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Rand gains as dollar slides after Trump fires FBI head

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South Africa's rand strengthened on Wednesday following two consecutive days of losses, helped by firmer precious metals prices and a slip in the dollar after US President Donald Trump abruptly fired the FBI director. At 06:40 GMT the rand was up 0.3% at 13.5875 a dollar compared to a close of 13.6300 overnight in New York.
 
 
 
 
 

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