FINANCIAL MARKETS
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FINANCIAL MARKETS Many Asian stockmarkets rallied strongly in the week to January 21st. Bangkok, Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur made double-digit percentage gains. Indonesia's currency, however, continued to sink because of political worries, touching 17,000 rupiahs to the dollar on January 22nd, before intervention helped it to rebound.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “FINANCIAL MARKETS”
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