EMERGING MARKETS-Thai baht, Malaysian ringgit lead Asian currencies higher

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Dec 8 (Reuters)The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the dollar at 0203 GMT.

CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR

Currency

Latest bid

Previous day

Pct Move

Japan yen

113.460

113.57

+0.10

Sing dlr

1.365

1.3653

+0.02

Taiwan dlr

27.735

27.771

+0.13

Korean won

1176.300

1179.5

+0.27

Baht

33.450

33.6

+0.45

Peso

50.250

50.27

+0.04

Rupiah

14340.000

14375

+0.24

Rupee

75.440

75.44

0.00

Ringgit

4.219

4.23

+0.26

Yuan

6.360

6.3658

+0.09

Change so far in 2021

Currency

Latest bid

End 2020

Pct Move

Japan yen

113.460

103.24

-9.01

Sing dlr

1.365

1.3209

-3.23

Taiwan dlr

27.735

28.483

+2.70

Korean won

1176.300

1086.20

-7.66

Baht

33.450

29.96

-10.43

Peso

50.250

48.01

-4.46

Rupiah

14340.000

14040

-2.09

Rupee

75.440

73.07

-3.15

Ringgit

4.219

4.0400

-4.24

Yuan

6.360

6.5283

+2.64

(Reporting by Sameer Manekar in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)

((Sameer.Manekar@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter: https://twitter.com/sameer_manekar))

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