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- South African Rand Dips on Weak Macro Indicators, US Fed Tone
- Wall Street Dips, European Stocks Rally as U.S Fed Keeps Rates
- NNPC, TotalEnergies Renew Decarbonisation Agreement
- Jito Price Slumps 10% Ahead of JTX Platform Launch
- XRP Price Drops by 4.4% on U.S. Fed Hawkish Tone
- Naira Falls to N1,360 as Interbank FX Turnover Dips by 57%
- FirstHoldco, Access, Drown NGX Index, Investors Lose N758bn
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