South African futures gained on Thursday as the JSE rose on higher retailers and banks, while some miners improved on better commodity prices.The Dow was 0.17% higher soon after opening, while European bourses were a little lower. The FTSE 100 was last seen down 0.01%, the CAC 40 0.24% and the DAX 30 0.21%.The JSE all share added 0.19% to 58,952.9 points and the blue-chip top 40 0.16%. General retailers led the charge, up 1.66%, while platinum miners rose 1.36%, industrials 0.33%, banks 0.17% and resources 0.1%. Gold miners gave up 0.36%, despite the higher metal price.At 5.41pm, Brent crude was flat at $65.90 a barrel, after having hit $66 during the day, a level last reached in June 2015. Gold was up 0.43% to $1,292.46 an ounce and platinum 0.55% to $925.21.At the same time the rand was at R12.35 to the dollar, after earlier hitting its best level since July 2015, at R12.23.The top-40 Alsi futures was 0.14% higher at 52,738 points. The number of contracts traded was 14,041 from We...
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