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The rand strengthened about 1% against the dollar to around R16.45, in step with other emerging-market currencies. Traders expected a slower pace of US rate hikes compared with South African Reserve Bank tightening, which supports foreign inflows.
A firmer rand lowers the local cost of dollar-priced feed imports, so it is modestly supportive for South African feed buyers.
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