JOHANNESBURG - The rand firmed in early trade on Monday, helped by increasing demand for emerging market currencies as returns on offer in developed market assets faltered following poor data last week.
Employment growth in the United States for February came in much weaker than expected last week triggering a revival in demand for risk assets as US Treasury yields and the dollar dived.
Source: Financial Digest (financialdigest.net)
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