Leading European stock markets closed higher on Monday despite the prospects for political and financial turmoil in Greece following general elections a day earlier.
London markets were closed, but in Paris the CAC 40 index jumped by 1.65 percent to 3,214.22 points in moderately thin trading, while in Frankfurt the DAX 30 also erased early losses to add 0.12 percent at 6,569.48 points.
Analysts said the election of Socialist Francois Hollande as the next French president had not had a major effect on investor sentiment.
In Madrid, the IBEX 35 index closed with a gain of 2.72 percent at 7,063.2 points.
SAA denied rumours that its acting chief executive Nico Bezuidenhout had lied about his qualifications.
Thousands of farmers have applied to employ foreign workers after the introduction of a new minimum wage.
The rand plunged to its weakest level against the dollar in close to four years on Thursday.
