Singapore share prices closed 0.21 percent higher on Monday on gains in blue chips but activity remained lacklustre ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, dealers said. The Straits Times Index rose 4.52 points to

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South Korean shares rose to their highest level in five years on Monday, led by chip makers such as Samsung Electronics on the back of a rally in US peers and on hopes for less

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Longer-dated Japanese government bond (JGB) prices extended a rally on Monday, keeping yields near their lowest levels in 11 months as an expected change to a benchmark performance index sent investors scrambling to buy. An

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Longer-dated Japanese government bond (JGB) prices extended a rally on Monday, keeping yields near their lowest levels in 11 months as an expected change to a benchmark performance index sent investors scrambling to buy. An

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Tokyo's Nikkei rose 1.23 percent to its highest close in four weeks on Monday as semiconductor stocks such as Advantest Corp mirrored a rally by their US peers, which rose on optimism over the sector's

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The Bangladeshi taka ended firmer on Monday after suspected intervention by the central bank to support the local currency, dealers said. The taka was quoted at 63.00/63.62 per dollar, against 63.00/63.65 on Sunday, a workday

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The rupee ended weaker after choppy trade on Monday but off lows set early in the day, as demand from foreign institutional investors offset the early impact of broad-based strength in the dollar. The rupee

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The Australian dollar rallied over half a US cent on Monday after the central bank warned that it may have to lift interest rates within months. The Aussie touched a high of 77.28 US cents

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The dollar hit a three-month high against the euro and closed in on a one-month peak versus the yen on Monday after China told the world's richest nations that it was committed to revaluing its

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The Thai baht rallied to its highest since May 2000 on Monday after an election victory for Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, while foreign investment flows pushed the Philippine peso to its strongest in over a

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