Thai baht, Taiwan dollar lead losses among weak Asian currencies
The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the dollar at 0200 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Currency
Latest bid
Previous day
Pct Move Japan yen
153.950
153.71
-0.16 Sing dlr
1.335
1.3335
-0.08 Taiwan dlr
32.415
32.251
-0.51 Korean won
1401.700
1401
-0.05 Baht
34.705
34.51
-0.56 Peso
58.800
58.647
-0.26 Rupiah
15730.000
15675
-0.35 Rupee
84.393
84.3925
0.00 Ringgit
4.425
4.407
-0.41 Yuan
7.224
7.215
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