Rand breaches key R14 to the dollar level as latter recovers on trade talks
The dollar is improving a little after it weakened due to dovish commentary from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell
The rand was weaker on Tuesday afternoon, hovering around R14 to the dollar, as the latter pared some of its losses from previous sessions. Comments from US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Friday, that the world’s most influential central bank is listening closely to the market, put some pressure on the greenback. Powell’s hints that 2019 may see fewer interest-rate increases than expected has broadly supported risk assets. The dollar, however, pared losses slightly on Tuesday afternoon, lifted by developments in the US-China trade talks, said Oanda analyst Dean Popplewell. Officials from the world’s two largest economies have expressed optimism that a trade deal could be struck, but traders remain cautious, London Capital Group’s head of research, Jasper Lawler, said. At 2pm, the rand was 0.69% weaker against the dollar at R13.9852, 0.6% against the euro at R16.0333, and 0.64% against the pound at R17.8599. The rand earlier reached an intra-day weakest level of R14.0496. At ...
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