EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks hit 19-month high, rand and rouble roar

MSCI's 26-country emerging market equity index hit its latest peak thanks to its ninth ... Many of the big EM currencies and bond markets also continued to shine. South Africa's rand rose 0.7 percent to go under 13 per dollar for the first time since ...

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