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Rand set to end week firmer but stocks drop

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The currency hit a one-week high of R17.3325 before trimming the gains, with market sentiment weighed by concerns over the return of power cuts at a time when economic activity is being stifled by the COVID-19 pandemic.

JOHANNESBURG - The rand was set to end the week on a firmer footing, even though its recent rally has been slowed by the return of rolling nationwide power cuts and more signs that the domestic economy remains under pressure.

On Friday, state power utility Eskom implemented nationwide rolling electricity blackouts for a second day, cutting up to 2,000 MW from the national grid, after a number of generating units broke down. “The road to recovery is fraught with dangers, but energy availability need not be an added constraint.”

 

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