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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG – The rand fell on Friday, but it looked set for weekly gains as riskier currencies broadly received a boost from the US Federal Reserve maintaining its dovish stance.<\/p>\n

At 1500 GMT, the rand traded at 14.7500 versus the dollar, 0.14 percent weaker than its previous close.<\/p>\n

The currency was up nearly 1 percent since Monday.<\/p>\n

The South African currency has tracked swings on global markets this week, rallying when the US Federal Reserve pushed back against speculation over rate hikes before retreating.<\/p>\n

Some investors see the rand as a proxy for emerging-market risk, which means it can be highly volatile.<\/p>\n

Market focus is now on the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) monetary policy committee meeting next week.<\/p>\n

A Reuters poll found on Thursday that the SARB will keep its repo rate at a record low of 3.5% at its March 25 meeting and at that same level until early 2022.<\/p>\n

“The window for additional interest rate cuts in South Africa has closed, with the next move in rates likely to be up,” said Jeffrey Schultz at BNP Paribas.<\/p>\n

“That said, we do see renewed pressure of the SARB to act earlier than we had previously expected. Some of South Africa’s EM peers are already responding to a gradual grind-up in core rates this year and starting policy tightening earlier.”<\/p>\n

Stocks were down on Friday, closing the week with a net drop as concerns of power cuts locally overlapped with fears of rising treasury yield in the US.<\/p>\n

The benchmark all-share index fell by 1.24 percent to end the week at 65,911 points, its lowest point in three weeks. The bluechip index FTSE\/JSE top 40 lost 1.21 percent to end at 60,313 points.<\/p>\n

The fall was led by the country’s banks, which are sensitive to local economic factors, and mining companies which depend on reliable power supply for smooth operations.<\/p>\n

“The ongoing load-shedding is quite a big concern,” said Greg Davies, analyst with Cratos Capital. He said a lot of investors are also trading with an eye on rising US Treasury yields which could hit the stocks in the long run.<\/p>\n

Usually when benchmark yields rise, the cost of capital for companies rises, hurting the market valuation of these firms.<\/p>\n

Government bonds gained as the yield on the 2030 bond fell 10 basis points to 9.335 percent.<\/p>\n

REUTERS<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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