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The rand strengthened against the dollar, euro and pound after Statistics SA reported third-quarter GDP fell 6% year-on-year, less than the expected 7%. The rand moved from about R15.18 to R15.01 per dollar that day.
A firmer rand lowers the local cost of imported feed ingredients for South African buyers. The effect on global feed markets is negligible.
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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.