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South Africa's JSE closes higher after holiday

Xinhua, April 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) closed higher on Thursday after a South African public holiday.

The all share index was up 0.30 percent to 53,223.98 points, buoyed mainly by commodity-linked shares as a result of higher metal prices.

The resource 10 index, which includes Anglo American and BHP Billiton, climbed 3.16 percent, looking to end a two-day losing run. The gold index had risen 5.67 percent.

The rand weakened against major currencies, and was trading at R14.25 to the U.S. dollar, R20.74 to the British pound and R16.13 to the euro at 17:00 local time.

Industrial and financial shares rallied, Barclays Africa shares edged up three percent after indications that a consortium allegedly was positioning itself to acquire significant stake in the banking group.

Among individual shares, Anglo American edged up 9.35 percent to R153.46 and BHP Billiton grew 1.55 percent to R198.06.

Exxaro rose 5.03 percent to R89.91 and Harmony recovered 5.91 percent to R47.65.

Nedbank climbed 1.58 percent to R188.43 and Barclays Africa grew 2.62 percent to R148.60.

Ranking in the top 10 losers was Aveng (AEG), whose shares lost 5.10 percent to R4.65. Novus Holdings (NVS) dipped 5.02 percent to R12.10. Endit