Stocks, FX fall on Middle East tensions, fading Fed cut hopes

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NEW YORK, April 16 — Emerging market stocks and currencies fell today as tensions between Iran and Israel and diminishing hopes of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve kept the...

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The MSCI index for emerging market stocks shed 1.7 per cent, while currencies slipped 0.3 per cent by 0830 GMT . Meanwhile, the US dollar soared to a five-month high as traders also pushed back expectations for the timing and size of any rate cuts from the Fed. “China certainly isn’t out of the woods just yet - it has been battling against a cocktail of headwinds including its ongoing property crisis, weak consumer confidence and tumbling exports in March,” said Victoria Scholar, head of investment at Interactive Investor.

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