MARKET WRAP: Rand firms as investors mull Reserve Bank decision

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The Bank’s monetary policy committee kept the repo rate at 3.5% while it revised the GDP forecast to a contraction 8.2%

The rand pared earlier losses on Thursday as markets digested the SA Reserve Bank’s decision to keep interest rates unchanged.

At 5.55pm, the rand had firmed 0.28% to R16.2260/$ reaching R16.17/$ earlier in the day, its best level since March. It had strengthened 0.20% to R19.1868/€ and 0.28% to R21.0126/£. The euro had firmed 0.11% to $1.1825.A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as exclusive Financial Times articles, ProfileData financial data, and digital access to the Sunday Times and Times Select.

 

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