Malaysian ringgit, Thai baht rise most in subdued Asian FX; shares fall
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Malaysian ringgit hovers near Feb 2023 highs
S.Korea, Taiwan stocks fall
Indonesia shares hit record high
By Archishma Iyer and Rajasik Mukherjee
Aug 29 (Reuters) -The Malaysian ringgit and Thai baht rose and other Asian currencies eked out minor gains while Asian shares fell, as investors held off taking fresh bets ahead of key U.S. data that could shed light on the Fed's easing cycle.
The ringgit MYR= gained as much as 0.4% to trade at 4.323 per dollar, near 1-1/2-year highs and bringing its year-to-date gains to more than 6%.
The Malaysian currency has rebounded from a 26-year low hit a few months ago to become the region's best performing currency, on expectations of strong economic growth in the Southeast Asian country, with robust inflows of foreign investment.
The Thai baht THB=TH rose about 0.3%, while other Asian currencies managed small gains, with the South Korean won KRW=KFTC, Singapore dollar SGD=, Chinese yuan CNY=CFXS and Taiwan dollar TWD=TP trading flat to 0.2% higher.
The dollar index .DXY, which measures the strength of the greenback against six rivals, pared some of its overnight gains and traded marginally lower at 100.92.
"There is as such no real movement in FX markets today ... So it's all about the data out of the U.S., it's all about what that does to the dollar," said Robert Carnell, Asia-Pacific head of research at ING.
Investors awaited the release of a U.S. labour market report next week, and the U.S. Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure - the personal consumption expenditures index - on Friday, in an other-wise data-light week that has largely kept currencies drifting in narrow ranges.
In Asian equities, the tech-heavy benchmarks of Seoul .KS11 and Taipei .TWII lost the most, falling as much as 1.5% and 1.6%, respectively. A less-than-expected forecast from chip giant Nvidia NVDA.O made investors more wary after a dizzying rally in artificial intelligence companies.
Asia's most valuable stock, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing 2330.TW, fell as much as 2.8%, and South Korean Nvidia supplier SK Hynix 000660.KS fell as much as 6.8%.
Other benchmarks such as Bangkok .SETI, Manila .PSI and Kuala Lumpur .KLSE and Beijing .SSEC traded between 0.3% and 0.9% lower.
Stocks in Jakarta .JKSE, however, rose as much as 0.7% to their third record high in the last 10 days.
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** South Korea's Yoon says policy rates need to be 'managed' if housing heats up
** China's lending to Africa rises for first time in seven years, study shows
Asian stocks and currencies at 0445 GMT | ||||||
COUNTRY | FX RIC | FX DAILY % | FX YTD % | INDEX | STOCKS DAILY % | STOCKS YTD % |
Japan | JPY= | -0.01 | -2.44 | .N225 | 0.04 | 14.67 |
China | CNY=CFXS | +0.22 | -0.22 | .SSEC | -0.45 | -5.05 |
India | INR=IN | +0.06 | -0.83 | .NSEI | 0.20 | 15.52 |
Indonesia | IDR= | +0.13 | -0.03 | .JKSE | 0.53 | 5.87 |
Malaysia | MYR= | +0.39 | +6.18 | .KLSE | -0.46 | 14.63 |
Philippines | PHP= | -0.11 | -1.64 | .PSI | -0.93 | 6.87 |
S.Korea | KRW=KFTC | +0.13 | -3.54 | .KS11 | -0.88 | 0.41 |
Singapore | SGD= | +0.22 | +1.42 | .STI | 0.34 | 5.01 |
Taiwan | TWD=TP | +0.02 | -3.79 | .TWII | -0.81 | 23.74 |
Thailand | THB=TH | +0.25 | +0.60 | .SETI | -0.32 | -3.85 |
Reporting by Archishma Iyer and Rajasik Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom Hogue
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