Thai baht, Philippine peso fall most among tepid 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
147.600
147.4
-0.14 Sing dlr
1.286
1.2846
-0.11 Taiwan dlr
30.557
30.555
-0.01 Korean won
1395.200
1393.6
-0.11 Baht
32.505
32.43
-0.23 Peso
57.016
56.908
-0.19 Rupiah
16300.000
16290
-0.06 Rupee
87.680
87.68
- Ringgit
4.218
4.214
-0.09 Yuan
7.150
7.1518
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