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The rand has recovered about 8.3% from its record low at the start of lockdown, trading near R17.69 per dollar. Commentators cite hopes of a coronavirus vaccine, firmer commodity prices and risk assets, and lower market volatility as drivers.
Investors remain cautious about the recovery.
A recovering rand lowers the local cost of imported feed ingredients, though gains are tied to fragile risk sentiment that could reverse.
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.