FINANCIAL MARKETS
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FINANCIAL MARKETS Despite another dollop of IMF money for Russia, Moscow plunged by 15.8% in the week to August 4th. Kuala Lumpur also had a bad week: it fell by 8%. Seoul shrugged off last week's worries about Daewoo, South Korea's second-biggest company, to rise by 3.3%. Shanghai and Hong Kong also bounced back, by 3.2% and 3.4% respectively.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline “FINANCIAL MARKETS”
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