<div>S.Africa's rand firms as global monetary easing takes spotlight</div> <!-- no image --> <div>South Africa's rand inched up against the dollar in early trade on Friday, as global monetary easing and hints of progress in the U.S.-China trade dispute buoyed risk appetite.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=ch-R5TA1j9c:qU9QE3CGa7E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=ch-R5TA1j9c:qU9QE3CGa7E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=ch-R5TA1j9c:qU9QE3CGa7E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=ch-R5TA1j9c:qU9QE3CGa7E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=ch-R5TA1j9c:qU9QE3CGa7E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/ch-R5TA1j9c" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters