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Asian bourses have seen strong gains lately, with India's and Indonesia's reaching all-time highs this week. In addition to these two markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng has risen to a... 2004-12-02

As we expected, Asian currencies have continued to appreciate against the US dollar, with the South Korean won leading the way. It reached a fresh seven-year high of KRW1,065/US$... 2004-11-18

As we mentioned a few weeks ago (see 15 September 2004, Asia Forex: Can The Rally Last?), Asian currencies have enjoyed strong gains of late, with many having surged to multi-week... 2004-10-06

The Singapore dollar enjoyed a strong rally in September, having surged to a five-month high of SGD1.6855/US$ at one stage. This coincided with strong gains on the Straits Times Index... 2004-09-29

Asia investors have once again been fretting about the impact of higher oil prices on the region, as evidenced by some sharp selling on equity markets after strong gains. NYMEX crude... 2004-09-27

Asia equity indices have enjoyed a strong bounce recently, allowing them to reach multi-month highs, and boding well for a retest of the peaks seen in March. There are several reasons... 2004-09-22

Asian currencies have surged to multi-week - or even multi-month - highs against the US dollar this week. One factor behind this is undoubtedly robust equity inflows, with Indonesia's... 2004-09-15

Southeast Asian bourses have seen notable gains this week, amid lower oil prices, and strong macroeconomic indicators. The Philippines' PSI jumped to a fresh 3½-year high of 1,614,... 2004-09-02

Asia bourses have generally been hard hit lately, thanks to expectations of higher US interest rates, an increasingly negative outlook for the global tech sector, and record high... 2004-08-09

Singapore's Straits Times index (STI) jumped to a fresh 3½ year high of 1,937 on Thursday, taking it well above strong resistance at the 1,900 level. We have long argued that a sustained... 2004-08-05