South African rand hits highest since mid-April as dollar sags

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The South African rand extended the previous day's rally on Thursday, hitting its highest since mid-April, as the dollar sagged on a slowdown in U.S. inflation that could mean fewer Federal Reserve interest rate hikes.

At 1020 GMT, the rand traded at 18.0425 against the dollar , around 0.5% stronger than its previous close.

Andre Cilliers, currency strategist at TreasuryONE, said given the pace of its recent rally, the rand could consolidate around 18 to the dollar, pointing to fairly healthy dollar demand late on Wednesday when South African importers took advantage of better hedging levels.

Source: Loan Digest (loandigest.net)

 

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