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South African rand firms up to two-month high level

FurtherAfrica by FurtherAfrica
September 12, 2021
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South Africa’s rand posted its third consecutive week of gains on Friday, scaling back to a level seen two months ago as stronger local data and a risk-on mood globally supported the currency against the dollar.

The country’s foreign exchange reserves increased to $58.41 billion in August, from $54.46 billion in July boosted further by the maturity of foreign exchange swaps, FirstRand Bank said in a note.

This helped in strengthening the currency.

The upbeat mood was further bolstered by South Africa’s second-quarter gross domestic product number which grew 1.2% quarter on quarter, versus expectations for 0.7% growth.

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“While we remain comfortable with our view that the currency will weaken over the coming years, we have trimmed our end-year forecast to 15.25/$ (previously 15.5/$),” Jason Tuvey, senior emerging markets economist at Capital Economics wrote in a note.

Stocks listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange ended Friday marginally stronger but with a heavy loss seen during the week on the back of losses suffered by index heavyweights Naspers NPNJn.J and mining companies.

The country’s biggest company, tech investor Naspers, and its subsidiary Prosus NV PRXJn.J, corrected sharply this week as China continued to clamp down through regulations on internet and gaming companies including Tencent Holdings 0700.HK, where Prosus holds up to 29% stake.

Mining companies also have been losing most of their yearly gains in prices as commodity prices show signs of a decline after a strong run till around mid of August.

The benchmark all-share index .JALSH ended the day up 0.19% but was down over 3% from last Friday. The blue-chip index of top 40 companies .JTOPI closed up 0.27%.

The yield on the benchmark 2030 bond ZAR2030= was little changed at 8.855% early on Friday.

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