{"id":3327,"date":"2021-01-28T22:27:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T22:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2021-01-28T19:21:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T19:21:05","slug":"rand-loses-momentum-against-the-greenback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/rand-loses-momentum-against-the-greenback","title":{"rendered":"Rand loses momentum against the greenback"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; The rand struggled amid an empty domestic calendar, looking towards the Fed policy meeting for direction according to NKC Research.<\/p>\n<p>In local news, South Africa approved the AstraZeneca Covid-19 for emergency use, while the regulator is in the process of reviewing rival applications, including from Pfizer and Johnson &amp; Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa expects to receive a first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine in coming days from the Serum Institute of India (SII) at a cost of $5.25 (R80.33) per dose for the 1.5 million jabs ordered.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, opposition party the Democratic Alliance (DA) announced that it has approached the courts to enforce more transparency from the ruling party with regard to the national inoculation strategy.<\/p>\n<p>At the close of local trade, the rand quoted softer at R15.26\/$, after trading in range of R15.03\/$ &#8211; R15.26\/$. 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JOHANNESBURG &#8211; The rand struggled amid an empty domestic calendar, looking towards the Fed policy meeting for direction according to NKC Research. In local news, South Africa approved the AstraZeneca Covid-19 for emergency use, while the regulator is in the process of reviewing rival applications, including from Pfizer and Johnson &amp; Johnson. 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