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Philippine peso lone gainer among emerging Asian currencies
The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the dollar at 0204 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Currency
Latest bid
Previous day
Pct Move Japan yen
145.550
145.26
-0.20 Sing dlr
1.306
1.3048
-0.10 Taiwan dlr
31.945
31.938
-0.02 Korean won
1337.600
1334.8
-0.21 Baht
34.315
34.218
-0.28 Peso
56.320
56.5
+0.32 Rupiah
15500.000
15480
-0.13 Rupee
83.923
83.9225
+0.00 Ringgit
4.377
4.375
-0.05 Yuan
7.135
7.13
-0.07 Change...