{"id":32811,"date":"2026-04-23T09:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32811"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:50:49","slug":"rand-slips-as-investors-seek-clarity-on-stalled-us-iran-peace-talks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-slips-as-investors-seek-clarity-on-stalled-us-iran-peace-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand slips as investors seek clarity on stalled US, Iran peace talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The South African (SA) Rand slipped in early trade on Thursday as a \u200bstand-off between Iran and the United States (US) \u200cin the Middle East war and lack of progress in peace talks lifted oil prices back above $100 \u200bper barrel, weighing on investor sentiment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Rand traded at 16.53 \u2060against the Dollar , about 0.4% weaker \u200bthan its previous close.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The Dollar was broadly flat \u200bagainst a basket of currencies, while oil prices rose more than $1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SA is a net importer of energy, \u200bleaving it highly exposed to swings \u200bin global prices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Iran seized two ships in the Strait of \u200cHormuz \u2060on Wednesday, tightening its grip on the strategic waterway after US President Donald Trump extended a ceasefire with no sign of peace \u200btalks restarting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Trump maintained \u200bthe \u2060US Navy blockade of Iran&#8217;s trade by sea, and Iran&#8217;s parliament \u200bspeaker and top negotiator Mohammad Baqer \u200bQalibaf \u2060said a full ceasefire only made sense if it was lifted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">SA&#8217;s benchmark 2035 \u2060government bond \u200bwas weaker in early \u200bdeals, with the yield up 6 basis points to \u200b8.615%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12528,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-32811","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Rand slipped in early trade on Thursday","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32812,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32811\/revisions\/32812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}