With 99% of votes counted, the ANC had 30.76% of the local-election vote, its weakest result since 1994, but the rand’s initial decline was largely reversed. South African government bonds were also little changed, with investors having largely anticipated the result and focusing on the outlook for the national coalition and economic policy.
The limited currency reaction suggests the election result was largely priced in, so it provides little new impetus for South African risk pricing. No material feed-commodity supply or demand shift is identified.
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