The rand was slightly firmer on Thursday morning as global markets awaited more direction, while locally, Eskom had escalated blackouts to stage 4.

At 09.58am, the rand had firmed 0.17% to R16.7804/$, 0.38% to R19.8266/€ and 0.39% to R22.3225/£. The euro had strengthened 0.30% to $1.1817.   ..

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