# Rand steady as US political risk, terror attacks weigh - Moneyweb

> The rand held steady near 13.2400 per dollar on Friday as concerns about US political risk and a deadly terror attack in Barcelona halted gains in risk assets. Government bonds weakened and the JSE Top-40 index was flat.

- Date: 2017-08-18 · published 2017-08-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region South Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/69759-rand-steady-as-us-political-risk-terror-attacks-weigh-moneyweb
- Commodities: [South African Rand (ZAR per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDZAR.md)

## Why it matters

A flat rand leaves South African feed import costs largely unchanged in the near term. The move is routine and does not affect global grain prices.

## Read by commodity

- USDZAR: neutral

## Sources

- moneyweb.co.za: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news-fast-news/rand-steady-as-us-political-risk-terror-attacks-weigh/

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