The South African Rand rose over 1.3% on non-farm payroll day and has increased over 2.3% this week.

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08/08/2026
On Friday, at the close in New York, the euro rose 0.28% against the U.S. dollar, reaching 1.1558. At 20:30 Beijing time, the release of the U.S. non-farm employment report triggered a wave of short-term upward movement, with the euro increasing 0.27% over the week, showing an overall W-shaped trend. The British pound rose 0.28% against the U.S. dollar, reaching 1.3492, with a cumulative increase of 0.75% this week. The U.S. dollar fell 0.53% against the Swiss franc, trading at 0.8080, with a weekly rise of 0.06%. Among commodity currencies, the Australian dollar rose 0.50%, with a weekly increase of 0.68%, the New Zealand dollar rose 0.39%, and accumulated a weekly rise of 0.23%, while the U.S. dollar fell 0.52% against the Canadian dollar, with a cumulative decline of 0.56% this week. The Swedish krona rose 0.01% against the U.S. dollar, with a cumulative increase of 0.26% this week, the Norwegian krone rose 0.37% against the U.S. dollar, with a cumulative decline of 0.43% this week, and the Danish krone rose 0.28%, accumulating a weekly rise of 0.27%. The Polish zloty rose 0.39% against the U.S. dollar, with a weekly increase of 0.53%, while the U.S. dollar fell 0.88% against the Hungarian forint, with a cumulative decline of 0.77%. The Turkish lira fell 0.13% against the U.S. dollar, with a cumulative decline of 0.40%, the South African rand rose 1.34%, with a weekly increase of 2.32%, the Mexican peso rose 0.56%, with a weekly increase of 1.19%, and the Brazilian real rose 0.56%, with a cumulative decline of 0.23%, showing a V-shaped trend.