Philippine peso and Taiwan dollar inch higher; rupiah slips
The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the dollar at 0202 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Currency
Latest bid
Previous day
Pct Move Japan yen
153.600
153.93
+0.21 Sing dlr
1.342
1.3433
+0.07 Taiwan dlr
32.775
32.838
+0.19 Korean won
1383.800
1383
-0.06 Baht
36.170
36.21
+0.11 Peso
58.450
58.58
+0.22 Rupiah
16290.000
16245
-0.28 Rupee
83.698
83.6975
- Ringgit
4.659
4.66
+0.02 Yuan
7.233
7.245
+0.17 Change...
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