Zambia's kwacha firmed more than one percent on Monday, rising alongside fellow commodity-linked currencies boosted by a return of risk sentiment as investors pushed back bets of an interest rate hike by the United States central bank.
Kwacha firms 1 percent as risk appetite resurfaces
At 0725 GMT the kwacha gained 1.02 percent against dollar to 9.6900.
A man displays a 50,000 Kwacha note in Lusaka January 23, 2012. REUTERS/Mackson Wasamunu
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