The rand recovered all of Tuesday’s losses on Wednesday, and then some, as improved SA business confidence added to investor appetite for riskier assets.

The rand gained almost 2%, its biggest one-day rise in more than a week, after falling on Tuesday on data that showed SA’s economic collapse in the second quarter was worse than feared. ..

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