After a weak opening, the JSE all share closed higher on Wednesday after turning positive at midday when gold shares gathered strength and resources recovered despite mixed commodity prices. By the JSE’s close, spot gold had added 0.23% to $1,245.65 an ounce but platinum was 0.18% lower at $922.59. The all share closed 0.47% higher at 51,402.70 points and the blue-chip top 40 gained 0.54%. The gold index firmed 2.39%, food and drug retailers 1.36%, resources 1.05%, property 0.75%, and industrials 0.48%. The platinum index lost 0.40%, general retailers 0.35%, and banks 0.22%. Anglo American was up 2.16% to R162.21, Glencore 1.83% to R46.84 and BHP 1.34% to R190.08. Sasol lost 0.81% to R359.99. Kumba Iron Ore rebounded 4.03% to R147.50, but African Rainbow Minerals lost 2.97% to R72.94. In banks, FirstRand was up 0.51% to R47.24 but Capitec lost 0.46% to R794.26. Old Mutual gave up 1.36% to R32.57, but Sanlam recovered 1.62% to R65.14. MTN rose 2.58% to R113.61, while Vodacom lost 2.1...
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