Rand settles down after rough start to the month
Equity markets are broadly patchy, as are commodity prices, leaving the rand in a relatively narrow range
The rand was relatively calm in midmorning trade on Wednesday, with traders finding little reason to push it in either direction. Equity markets were broadly patchy, as were commodity prices, leaving the rand in a relatively narrow range. The local currency started August on a slightly negative note, after the ANC’s decision to seek to change the constitution to allow the expropriation of land without compensation. "The market is waiting for some clarity regarding the issue and should the details continue to be murky we could see the rand on the back foot, as uncertainty plus emerging markets don’t gel," TreasuryOne currency dealer Andre Botha said in a e-mailed note to clients. The economy was taking centre stage at a cabinet lekgotla under way in Pretoria, communications minister Nomvula Mokonyane said. She said on Tuesday that the cabinet would intensify deliberations on how to create an investor-friendly environment in SA. "There is a determination not to reinvent the wheel but ...
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