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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG – THE RAND and stocks firmed slightly yesterday, as the dollar weakened.<\/p>\n

At 5pm, the rand bid at R15.03 to the dollar, 7 cents stronger than at the same time on Friday.<\/p>\n

On the JSE, the all share index gained 0.16 percent to 59508.8 percent, while the Top40 index was up 0.11 percent to 54520.69 points.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Russian stocks hit new record highs yesterday, supported by rising oil prices, while the rouble held near its mid-August peak as the dollar weakened broadly ahead of a US Federal Reserve meeting this week.<\/p>\n

The rouble gained 0.4 percent to trade at 72.99 to the dollar, while Moscow stocks jumped almost 1 percent as oil prices climbed, pushing Brent back above $50 (about R755) a barrel, buoyed by hopes that a rollout of coronavirus vaccines will lift global fuel demand.<\/p>\n

The first shipments of vaccines were speeding across the US as part of a mission to inoculate more than 100 million people by the end of March.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is definitely growing optimism that global economies will begin recovering from next year as more positive vaccine news flows,\u201d said Piotr Matys, FX strategist at Rabobank.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there is also the harsh reality that most emerging currencies will struggle in the near-term as virus cases still continue to rise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Riskier emerging market currencies got a boost as the dollar traded near a 2 1\/2-year low against major peers ahead of a Fed meeting ending tomorrow where policymakers are expected to increase purchases of longer-dated Treasuries to contain a rise in yields.<\/p>\n

Still, Turkey\u2019s lira weakened 0.7 percent as the threat of US and EU sanctions coupled with worries around record coronavirus-related deaths offset data that showed a 10.2 percent jump in the country\u2019s industrial production in October.<\/p>\n

The Hungarian forint held near a one-month high against the euro.<\/p>\n

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

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