Historical Year Data · 2009

USD/ZAR in 2009

USD/ZAR opened 2009 at 9.31 and closed at 7.36, a -20.93% move for the year. The high of 10.64 was reached on March 5, and the low of 7.26 on October 14.

Open

9.31

2009-01

7.36

252 data points

High

10.64

Mar 5

Low

7.26

Oct 14

Full Year Change

-20.93%

2008 Change

+36.51%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	9.31	10.2	10.27	9.29	+9.56%
Feb	10.18	10.04	10.25	9.61	-1.38%
Mar	10.5	9.52	10.64	9.37	-9.36%
Apr	9.37	8.44	9.37	8.44	-9.93%
May	8.44	8.03	8.73	8.03	-4.83%
Jun	7.94	7.73	8.2	7.73	-2.68%
Jul	7.74	7.81	8.26	7.65	+0.99%
Aug	7.72	7.78	8.15	7.72	+0.74%
Sep	7.87	7.54	7.87	7.32	-4.21%
Oct	7.7	7.82	7.82	7.26	+1.52%
Nov	7.85	7.38	7.92	7.34	-6.04%
Dec	7.31	7.36	7.74	7.31	+0.76%

Events During 2009

2008 Financial Crisis

Deflation

September 2007 – March 2009

The 2008 Financial Crisis remains the deepest and most instructive market event of the 21st century. Subprime losses cascaded through leveraged balance sheets, froze interbank lending, and forced unprecedented central bank intervention.