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ZAR, HUF Extend Intra-Day Gains Amid Firmer Risk Backdrop

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  • Lower core yields and firmer equities are providing a much more optimistic environment to start the week as news of the UK’s fiscal reversal has helped support a more benign short-term outlook for global risk sentiment.
  • With G10 currencies experiencing strong gains against the greenback, sentiment has certainly filtered through to some emerging market currencies, notably the South African Rand, currently up 1.77% for the session.
  • South Africa’s benchmark FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index has climbed 2.1% with a Johannesburg index of banking stocks among the biggest beneficiaries, advancing as much 3.1%, the sharpest gain since July 7 as noted by Bloomberg.
  • However, as noted earlier, a bullish trend remains in place for the pair and key short-term support remains further away at 17.5709, the Oct 4 low.
  • With the Euro rising 0.7% to within close proximity of the 0.98 handle once more, conditions remain supportive for the Hungarian Forint to extend post-NBH action gains. Indeed, EURHUF is seen down a further 1% on Monday. The price action has strengthened bearish developments for the pair and the key short-term focus is on the 50-day EMA at 410.72.

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