Rupiah gains; Korean won, Philippine peso weaken among mixed Asian FX
The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the U.S. dollar at 0205 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Currency
Latest bid
Previous day
Pct Move Japan yen
156.730
157.28
+0.35 Sing dlr
1.278
1.2777
-0.02 Taiwan dlr
31.881
31.876
-0.02 Korean...
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