Rupee, lira, offshore yuan near record lows

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Accelerated foreign capital flight push offshore Chinese yuan to record lows while the Indian rupee and Turkish lira near similar milestones.

Rand bucks emerging market trend

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Share prices in emerging markets drop and the Mexican peso hits new four-week lows on signs of an increasingly tight US presidential race.

Dollar smacks emerging markets

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Emerging stocks rose on Friday but were set to end the week in the red while a strong dollar kept currencies under pressure.

Emerging markets remain unsettled

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Emerging equities rise, though uncertainty over global central banks' policy trajectory kept the pressure on, with many currencies staying in the red.

Local market still under pressure

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The rand stays under pressure after hefty losses caused by an apparent power struggle between the South African presidency and treasury.

Emerging stocks end on a high

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Emerging stocks are set to end Friday with the biggest weekly gains since March, buoyed by policy-easing prospects at home and abroad.

Emerging markets at 8mnth high

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Emerging stocks touch new eight-month peaks and dollar bond yield premia versus Treasuries are just off one-year lows .

Emerging markets on the up

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Emerging stocks rise to new 2-1/2 month highs, tracking strong gains on developed equities.

Emerging markets slip

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Emerging shares slip off two-month highs after a slew of dismal PMI readings, including in China.

World stocks under pressure

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Global stocks fell for the second straight day on Wednesday after a deluge of lacklustre manufacturing data.

Russian stocks hit record

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Russian shares race to record highs, led by commodity prices and investors' new-found enthusiasm for emerging markets.

China bolsters emerging markets

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Emerging stocks head for their best weekly gains in a month, helped by signs of stabilisation in China's economy.

Billions flood into emerging markets

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Foreigners are estimated to have pumped $36. 8 billion into emerging market stocks and bonds in March, the highest monthly inflow in nearly two years.

Gordhan charms, but investors are wary

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Pravin Gordhan is doing his best to reassure investors abroad, but some are worried that his own job is in jeopardy.

Gordhan: Barclays’ plan ‘not a reflection on SA’

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Barclays’ latest Africa strategy is due to European mistakes, says SA Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.

Emerging currencies firm

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Emerging currencies firm against the dollar, with some hitting multi-month highs.

Global stocks hold steady

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Global stocks held just off three-week highs on Thursday after unexpectedly weak trade and machinery orders data from Germany and Japan.

Greek jitters push markets off highs

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World stocks fell from five-month highs on Friday before a meeting that could put Greece on its way to euro exit.

Russia-West tensions pressure stocks

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World stocks held just off 10-day lows, pressured by tensions between Russia and the West over Ukraine.

Emerging stocks and currencies gain

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Emerging equities inched off three-week lows on Wednesday following Chinese data.

Russia risks huge investor exodus

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Russia's power play for Crimea is putting to flight foreign stock and bond investors.

Emerging markets hit by fears of Fed’s plans

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The rout in emerging market assets gathered pace yesterday, extending to the Turkish lira which, with India’s rupee, hit new record lows in a sell-off prompted by ...

Turkey political risks storing up problems

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The unprecedented arrest and jailing of a former Turkish army chief has left the country's financial markets unmoved.