South Africa's rand weakened in early trade on Wednesday as traders awaited a speech from the U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for clues on the Fed's future interest rate path.
At 0722 GMT, the rand traded at 18.3600 against the dollar , about 0.14% weaker than its previous close.
The dollar last traded about 0.17% stronger against a basket of currencies, helped by comments from a slew ofNo major economic data is due on Wednesday in South Africa and the rand is set to take direction from global drivers such as U.S. monetary policy. Investors will turn their focus towards Powell for new direction, who is set to speak later in the day and on Thursday.
Shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were little changed in early trade, with the blue-chip Top-40 indexSouth Africa's benchmark 2030 government bond was stronger in early deals, the yield down 1.5 basis points to 10.385%.
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