Investing.com – South Africa stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Other Mineral Extractors, Mining and Resources sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Johannesburg, the FTSE/JSE Top 40 fell 0.55%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were BHP Billiton Ltd (JO:BILJ), which fell 4.57% or 1153 points to trade at 24063 at the close. Assore Ltd (JO:ASRJ) declined 3.98% or 429 points to end at 10350 and Anglo American PLC (JO:AGLJ) was down 3.96% or 730 points to 17690.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange by 146 to 97 and 17 ended unchanged.
Shares in Anglo American PLC (JO:AGLJ) fell to 3-years lows; down 3.96% or 730 to 17690.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.13% or 0.66 to $58.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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.