The US dollar traded lower further against the South African rand during New York afternoon deals on Wednesday. The greenback slipped to a 2-day low of 7.2150 versus the rand at around 1:45 pm ET from previous session's high of 7.2963.

South Africa's manufacturing output increased at slower pace in July.

Manufacturing production increased 7.5% on an annual basis in July, but slower than a 9.3% growth in the previous month, a report by the Statistics South Africa showed today. Production increased for the eighth successive month. Economists' had expected an increase of 6%.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the physical volume of manufacturing production index rose 0.7% month-on-month in July, compared to a 0.4% rise expected by economists'. In the May to July period, manufacturing output increased 1.5% compared to the previous three months.

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