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ASIAN EMERGING STOCK MARKETS REBOUND SHARPLY AS WAR WORRIES EASE
malaya Business Insight
|March 06, 2026
ASIAN emerging equities rebounded on Thursday, led by South Korea and Taiwan, with markets hopeful the US and Iran would seek an offramp from hostilities, easing oil supply fears and drawing buyers back after an aggressive multi-day selloff.
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The recovery followed a bruising Wednesday session in which benchmark indexes in both Seoul and Bangkok triggered automatic circuit breakers after slides of more than 8 percent.
The MSCI emerging Asia index rose 3 percent, snapping a four-day slide and recouping part of the almost 10 percent it had shed.
This story is from the March 06, 2026 edition of malaya Business Insight.
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