[African Stock Markets | South African Stock Index Closed Up More Than 1.1%, Mining Stocks Harmony And Gold Fields Failed To Follow The Performance Of Gold Prices Hitting A Record High] On Tuesday (February 4), South Africa's FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradable Index Closed Up 1.12% At 78,342.44 Points, Approaching The Closing Level Of 78,481.18 Points On December 13, 2024 And The Historical Closing High Of 79,510.60 Points On September 27 Of That Year. As Gold Prices Continue To Hit Record Highs, Constituent Stocks Generally Closed Higher, With Bvt.Sj Up 4.4% And Sibanye Stillwater Up 3.57%, The Second-highest Performer. Mining Stocks Glencore (Gln) Rose 2.88%, The Fifth-largest Gainer, Anglo American (Agl) Rose 1.08%, Harmony Gold (Har) Rose 0.5%, The Sixth-lowest Gainer, Gold Fields (Gfi) Closed Down 0.35%, The Sixth-lowest Gainer, Large Coal And Heavy Mineral Mining Company Exxon Resources (Exx) Fell 0.47%, And AngGold Ashanti (Ang) Fell 2.45%, The Largest Loser; At The Same Time, Prosus (Prx) Rose 2.74%, And Naspers (Npn) Rose 2.69%, The Eighth-highest Performer. The South African Rand Is Currently Up More Than 0.4% Against The US Dollar, Refreshing The Daily High To 18.6519 Rand