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The rand gained for a fifth straight week, reaching R17.07/$ at Friday's low point, after a 40-cent rally from Monday's high. Support came from the US rate cut, positive sentiment toward South Africa, and China's stimulus package, which lifted the yuan.
Stronger emerging-market currencies and firmer Chinese demand expectations can ease the rand cost of imported feed inputs and support commodity export values.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.