After edging up to 6.9290 at around 1:00 pm ET Wednesday, the US currency traded lower against the South African rand thereafter. At 3:15 pm ET, the greenback declined to more than a 2-week low of 6.8550 versus the rand, compared to yesterday's close of 6.8976.

Following a two-day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy-setting arm of the Fed, said that it has decided to retain interest rates unchanged at a record low.

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