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The South African rand hovered near R16.65 per US dollar as markets awaited municipal elections on November 3. Investec's Annabel Bishop said the rand's muted reaction to the AGOA suspension reflects that the move was widely anticipated.
Currency moves in the rand affect the cost of imported feed ingredients for South African buyers, but the story describes a stable, wait-and-see market with no major new driver for grain or meal prices.
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.