It's mainly the commodity play that's keeping the rand resilient.
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The underlying fundamentals for both gold and platinum remain strong, which should keep prices relatively buoyant.
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Oil prices tend to fuel inflationary fears, and as they fuel these fears funds so investors tend to look for an inflation head. In this situation they have looked towards gold as that inflationary head. As oil prices have gone up we have seen an increase in metal prices.
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We have seen a recovery in the gold price and commodity currencies have consolidated slightly off their lows, which bodes well for rand resilience. The rand could trade closer to 6.2022US.
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