The JSE took its cue from positive global markets on Tuesday, with only gold miners lower on the day, as risk abated and the rand firmed.A retreating dollar helped provide support for most stocks, although a sharp rise in the oil price capped gains in interest-rate-sensitive shares, such as banks and retailers. The bank index also felt pressure resulting from a fall by Nedbank, whose interim results appeared to disappoint the market.The all share gained 1.49% to 57,705.6 points and the top 40 rose 1.56%. Resources gained 1.88%, industrials 1.76% and food and drug retailers 1.65%.Gold miners fell 0.65%.A strong performance in Asian markets earlier provided support for Naspers, which gained 2.43% to R3,328.97. Tencent, in which Naspers owns just under a third, was up 1.13% on the Hang Seng. A 2.7% gain by the Shanghai Composite was attributed to recent stabilisation of the Chinese yuan, and investor focus on strong US corporate earnings reports.Locally, data was downbeat, with manufac...
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