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The rand was unmoved in the afternoon session on Monday, trapped in a tight range.
At 3.30pm the rand was bid at R7.37 to the dollar, R10.13 to the euro and R11.11 to the pound.
The euro was bid at $1.3708 from $1.3773 previously.
A forex trader said the local currency continued to trade within a tight range, citing "a dead day with very little action".
Dow Jones Newswires reported that the dollar was broadly higher on Monday morning after strong words from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on China's currency policy helped elevate the market's sensitivity to risk.
Wen aimed sharp words at Washington on Sunday, ceding little ground on China's currency policy and suggesting that US efforts to boost its exports by weakening the dollar amounted to "a kind of trade protectionism."
The euro was under pressure ahead of a meeting of European Union finance ministers Tuesday that could provide more clarity about a bailout package for Greece, should Athens find itself unable to meet its debt obligations.
