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Thailand's baht currency is likely to be highly volatile amid intensifying trade tensions, which are expected to have greater impact on exports, a central bank official said on Monday.

China's yuan fell to an 11-year low against the dollar on Monday and stocks dropped as the Sino-U.S. trade war sharply escalated, threatening to inflict more damage on the world's largest economies.

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Trade body wants government to commit £150m a year to innovation fund to boost sector

Trade body wants government to commit £150m a year to innovation fund

Technology stocks led a tumble in European equities in early deals on Monday as investors fled from riskier assets after another exchange of blows by the United States and China over trade at the end of last week.

* Sticks to Swiss unit's financial targets (Recasts with comments on branch network)

Heavy selling of banking shares and iron ore miners pushed Australian shares down more than 1% on Monday, after a dramatic escalation in the U.S.-China trade war threatened to further undermine global economic growth.

Indonesia's president on Monday announced the capital would be moved to an area that forms part of the North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regions in its province of East Kalimantan, on the island of Borneo.

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The Sri Lankan rupee fell for the fifth straight session on Friday, after the central bank cut key monetary policy rates amid foreign outflows from government securities, and tracking other emerging currencies. Stocks closed slightly weaker. ** The central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates for the second time in four months...