South African stocks close lower Wednesday as industrial shares drop

JOHANNESBURG, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) closed lower on Wednesday as the industrial shares dropped.

The all share was 0.24 percent down at 52,555.12 points and the blue-chip top 40 added 0.22 percent. Platinums edged up 0.34 percent.

Financial rebounded at 0.14 percent while banks firmed 0.54 percent. Industrials lost 0.13 percent. The gold index dropped 0.72 percent.

Platinum shares rebounded on a flat platinum price of 966.41 U.S. dollars an ounce.

Spot gold was 0.72 percent off at 1,279.1 U.S. dollars an ounce. The rand was trading at R13.3 against the dollar at 5:00 p.m. (CAT).

Anglo American lifted 0.87 percent to R191.46.

Sibanye shed 6.33 percent to R31.2. Enditem