South African shares jumped on a global markets recovery with blue chips rising more than one percent on Tuesday, but investors continued to fret about global growth prospects and the risk of renewed selling.
Index heavyweights BHP Billiton and Anglo American led a cross-market rally ignited as Japan's Nikkei rose from five days of heavy selling and the gold price came off a six-week low. Firmer U.S. stocks ensured the market ended up.
The Johannesburg Top-40 index of blue-chip stocks gained 1.27 percent to 22,701.37 points off its lowest level in six weeks, which it struck on Monday. The wider All-share index added 1.24 percent to 25,228.11 points.
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