Sri Lankan shares closed about half a percent higher on Wednesday, recovering from a more than eight-month closing low hit in the previous session, led by bluechips such as John Keells Holdings and Hatton National

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Most Southeast Asian stocks ended higher on Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street that rose on strong US housing and consumer data, with the Philippine index posting its biggest single-day percentage gain in more

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UK shares gained on Wednesday, helped by a rally among mining firms which tracked commodities prices higher, though volumes remained thin in the final trading days of the year. The bluechip FTSE 100 index was

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The dollar inched up against the yen on Wednesday after upbeat US economic data reinforced expectations for economic growth under Donald Trump's Administration and more rate hikes by US Federal Reserve next year. The dollar

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Expectations US inflation and growth will outstrip the rest of the developed world's prodded the dollar higher across the board on Wednesday, knocking half a cent off the euro and driving sterling to a two-month

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The US dollar hit its highest level in two months against the sterling on Wednesday on concerns over next year's Brexit negotiations, while expectations of higher US economic growth also underpinned the greenback. Sterling fell

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The US dollar rose against the yen on Tuesday on stronger-than-expected US economic data and expectations for a hawkish Federal Reserve, but remained below a recent 10-month high in thin holiday trading. The data helped

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Interbank buy/sell rates for the taka against the dollar on Wednesday. 78.70-78.78 (previous 78.70-78.80). Copyright Reuters, 2016

The Sri Lankan rupee closed lower on Wednesday on importer dollar demand after the central bank raised the spot reference rate, while moral suasion by the banking regulator capped further losses in the domestic currency,

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The South Korean won and Taiwan dollar set fresh multi-month lows on Wednesday, after strong US economic data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve would be more hawkish in 2017. The won touched a 9-1/2

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