{"id":46753,"date":"2026-09-29T10:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T08:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=46753"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:14:16","slug":"rand-extends-losses-before-local-economic-releases","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/rand-extends-losses-before-local-economic-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand extends losses before local economic releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The South African (SA) Rand extended the previous session&#8217;s losses in early trade \u200bthis Tuesday as higher oil prices \u200cweighed on sentiment, while investors waited for domestic economic data for clues on the health of \u200bAfrica&#8217;s largest economy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At 0625 GMT the \u200brand traded at 16.43 against the \u2060Dollar , about 0.1% softer than its previous \u200bclose.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The United States Dollar was steady against a \u200bbasket of currencies, while oil prices rose for a second successive session amid lingering concern over Middle East \u200bsupply disruption.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The SA Reserve Bank \u200bis expected to release its quarterly bulletin at around, offering insight into second-quarter foreign direct investment and portfolio flows.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The report will also offer a closer look at household finances, \u200bwhich Nedbank \u200beconomists said \u2060appear to have remained resilient despite persistent concerns about the ongoing \u200benergy shock.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Statistics SA is \u200bdue \u2060to release formal sector employment data, excluding agriculture.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Sa&#8217;s benchmark 2035 \u2060government \u200bbond strengthened in early \u200bdeals, as the yield fell 2.5 basis points to \u200b8.89%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":34578,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[44],"class_list":["post-46753","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-finance","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The SA Reserve Bank \u200bis expected to release its quarterly bulletin at around, offering insight into second-quarter foreign direct investment and portfolio flows.","published_date":"","news_description":"The SA Reserve Bank \u200bis expected to release its quarterly bulletin at around, offering insight into second-quarter foreign direct investment and portfolio flows.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46753","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\/46753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46754,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/46753\/revisions\/46754"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=46753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}