South African markets closed in the green yesterday, led by gains in precious metal mining stocks. Platinum miners, Anglo American Platinum, Impala Platinum and Northam Platinum jumped 5.5%, 4.3% and 3.1%, respectively.
Food company, Astral Foods advanced 5.3%, after the company stated that it expects to report a more than fivefold increase in interim earnings.
Gold miners, Sibanye Stillwater, AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields gained 4.6%, 4.4% and 2.4%, respectively.
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