{"id":14142,"date":"2012-08-31T15:31:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/emerging-markets-stocks-on-track-for-monthly-loss\/"},"modified":"2012-08-31T15:31:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T13:31:22","slug":"emerging-markets-stocks-on-track-for-monthly-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/emerging-markets-stocks-on-track-for-monthly-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks on track for monthly loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocation\">LONDON<\/span> Aug 31 (Reuters) &#8211; Emerging market shares were flat<br \/>\nnear one-month lows on Friday, pressured by uncertainty over a<br \/>\nnew round of central bank stimulus for major economies and<br \/>\npersistent weakness on Chinese markets.<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>MSCI&#8217;s main emerging markets index was on track<br \/>\nfor a monthly loss after two months of gains while Shanghai, its<br \/>\nbiggest component, slid to its lowest close since Feb 2009,<br \/>\nfalling for the fourth month in a row.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hopes have waned that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben<br \/>\nBernanke will provide a clear sign that the Fed&#8217;s third batch of<br \/>\nquantitative easing is imminent when he speaks at a central<br \/>\nbankers&#8217; conference later on Friday..<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite an apparent uptick in the U.S. economy, the picture<br \/>\nelsewhere remains dire, with Japan posting surprisingly weak<br \/>\nindustrial output this week, Indian growth near<br \/>\nthree-year lows and Poland&#8217;s economy slowing more than expected.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Emerging European stocks, however, rose 0.8 percent after<br \/>\nthree days of heavy losses, tracking gains on<br \/>\nWestern European bourses that were buoyed by Spanish and Italian<br \/>\nmarkets.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On currencies, a bounce in the euro fuelled gains for<br \/>\ncentral Europe, with the zloty and forint rising 0.3 percent<br \/>\neach .<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Russian rouble, South African rand and Turkish lira<br \/>\nstayed near one-month lows to the dollar  .<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s hryvnia touched a fresh 33-month low<br \/>\nagainst the greenback on growing expectations of a post-election<br \/>\ndevaluation.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Sujata Rao; editing by Patrick Graham)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright\">\n<p>         \t\t\u00a9 Thomson Reuters 2012 All rights reserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON Aug 31 (Reuters) &#8211; Emerging market shares were flat near one-month lows on Friday, pressured by uncertainty over a new round of central bank stimulus for major economies and persistent weakness on Chinese markets. 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