group Ltd (JO:VODJ) was down 1.87% or 267 points to 14095.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange by 134 to 100 and 16 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.00% or 0.57 to $57.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 1.01% or 0.62 to hit $62.63 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.52% or 6.10 to trade at $1163.20 a troy ounce.
USD/ZAR was up 0.21% to 12.2802, while EUR/ZAR rose 0.66% to 13.6279.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 96.20.