Thursday, July 26, 2007

Rand, bonds dive in emerging market sell-off

(Reuters) - South Africa's rand fell sharply on Thursday, caught up in a battering of global equities and emerging market currencies.

The local unit was trading at 7.0350 at 1530 GMT, a fall of 2.2 percent from its close in New York of 6.8825, but just off the session trough of 7.04 -- a two-week low.


Read more at Reuters Africa

No comments: